All posts by Jeff Shurilla

Championship: Twitter Watch

December 21, 2014 @ 12:25PM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante
90 Players Returning, 99k avg (50 bb)

Main day2,, awesome event, structure, and staff..this place ROCKS!!! @MillionDpoker @SHRTPoker @HardRockByron @HardRockTommy
— Amelio J Amato (@DrAmelio) December 21, 2014

@hohnjolley @SHRTPoker @fsuconrad @DarryllFish good luck today all y’all, I’ll be cyber sweating from the couch #FTallYall
— Dennis Baker (@acbossDennis) December 21, 2014

Winter Open

Championship: Trophy Time at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa

December 21, 2014 @ 11:55AM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

90 Players Returning, 99k avg (50 bb)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante
Play Resumes 12 pm

***Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship Trophy***

The Tampa Winter Poker Open culminates with the final day of the Championship Event as 90 players chase the title, signature Hard Rock guitar trophy and the nearly $125,000 first place prize.

Matt Rose is the Day 2 chip leader with 484k (242 bb), but there are plenty of recognizable names still in the hunt.

The last two Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Championship winners, TK Miles (June 2014) and Stephen Diamantas (December 2013) return, as do Las Vegas pros Allen Kessler and David Levi.

The top 27 make the money as blinds increase to 60 minutes.

The trophy is on the table as we play down to a champion.

Winter Open

Championship: Day 2 Chip Count List

December 21, 2014 @ 11:40AM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

90 Players Returning, 99k avg (50 bb)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante
Play Resumes 12 pm

Position	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
1	MATTHEW	ROSE	483,700	6	4
2	MICHAEL	LAAKE	372,900	4	4
3	DAVID	DIBERNARDI	255,400	7	8
4	Robert	Gill	236,900	2	6
5	TIMOTHY	MILES	228,800	10	9
6	TRI	TRAN	215,000	1	8
7	WILLIAM	SMITH	193,500	5	4
8	JOHN	GORDON	180,900	7	3
9	THOMAS	MACEY	176,000	11	8
10	TOM	NGUYEN	169,200	8	7
11	Julio	Novo Sr	167,700	5	5
12	GABRIEL	TUDORACHE	161,900	3	8
13	JOSE	REYES	160,700	10	3
14	JAMES	DILL	157,300	2	9
15	A.	Nonymous	154,900	3	1
16	STERLING	SAVILL	151,900	9	1
17	ANDREW	KELSALL	151,600	1	5
18	HERBERT	WOODBERY	148,000	5	8
19	YONG	WOLFER	145,500	9	6
20	CHRISTOPHER	CONRAD	145,000	6	6
21	RODNEY	RODRIGUE	136,800	6	3
22	STEVEN	KARP	136,300	10	8
23	JOHN	PAPPAS	133,800	3	2
24	GREGORY	MCNEALY	128,300	2	3
25	JOSIAS	SANTOS	126,600	3	4
26	AMELIO	AMATO	124,400	3	7
27	DOMINICK	MINAYA	121,900	6	5
28	AL	KRUX	113,000	2	8
29	ROBERT	GEORATO	113,000	10	5
30	B.	Nonymous	112,000	9	4
31	KYLE	PECK	110,600	1	7
32	KOZMA	LLAZARI	110,300	9	5
33	ANDRE	SMITH	108,500	4	8
34	RICHARD	CLAYTON	107,100	9	3
35	JOHN	HOLLEY III	101,100	6	1
36	ROBERT	LEBEAU	101,100	8	5
37	BRETT	STREICHER	97,300	5	6
38	Debra	Dorcy	96,400	4	1
39	DEREK	BOWERS	95,400	3	6
40	KEVIN	BLEWITT	93,300	2	2
41	GIANCARLO	DISALVO	91,400	4	7
42	MARSHA	WOLAK	90,100	2	7
43	ROGER	STEWART	89,300	7	1
44	STEPHEN	DIAMANTAS	87,500	4	5
45	JARED	REINSTEIN	85,500	7	2
46	JEFFREY	GILBERT	85,300	2	4
47	BARRY	WIEDEMANN	83,600	7	7
48	ANDREW	WHITAKER	83,500	6	8
49	ADAM	MOUYAL	83,200	7	4
50	DAVID	LEVI	79,300	4	9
51	OSCAR	LINDO ZELEDON	79,200	10	4
52	MICHAEL	COLE	78,300	1	2
53	DARRYLL	FISH	73,800	6	7
54	MICHAEL	RAIMON	73,100	8	4
55	BRYCE	MCVAY	70,800	9	8
56	ROBERT	MANJURA-BOODY	68,800	11	5
57	PHILLIP	WASSERMAN	67,600	5	2
58	SANTANA	NORONHA	63,100	7	6
59	MICHAEL	MORENO	62,900	1	9
60	NICHOLAS	NARDELLO	62,000	6	2
61	ALAN	RAMKHALAWAN	60,100	7	9
62	CHRISTY	PHAM	58,600	3	3
63	ARCH	MCLAUCHLIN	57,800	11	9
64	GREGORY	JENNINGS	56,600	8	8
65	MANSOOR	KADER	55,500	8	6
66	CARLOS	LOVING	53,800	1	6
67	FRANCISCO	GOMEZ	52,200	2	1
68	JOSEPH	GIBBONS	47,300	11	4
69	BARBARA GENE	CARDIN	46,600	11	6
70	ALEXANDRU	IVAN	45,000	9	2
71	DAVE	PHILLIPS	40,800	9	7
72	MICHAEL	DEMPSEY	40,700	3	5
73	LUCINDA	MARTINEZ	37,500	7	5
74	FERNANDO J	DIAZ	36,200	5	9
75	JEAN	MICCIO	36,200	8	3
76	RODNEY	LEGENDRE	36,100	1	3
77	EDWARD	KOFLER	35,800	4	3
78	ALLEN	KESSLER	35,800	8	1
79	ANTHONY	KESHISH	35,100	11	1
80	ROSS	FISCHER	34,600	5	7
81	MARTIN	WELCH	34,100	4	6
82	KIRK	ADAMS	31,600	8	9
83	JEBHAR	PATTERSON	30,500	3	9
84	ANGEL	VU	29,600	11	2
85	JESSE	COOK	29,200	5	1
86	PETER	WILLIAMS	28,100	4	2
87	PATRICK	HOBEN	27,900	2	5
88	DAVID	ELLER	19,200	5	3
89	SCOTTSWORTH	GERTISER	18,600	9	9
90	VITOR	COELHO	13,000	6	9

