1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 9: 300/600/100 Ante
All guns have been firing on Level 9 as six players have left the field including Anthony Zinno. Event 8 is now down to 16 players with a little over three levels remaining to play tonight. The action continues reaching a final table tonight is becoming more and more of a possibility.
2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
$100,000 Guarantee
April 12-13th, 2015
Total Entries: 85
Total Prize Pool: $85,000
1st: $29,750
2nd: $17,000
3rd: $11,050
4th: $7,650
5th: $5,950
6th: $4,675
7th: $3,825
8th: $2,975
9th: $2,125
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 9: 300/600/100 Ante
Registration has closed here in Event 8. 85 entries have generated a prize pool of $85,000. 22 player remain alive including Raymond Ruszkowski, Travell Thomas and Pasquale Caiazza. Everyone will try to hang on to get to Day 2 tomorrow with the prize pool and bounties on the line.
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 8: 250/500/75 Ante
With the excitement of Event 5 going on and Event 7 wrapping up, the biggest buy-in event of the series so far has been rolling on in the far corner of the ballroom.
85 entries have been recorded with registration closing after the dinner break which the players just reached. There are some great names in the tournament including such players as Brian Hastings, Anthony Zinno and Angel Vu. Hastings is looking especially sporty in his TMNT shirt, Angel Vu decided to strike a pose and Zinno has to look cool and maintain a rep after his two recent WPT championships.
We’ll have the final registration numbers when the players return from dinner.
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 1: 25/50
Another day and another big buy-in, big prize pool tournament on the schedule. Players are getting ready to the start the $1,650 buy-in Purple Chip Bounty tournament which features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players begin with 12,000 stacks and play 40-minutes at the start. They switch to hour-long levels at Level 7 and will play 12 total levels before bagging to return for Day 2. This is a freeze-out event so no re-entries are available but late registration is open Level 9 after the dinner break, approximately 10:10pm. $1,000 of each buy-in goes to the regular prize pool while a $500 bounty is placed on each player.
It will be a talented field today and they are about to get underway.
Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
January 27th, 2015
Total Entries: 60
Total Prize Pool: $18,000
> Download complete list of event results.
Bruce MacGregor now has another trophy for his other grandchild.
MacGregor, the Seniors Champion from the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open, evened it out by picking up his second title in as many series. He gave the first trophy to one of his grandchildren and now his other one won’t be jealous. MacGregor battled his way through this sixty player field and behind a pair of critical hands with two tables to go built a chip stack that loomed over the final table. After MacGregor continued to build his stack, the table came a chop deal giving him the victory.
MacGregor had turned quad nines against tens full on one hand to get off the short stack and then a wheel on the river a few hands later against two players to open up the major chip gap that as fate would have it would not be overcome. Of course, the rest of the players got a taste of some cash as well as the deal gave six players $3,000 each. Andrew Donovan ended up in 2nd followed by Nick Gelsomino in 3rd, 4th place finisher Marc Sacheli, David Palmer in 5th and Joseph Patalano taking 6th.
MacGregor didn’t have it easy pulling this win off and has his eye on bigger and better things after taking this event down. “I was stuggling the whole way between 12 and 40 thousand. Winning back to back is nice but I’m looking for the big one – the million dollar one or the three million dollar one. That’s the nice stuff. But this is fun. It’s my favorite game.”
And with that, MacGregor will try to take down some of that “nice stuff” and get a trophy he can keep for himself in the Main Event.
Congratulations to Bruce MacGregor – Event 8 Champion!
Results:
1st – Bruce MacGregor (Port Orange, FL) – $3,000
2nd – Andrew Donovan (Manteo, NC) – $3,000
3rd – Nick Gelsomino (Deerfield Beach, FL) – $3,000
4th – Marc Sacheli (Miami, FL) – $3,000
5th – David Palmer (Jupiter, FL) – $3,000
6th – Joseph Patalano (Wellington, FL) – $3,000
7th – Garry Kilpatrick (Jacksonville, FL)
8th – Mike Bozeman (Deltona, FL)
9th – David Jacobs (Lake Worth, FL)
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000
The remaining players in the event came a deal and Bruce MacGregor has won the Event 8 title by virture of having the highest chip count. It is MacGregor’s second title in as many series here at Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood. Andrew Donovan ended up in 2nd place followed by Nick Gelsomino in 3rd, Marc Sacheli in 4th, David Palmer in 5th and Joseph Patalano in 6th. The prize pool was split evenly at the payout window with each player taking home a cool $3,000 for their work at the tables today.
Congratulations to Bruce MacGregor – Event 8 Champion!
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000
The players have returned from the break and cards are back in the air with Bruce MacGregor out in front trying to wrap up another Seminole Hard Rock title. MacGregor brought home the Seniors Championship in the last series and looks to put another trophy in his case tonight.
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000
Bruce MacGregor continued on a roll quickly eliminating David Whalen in 10th place leaving our final nine for the Event 8 title. Here are the chip counts after the break with MacGregor and Ryan Gelsomino leading the pack.
Ryan Gelsomino – 177,000
Joseph Patalano – 67,500
Bruce MacGregor – 240,000
Garry Kilpatrick – 60,500
David Palmer – 82,000
David Jacobs – 86,000
Michael Bozeman – 41,000
Marc Sacheli – 76,000
Andrew Donovan – 83,500
Event 8: $350 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha8B (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000
After the elimination of Daniel Klein, the final table for Event 8 has been set. Here is the new seating draw for the last ten players:
Seat 1 – Nick Gelsomino
Seat 2 – Joseph Patalono
Seat 3 – Bruce MacGregor
Seat 4 – Garry Kilpatrick
Seat 5 – David Whalen
Seat 6 – David Palmer
Seat 7 – David Jacobs
Seat 8 – Mike Bozeman
Seat 9 – Marc Sacheli
Seat 10 – Andrew Donovan