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PokerStars Charity Event: Chris Van Vliet Putting Skills to the Test

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PokerStars Hurricane Irma Relief Charity Poker Tournament
Level 5: 300/600 | Structure
Entries: 100

Chris Van Vliet of WSVN’s Deco Drive

Chris Van Vliet of WSVN’s Deco Drive stopped by the Seminole Hard Rock earlier in the week to get some poker tips from PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier. Van Vliet put those skills to the test tonight, but recently stood from his stack. He’s taking some time away from the felt to be in front of the camera interviewing event staff and tournament participants.

PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier (left) and Chris Van Vliet
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Director and Chris Van Vliet
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PokerStars Charity Event: Local Personalities in the Game

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PokerStars Hurricane Irma Relief Charity Poker Tournament
Level 3: 100/200 | Structure
Entries: 84

ESPN’s Israel Gutierrez

The charitable component of this event attracts some of the area’s most well known personalities. ESPN’s Israel Gutierrez, PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier and Andy Slater of WINZ are among those out in surpport of Hurricane Irma relief efforts.

PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier
Andy Slater of WINZ
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PokerStars Charity Event: Tony Burns and Paco Velez Kick it Off

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PokerStars Hurricane Irma Relief Charity Poker Tournament
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Entries: 79

Tony Burns (left) and Paco Velez

Feeding South Florida’s Paco Velez gave a few words prior to tournament kickoff. Among the highlights of his speech:

  • Every dollar donated to the organization provides six meals for a South Florida family in need
  • 98% of all donations go directly back into the community

After some additional words from Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Director Tony Burns, cards went in the air for the PokerStarts Hurricane Irma Relief Charity Poker Tournament.

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William Farnan Wins August Big Stack Special for $23K

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August Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$130 Buy-In, $100,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,366
Prize Pool: $136,600
August 23-27, 2017

2017 August Big Stack Special winner, William Farnan

*Denotes four-way chop

FinishFirst NameLast NamePrizeChop Chip Count
1stWilliamFarnan$23,335*8,425,000
2ndJeffreyDas$19,514*5,275,000
3rdNiovelChirino Alvares$17,795*4,175,000
4thAhmedMendez$14,776*2,600,000
5thCamiloManrique Huizi$6,079
6thBenjamenSriqui$4,713
7thCharlemagneBenjamin Jr.$3,620
8thEricLeff$2,664
9thGuntherRowohlt$1,858
10thFabioBaduy$1,339
11thLanscellesPeart$1,339
12thDennisJohnson$1,339
13thMagdielMedina$1,065
14thJonathanWilliams$1,065
15thAaronKupin$1,065
16thNiquarusRawls$902
17thOryHen$902
18thCarlosTorres Vazquez$902
19thRyanMartin$765
20thCharbelEl Beyrouti$765
21stEthielGarcia$765
22ndJonLongway$765
23rdChristopherNomikos$765
24thDanielCruz$765
25thDanielSaffer$765
26thPeterLent$765
27thChristopherKnight$765
28thMarcelaNewmark$656
29thLuisMantilla$656
30thAntonSerkov$656
31stDarylCahuasqui-Vega$656
32ndIvanSuarez$656
33rdJamesEnsign$656
34thRobertoArmengol$656
35thHyndiKhomutetsky$656
36thAndreyZherebko$656
37thRoccoDi Benedetto$546
38thWisdomAkpaka$546
39thBradleyYoung$546
40thEliasNassif$546
41stScottHarris$546
42ndCarlosFernandez$546
43rdKyleHarry$546
44thNassinVaknin$546
45thAdamAxman$546
46thDonaldDelancy$478
47thCharlesGomez$478
48thMarciaCosta-Savidge$478
49thKevinHartmann$478
50thStevenTouitou$478
51stRobertHarris$478
52ndChenCai$478
53rdDavidMoreno$478
54thDavidLicht$478
55thJoshuaSmith$423
56thEdwardMandel$423
57thCraigStern$423
58thMingShen$423
59thBrunoDiaz$423
60thNaftalGrunberg$423
61stPaulaAlibrandi$423
62ndJohnBurg$423
63rdVictorMilian$423
64thChristopherNelson$382
65thMarkHurst$382
66thClaudioKalili$382
67thAndrewKay$382
68thJosephCutrono Jr$382
69thMarshaWolak$382
70thMauricioRodriguez-Duenas$382
71stFranklinAlberto$382
72ndGaryFlur$382
73rdMichaelColon$342
74thFranciscoGutierrez$342
75thPasqualeCalabria$342
76thEvanSchulz$342
77thFredericoDabus$342
78thRafaelRodriguez-Arango$342
79thDouglasDecker$342
80thCiriloGonzalez$342
81stWilliamSmith$342

 

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July Big Stack Special Results; Gui Van Turns $130 into $23K

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2017 Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,719
Prize Pool: $171,900
July 19-23, 2017

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMEPRIZE
1stGUIVAN$23,793
2ndSERGIOPEREZ$20,154
3rdROBERTBASS$14,346
4thJOHANNTIEMANN$13,007
5thNARISHHARRIPERSAD$12,709
6thMICHAELGARCIA$11,031
7thMICHAELTAIT$7,773
8thMARCELANEWMARK$6,743
9thRICHARDBOWERS$5,872
10thCORYBLUM$1,650
11thBILLODERAT$1,650
12thANDREWGORDAN$1,650
13thROMANPESHEKHONOV$1,289
14thLUISPEREIRA PIRES$1,289
15thREYNELHERNANDEZ$1,289
16thKENNETHFERGUSON$1,083
17thDALEBERMAN$1,083
18thMICHAELCARBELLO$1,083
19thPHILIPPEGOUREAU$911
20thALEXANDERTHOMPSON$911
21stRENEEWAISHWELL$911
22ndALEJANDROARMAS SENIOR$911
23rdGERARDFORRESTER$911
24thANGELOCASTALDI$911
25thZACHARYROSEN$911
26thCLAUDIOKALILI$911
27thMANUELARMARO ALVAREZ$911
28thDANIELPEARLMAN$744
29thCAMERONCOLLINS$744
30thPETERCHIN$744
31stKIRKTONEY$744
32ndAMIRBARON$744
33rdVICTORWHITEMAN$744
34thLUIZLAMARDO NETO$744
35thADAMALOMA$744
36thMICHAELSINISGALLI$744
37thMONTYBERGER$653
38thANDREWTHOMPSON$653
39thRAYMONDNALBANDIAN$653
40thALFREDOVEGA$653
41stNANCYNIETO$653
42ndMARYONHARPER$653
43rdKENNETHGROSSMAN$653
44thHOMEROMOLINA$653
45thRAFAELRODRIGUEZ ARANGO$653
46thMANUELTORIBIO$567
47thJUSTINHOLMGREN$567
48thJORGEGOMEZ$567
49thJEFFREYBARBIERI$567
50thBRETTSTEINMAN$567
51stANTONIOPINERA$567
52ndMARCELOBELLIZZI$567
53rdPETERSHAPIRO$567
54thYAKIMAPALMERO$567
55thADANHERNANDEZ$499
56thCARLOSNIETO$499
57thKIMSCORATOW$499
58thJEFFRODRIGUEZ$499
59thDEBRANESER$499
60thSANTANANORONHA$499
61stANTONIOCAMPBELL$499
62ndPAULCROWDIS$499
63rdCARLOSCASTRO$499
64thWIDWELLTHOMAS$477
65thCALIXTORODRIGUEZ$477
66thTHOMASGARI$477
67thARIFAMIRALI$477
68thELLIOTTZAYDMAN$477
69thBRIANPOWELL$477
70thNANCYBIRNBAUM$477
71stBRENDAVACA$477
72ndKENNETHBRUNO$477
73rdMARTINMARKOV$395
74thCHENCAI$395
75thNICOLASBAUSSAN$395
76thYANIVANTEBBI$395
77thJASONJOHNSON$395
78thDAVIDHASS$395
79thMARKMANESH$395
80thALBERTOPALMA$395
81stJUANPINEDA FLOREZ$395
82ndMICHAELSTEFAN$361
83rdSTEPHENSMITH$361
84thCLAYTONBROWN$361
85thJOSEPHMARZILLI$361
86thANTHONYTHOMAS$361
87thZOLTANCZINKOTA$361
88thCHADVETSTEIN$361
89thMARTINBELOUS$361
90thERIKRAPHAEL GUZMAN$361
91stCARLOSRODRIGUEZ ROJAS$327
92ndMARKSHTERENZER$327
93rdTIMOTHYCOAN$327
94thKYLEHARRY$327
95thANTONYGOUREAU$327
96thMIGUELRODRIGUEZ$327
97thSTEPHENHARRIS$327
98thALAINGUILBAUD$327
99thMANNYTARICH$327
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June Big Stack Special Results; Rafael Ramos Wins in 10-Way Chop

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2017 Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,962
Prize Pool: $196,200
June 21-25, 2017

