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Blinds 800/1.6K Ante 200

A short stacked player moved all in for his last 7.2K on a Q-3-3 flop. He was called and proudly turned over pocket Aces. His opponent shrugged and said “I need runner runner something” and turned over A-4. We already know how this story ends… turn 5… river 2. Floor person walks by and laughs while saying “that’s dirty”.

With that elimination we are down to two tables, 20 players. Close to the money now and the average stack is 65K (41 big blinds). The players were scheduled to take a 40 minute dinner break but have decided instead to make it a shorter 15 minute break.

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Blinds 600/1.2K Ante 200

By the time all the betting was done, we had four players with all the chips in the middle and John Pappas was in bad shape with his A-J as the other three players had A-K, A-Q, and K-T. Pappas did have the benefit of having the largest stack of the four and asked the dealer to add to that stack by calling for a Jack. It looked like the player with A-K was going to take down the large pot but the Jack on the river would give Pappas the pot and the triple knock out. The only thing that would have been better for John was if it was a bounty tournament.

There are 30 players left with an average chip stack of 44K (37 big blinds).

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Blinds 500/1K Ante 100

No major occurrences of late. We’re down to 38 players – still some time before we hit the money as only 13 will get paid.

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Blinds 400/800 Ante 100

Maybe all it takes to get Aces is the right kind of jacket. Jerry, is wearing a very appropriate for the Seminole Hard Rock jacket as it has the words “Rock n Roll” emblazoned on the sleeve – it looks like it might even be a jacket won here at the casino. The woman to his immediate right had opened the action and he moved all in. She folded, showing her A-T and he showed his Aces. “How do you get those,” a player at the table asked. It’s the jacket sir. It’s the jacket.

Ace King is on a severe losing streak in the tournament as no fewer than three Big Slick’s have been eliminated over the past 15 minutes. One player thought for sure A-K was good on the K-9-7-K board. Not so much though when your opponent has pocket 9’s. Two other Ace King’s lost races.

Nothing better than seeing someone in the Seniors Event win a pot and tell the table to “Ship It”. Apparently there is no age limit on over used poker phrases. There is also apparently no age limit at rudeness. Sitting at a table for the first time, a player tells him “welcome to the table.” The response was anything but cordial… “f*** you”. The floor was called and a penalty would have been issued if the grumpy old man didn’t go busto on the hand. Karma?

Marsha Wolak, WSOP bracelet winner, has been eliminated. There are 45 players left and the players are on a 15 minute break.

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Blinds 200/400 Ante 50

At one of the tables in the Seniors Event, there were three all in buttons sitting in front of players with action still pending on the original raiser who had opened for 1.2K. Deciding not to test his luck against three people that were willing to sacrifice their tournament life, he folded. All in player #1 had . All in player #2 had . This was good news for the shortest stack of the three, the woman in seat 6 who had stated “I hope you all have big cards” before the hands were revealed. She had pocket 8’s and the medium pair would hold up when the board ran out . “Yaaayyyyy!!!” said our winner as she did a small dance in her seat to celebrate her triple up.

At another table, there was a raise from the gentleman in the 2 seat. He was re-raised by a woman in the 8 seat who had him covered. He four bet and she made the call. The flop came Q-J-4 and the 2 seat instantly moved all in. He was instantly called and the woman turned over pocket Queens for flopped top set. Seat 2 tossed his cards in disgust towards the center of the table before realizing he still had hope, even if it was slim. He grabbed the cards and turned over pocket Kings. No miracle would arrive though and he could only mutter under his breath “nice hand” before walking away.

There are 76 players remaining. Still a lot of poker to be played tonight.

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Blinds 150/300 Ante 25

The final numbers for the Seniors Event are in. There were a total of 131 entrants creating a prize pool of $22,925. The Guaranteed Prize Pool, however, was $25,000 so there is a $2,075 overlay being added. Thirteen players will make the money. Payouts are listed below. There are 97 players still with a shot at the $8,125 first place prize.

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Blinds 100/200 Ante 25

There were three limpers in the hand and the player in the small blind decided to raise the price to see the flop to 1,100, leaving himself with 3,075. Two of the limpers called and the small blind grabbed his remaining chips and was holding them out in front of his cards, arm extended, obviously prepared to place them all into the middle. The flop came Q-T-5 and he set the chips down in front of him. The dealer tossed the All In button in front of him and the first caller of the pre-flop raise announced that he was all in as well. The third player in the hand quickly folded.

The small blind turned over pocket Queens for flopped top set. “Awwwww, you gotta be kidding me,” said the other player as he turned over pocket 5’s for flopped bottom set. No one outer and the small blind more than doubled up. “Nice hand sir,” said the unfortunate player with bottom set. “Got lucky,” his opponent responded with a slight grin on his face.

There are 125 players registered with about 10 minutes left in Level 4. Registration will close shortly. Once we have final numbers and prize pool/payout information we will post them here.

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Blinds 75/150

The ever popular Seniors No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament is underway and we’re expecting a large field. We’re up to 109 players with about one hour left for players to register. Here are some photos taken from the tournament. See if you can spot anyone you know!

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open
Event 8: $220 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em
December 12, 2013

Entries: 94
Prize Pool: $16,450

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With the rapidly increasing blinds, the four remaining players decided to do an even chop with Rob Manjura being declared the official winner. The final order of finish and payouts is as follows: