$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO (Single Re-Entry) Level 5: 100/200 Total Players: 75
Dan Iman (Los Angeles, CA)
The bounty event returned from their first break of the day and the count reached 75 entrants shortly afterward. This event drew 89 last year so we should easily top that before registration closes in two hours.
Dan Iman is having a good day. The five-time SHRP final tablist ran his stack over 60,000 in two hours while collecting three bounties along the way. Iman is now freerolling the tournament.
The previously mentioned Chino Rheem is done here today, at least in this tournament. He busted his first bullet early and his last one not long before the break.
Top stacks and notable names:
Dan Iman – 63,600 (318 bb) Charles Chan – 49,500 (248 bb) Robert Melo – 42,075 (210 bb) George Dolofan – 38,000 (190 bb) Kenneth Culbertson – 37,000 (185 bb) Elliott Zaydman – 24,600 (123 bb) John Holley – 6,150 (31 bb)
$570 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO (Single Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50 Total Players: 50
Chino Rheem
The NLH/PLO bounty event quickly climbed to 50 entrants and we’ve already had a few bounties collected in the first level.
Players have to be a little more careful with only one re-entry option available.
We found former November Niner Chino Rheem in the game early. Besides that big payday, Rheem also has three WPT titles with the latest coming in April when he won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale.
The next new SHRPO tournament is underway in the back of the ballroom and it should be a nice group of players with this format.
Event 7 has a $570 buy-in with $200 going to bounties on each player and the game switches from No Limit Hold’em to Pot Limit Omaha every nine hands. The added juice for knocking someone out plus the two action-friendly games will keep things moving quickly.
Entrants start with 15,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm but players are limited to a single re-entry during that time.
The tournament is scheduled to play out and we will have our next champion later this evening.
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2016 Deep Stack Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Fla. Event #7 $250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Entries: 290 Prize Pool: $60,900 May 30, 2016
South Florida’s David Shmuel bested 290 entries in the $250 Holiday Deep Stack to close out the Seminole Hard Rock Deep Stack Series Monday night. Shmuel emerged victorious following a four-way chop and gave up $1,500 in prize money to secure the $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship seat.
Shmuel is 44 years old and works in electronics. He was born in Israel but now resides in Miami. This marks his second-largest tournament score to date, second only to a 17th-place finish in the $3,500 SHRP Showdown Championship this past April.
The 290-entry field Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock generated a prize pool of $60,900 more than doubling the $30,000 guarantee. Notables to cash included Lou Stadler (7th), Joel Harwood (13th) and Steven Bennett (27th).
$250 Holiday Deep Stack final results:
1st: David Shmuel – $11,283 + SHRPO Seat 2nd: Theo Prystal – $9,846 3rd: Nigel Murray – $8,338 4th: Jorie Damiani – $8,108 5th: Juan Madrid – $3,654 6th: Dong Sheng Lin – $3,045 7th: Lou Stadler – $2,436 8th: Lisa Teebagy – $1,827 9th: Nancy Thomas – $1,218 10th: Jonathan Brody – $792 11th: Cangir Elcin – $792 12th: Brian Breen – $792 13th: Joel Harwood – $670 14th: Jason Kwartler – $670 15th: Robert Kessler – $670 16th: Dominick Amore – $609 17th: Georgia Felger – $609 18th: Coskun Yalcin – $609 19th: Robert Cheng – $548 20th: Edward Mandel – $548 21st: Jessica Meir – $548 22nd: John Cummings – $548 23rd: Kenneth Bruno – $548 24th: Julio Sanchez – $548 25th: Jorge Cuesta – $548 26th: Moshe Tarich – $548 27th: Steven Bennett – $548
$250 Holiday Day Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante Players Remaining: 10/290
From 290 starting entries, the $250 Holiday Deep Stack is down to the final 10 and consolidated to one table. Each remaining player has locked up $792 with the tournament’s winner earning $17,051 as well as an added $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy and, of course, the Seminole Hard Rock guitar trophy.