FINISHFIRST NAMELAST NAMEPRIZE
1RAFAELRAMOS$24,420
2DEJANPETKOVIC$19,476
3RAMONMUNOZ URENA$18,388
4JASONBARTHOLOMEW$16,458
5CHINTANMEDINA$12,150
6STEVENBENNETT$11,754
7ROBERTCHUSID$9,086
8WILLIAMUNDERDOWN$7,323
9STEVERAEMAN$4,626
10CARLOSTORRES VAZQUEZ$4,476
11CHAIMSAHALON$1,884
12ZOLTANCZINKOTA$1,884
13ALANMUNOZ$1,472
14NESLEYJEAN BAPTISTE$1,472
15MICHAELMONACO$1,472
16DOLPHUSPOWERS$1,236
17FLORISPAYRAUDEAU$1,236
18DAVIDSHMUEL$1,236
19JULIANCONDE$1,040
20SEBASTIANMARTINEZ$1,040
21ANTHONYGIST$1,040
22JOSEALDORINO$1,040
23MOISESNATANEL COHEN$1,040
24ROSANNADE LA ROSA$1,040
25MARKGAUDINO$1,040
26ALEJANDROARMAS SENIOR$1,040
27CARLOBUZZETTA$1,040
28CARLOSRODRIGUEZ ROJAS$883
29GREGORIKRAKOBSKY$883
30ANGELOMIELE$883
31JAMESWOODRUFF$883
32KARIMBARUQUE$883
33FILOMENOGIANNINO$883
34MICHAELWALKER$883
35ANDREBRYAN$883
36LYNETTEROBINSON$883
37ZACHARYCASTRO$746
38RICHARDLEGER$746
39STEVENMORENO$746
40DAVIDPOCES$746
41KEITHWAGNER$746
42RAFAELRODRIGUEZ ARANGO$746
43PEDROPALACIO$746
44GARYJOHNSON$746
45BRITTNEYLOY$746
46HOMEROMOLINA$647
47STEVENDAMSKY$647
48NANCYNIETO$647
49STANLEYSANDERS II$647
50DAVIDESQUIJAROSA$647
51DAVIDWALKER$647
52MARCFINEMAN$647
53GENAROCHINCHILLA LAZO$647
54ANDREWCIMINI$647
55BRIANVASQUEZ LAGOS$569
56JOSEPHROSS$569
57DANIELMATHEWS$569
58JOSEPHCANADEO$569
59MILORDVITAL$569
60PETERBRONSTEIN$569
61ROBERTPOGGIO JR$569
62MICHELLESHAH$569
63JUANPINEDA FLOREZ$569
64IRWINBLOCK$510
65ROYPAULENA$510
66VITOPOLERA$510
67IFTIKHARMEMON$510
68LUISBASTIDAS$510
69SCOTTJORDAN$510
70TRENT-DARYLMCINTURFF$510
71KIRKTONEY$510
72JOSEPHDUCHMAN$510
73REBECCARICHMOND$451
74BURLMCCRANEY$451
75JOANNNICOLETTE$451
76ROCCALA$451
77SETHGILSON$451
78RICHARDWETTER$451
79ROBERTHOFSTETTER$451
80CYBELCABRERO$451
81LLOYDKAPPER$451
82MICHAELRALYEA$412
83RENEGARCIA$412
84MIGUELMCDONALD$412
85PETERSCIANNA$412
86JOHNMCCARTHY$412
87ERIK RAPHAELGUZMAN$412
88HOWARDBECKS$412
89CRAIGWITZ$412
90XAVIERSILVA PENA$412
91WASHINGTONGAVILANES$373
92ANTHONYPAULINO$373
93CHRISTOPHERBELL$373
94BRYCETOLEDO$373
95JEFFREYSAYLORS$373
96CHARLESGOMEZ$373
97MANUELVALENCIA$373
98KEVINPERKINS$373
99STEPHENSMITH$373
100MICHAELGRAFFEO$314
101GARRICKYOUNG$314
102IDOASHKENAZI$314
103GREGORYSPINDER$314
104MIGUELARRONTE$314
105STEVENZUKOWSKI$314
106JULIOSANCHEZ$314
107OMARSADER$314
108CINDAGOODALE$314
109JOHNCONLON$294
110GEORGESBOYADJIAN$294
111CHANGFEICUI$294
112KEVINMURPHY$294
113RAULCUERVO$294
114HENRIAZOULAY$294
115MICHAELTAIT$294
116DARRENCOLLETTE$294
117CHENCAI$294
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The New Poker Room is Open — Park in Seminole Way Garage

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The new poker room is open in the ballrooms — Players are encouraged to park in Seminole Way Garage for easy, covered, air-conditioned access.

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Final Results — $100K Gtd May Big Stack Special

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2017 May Big Stack Special
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
$130 No Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,709
Prize Pool: $170,900
May 4-7, 2017

2017 May Big Stack Special winner, Marc Brooks

Marc Brooks won the 2017 May Big Stack Special at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino following a nine-way chop late Sunday night. The $130 buy-in tournament drew a field of 1,709 entries smashing the $100,000 guarantee to the tune of a $170,900 prize pool. The top 99 finishers were paid with Brooks’ share topping out at $20,682.

Full results:

FINISHFIRST NAMELAST NAMEPRIZE
1stMARCBROOKS$20,682
2ndJARRETTVAUGHN$18,057
3rdSCOTTSOMMER$17,727
4thJASONBUFF$12,000
5thSTEVENBENNETT$10,789
6thATEFNASSALL$10,091
7thSEBASTIANGALLEGO$9,981
8thGEORGESBOYADJEAN$8,714
9thJOSEFSHERTZER$6,714
10thANTHONYRUBERTO, JR.$1,641
11thDAVIDHIXSON$1,641
12thCARLCAJUSTE$1,641
13thBERNHARDSCHMIDT$1,282
14thDEJANPETKOVIC$1,282
15thRUSSELLWILLIAMS$1,282
16thCAMERONCOLLINS$1,077
17thANTONIOREY$1,077
18thSTEPHENEKIN$1,077
19thMOHANNAVANI$906
20thGREGORYSPINDER$906
21stORYHEN$906
22ndSCOTTZAKHEIM$906
23rdCASEYKAPLAN$906
24thMANFREDROSENOW$906
25thJEAN-LOUISSANTONI$906
26thLUISALFREDO ZEDAN$906
27thONEILMcCALLA$906
28thCESARFUENTES$769
29thCHARLEMAGNEBENJAMIN, Jr.$769
30thMANUELHERRERA$769
31stOLVENSOSAVOIE$769
32ndSTEVENCARSWELL$769
33rdJOSEPHDUCHMAN$769
34thRAFAELINDRIAGO$769
35thJONATHANOUNJIAN$769
36thZAKARYAWOLGAMOTT$769
37thPAULBALZANO$649
38thKEVINDENG$649
39thDREWMICHEL$649
40thERICWARD$649
41stDAVIDMORENO$649
42ndFREDERICOSAVIO DABUS$649
43rdRICHARDRIVERO$649
44thROBYNMARSHMAN$649
45thANDREWDIAZ$649
46thLYNETTEROBINSON$564
47thJEFFREYKEISER$564
48thJAMIEKOPACZ$564
49thMICHAELGOLDFARB$564
50thALEJANDROCARRATALA$564
51stCARLOSGARCIA$564
52ndPETERSCIANNA$564
53rdBERNARDCOHEN$564
54thNIGELMURRAY$564
55thKELLYSEJOUR$496
56thALEKSANDRTISHCHENKO$496
57thDENNISRODRIGUEZ$496
58thRAPHAELESCOBDO$496
59thCLAYTONBROWN$496
60thJEFFKESSLER$496
61stPAULVIEIRA$496
62ndMELISASINGH$496
63rdEVANTEITELBAUM$496
64thPETERODIOT$444
65thFERNANDOHALAC$444
66thJUANMEJIA$444
67thHAROLDPAWLUK$444
68thMICHELLEMCMILLAN$444
69thMATTHEWKELLEY$444
70thLUIZSTADLER$444
71stLAZARODUBROCQ$444
72ndCARLOSVASQUES$444
73rdJONATHANBRODY$393
74thCHARLESHUFFINES$393
75thSTEPHENHARRIS$393
76thMICHAELBONSIGNORE$393
77thDANIELRHENALS$393
78thNACHUMLUMELSKI$393
79thJORGESOTO$393
80thDANIELHAMILTON$393
81stHUNTERRITCHIE$393
82ndLUMINITAPETRIC$359
83rdJOHNMARINACCI$359
84thJONATHANMARKS$359
85thRICHARDLEGER$359
86thFRANKGEIBLER$359
87thKARENFLIPPEN$359
88thJACKROSENTHAL$359
89thWESLEYLASHER$359
90thJEFFREYJONES$359
91stTHIERRYFRANKLIN$325
92ndANDRESFLOREZ$325
93rdDAVIDINSELBERG$325
94thSCOTTABEL, Jr.$325
95thJOHNREMBERT$325
96thEDINAPANTINCHIN$325
97thJUANFERRER$325
98thCOREYBABAPOUR$325
99thDANIELLINARES$325

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The 2017 May Big Stack Special concluded following a nine-way chop