Seating assignments with chip counts, followed by remaining payouts and updated results:
Seat 1: Dong Lin – 741,000 Seat 2: Jon Brody – 539,000 Seat 3: Nigel Murray – 348,000 Seat 4: Theodore Prystal – 399,000 Seat 5: Juan Madrid – 380,000 Seat 6: Lou Stadler – 419,000 Seat 7: Jorie Damiani – 299,000 Seat 8: Lisa Teebagy – 1,253,000 Seat 9: David Shmuel – 1,048,000 Seat 10: Nancy Thomas – 375,000
Today’s $250 Holiday Deep Stack tournament drew 290 entries more than doubling its $30,000 guaranteed target. In all, the prize pool topped out at $60,900 and pays the top 27 finishers at least $548. Payouts escalate from that point and climax in the form of a $17,051 first prize. In addition to the score, the champion earns the final Deep Stack Series trophy as well as an added seat in the $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.
$250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Heading to Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante Entries: 200
The $250 Holiday Deep Stack sits at 200 entries and growing during the first break. That already marks an increase over last year’s field of 165 and puts the unofficial prize pool at $42,000. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until 3:30 p.m. and both the aforementioned figures are expected to grow significantly between now and then.
Raymond Ruszkowski
After bubbling yesterday’s $1,650 Deepest Stack, Raymond Ruszkowski is experiencing a little better fortune here in the $250. He’s turned his 20,000 starting chips into 80,000 over the first four levels and appears to lead the way early.
We will provide another update on the event when the prize pool is finalized.
$250 Holiday Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 1: 25/50
It’s a 11 a.m. here in the Seminole Hard Rock poker room and cards are in the air for the final event of the 2016 Deep Stack Series. The $250 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed Holiday Deep Stack features 20,000-chip starting stacks and 20- and 30-minute levels. In addition to the final guitar trophy and a hefty chunk of the prize pool, the tournament’s winner earns an added $5,250 seat in the $5,000,000 guaranteed Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship which runs August 13-16.
Happy Memorial Day and welcome to the final installment of the 2016 Deep Stack Series. Today’s play kicks off at 11 a.m. with the Holiday Deep Stack, a $250 buy-in, $30,000 guaranteed tournament that marks the final trophy event on the schedule. Continuing — and closing — the action at 6 p.m. is the $250 buy-in Second Chance Turbo.
In addition to the above events, the $1,650 Deepest Stack tournament returns for an additional day of play at 2 p.m. More information on that event is available in the posts below.
2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood Event #7 $350 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Total Entries: 176 Prizepool: $52,800
Ryan Hoberg Wins $350 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
Ryan Hoberg is mostly a cash game player from Minnesota who rarely plays tournaments. Hoberg found his way into the $350 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max on Wednesday afternoon instead of the cash games, however, and it worked out well for him.
Hoberg topped of 176 players to take home $16,370 and the trophy in his first win of his poker career.
“It feels awesome,” said Hoberg. “I don’t play tournaments very often. I’m a cash game player. This is my first tournament down here in Florida.”
Hoberg has a full-time job as a probation officer in Minnesota. He came down to South Florida on a poker vacation with a few friends. They rented a house in the area to grind the various cash games and tournaments going on over the next few weeks.
“I play about once a week back home,” said Hoberg. “I played this on a whim today. I’m pretty excited I did.”
As a probation officer, Hoberg has a case load of about 40 juveniles that he monitors and tries to help get them off probation. All of the time spent on his case load has helped him develop skills on the felt that ultimately helped him take down this Hard Rock title.
“Being able to read our clients about when they are being honest with us and how the are feeling emotionally and that kind of stuff really plays into poker,” said Hoberg. “It’s a great transition for me to go into poker.”
Hoberg came into the final table near the top of the chip counts and he never really seemed to be in trouble. He picked up a lot of momentum when he eliminated Nigel Murray in sixth place. He took the chip lead and had it for most of the way.
He maneuvered his chips throughout the final table and was able to get heads-up with Miguel Martinez holding a 2-to-1 chip lead. Hoberg disposed of Martinez in quick fashion to take home the first place money and the trophy.
Here are the results for Event #7:
1st: Ryan Hoberg – $16,370 2nd: Miguel Martinez – $9,504 3rd: Ira Schwartz – $6,072 4th: Edward Mroczkowski – $4,277 5th: James Glenn – $3,300 6th: Nigel Murray – $2,508 7th: Ben Yogel – $1,954 8th: Marcus Stein – $1,452 9th: Jeffrey Trudeau – $1,030 10th: Jeffrey Doan – $818 11th: Alcides Gomez – $818 12th: David Jackson – $818 13th: Joseph Di Chiaro – $686 14th: Jack Shea – $686 15th: Zach Kessler – $686 16th: Aldrin Torres – $607 17th: Karl Manouchakian – $607 18th: Edwin Cabrera – $607