Winter Open

Championship: Day 2 Table Draw

December 21, 2014 @ 10:51AM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

90 Players Returning, 99k avg (50 bb)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante
Play Resumes 12 pm

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Chip Count
1	2	MICHAEL	COLE	ST PETERSBURG	FL	78,300
1	3	RODNEY	LEGENDRE	RANDOLPH	NH	36,100
1	5	ANDREW	KELSALL	TAMPA	FL	151,600
1	6	CARLOS	LOVING	SARASOTA	FL	53,800
1	7	KYLE	PECK	LAKELAND	FL	110,600
1	8	TRI	TRAN	LAKE CITY	GA	215,000
1	9	MICHAEL	MORENO	PLANTATION	FL	62,900
2	1	FRANCISCO	GOMEZ	LAKELAND	FL	52,200
2	2	KEVIN	BLEWITT	TAMPA	FL	93,300
2	3	GREGORY	MCNEALY	VALRICO	FL	128,300
2	4	JEFFREY	GILBERT	TAMPA	FL	85,300
2	5	PATRICK	HOBEN	NEW PORT RICHEY	FL	27,900
2	6	Robert	Gill	TAMPA	FL	236,900
2	7	MARSHA	WOLAK	SARASOTA	FL	90,100
2	8	AL	KRUX	FAYETTEVILLE	NY	113,000
2	9	JAMES	DILL	APOPKA	FL	157,300
3	1	A.	Nonymous	THOUSAND OAKS	CA	154,900
3	2	JOHN	PAPPAS	TAMPA	FL	133,800
3	3	CHRISTY	PHAM	LAKE MARY	FL	58,600
3	4	JOSIAS	SANTOS	SAO PAULO		126,600
3	5	MICHAEL	DEMPSEY	OVIEDO	FL	40,700
3	6	DEREK	BOWERS	ALLIANCE	OH	95,400
3	7	AMELIO	AMATO	SARASOTA	FL	124,400
3	8	GABRIEL	TUDORACHE	REDDICK	FL	161,900
3	9	JEBHAR	PATTERSON	LUTZ	FL	30,500
4	1	Debra	Dorcy	EDGEWATER	FL	96,400
4	2	PETER	WILLIAMS	NEW PORT RICHEY	FL	28,100
4	3	EDWARD	KOFLER	PALM HARBOR	FL	35,800
4	4	MICHAEL	LAAKE	BOCA RATON	FL	372,900
4	5	STEPHEN	DIAMANTAS	LAKELAND	FL	87,500
4	6	MARTIN	WELCH	ZEPHYRHILLS	FL	34,100
4	7	GIANCARLO	DISALVO	ST PETERSBURG	FL	91,400
4	8	ANDRE	SMITH	GUELPH	ON	108,500
4	9	DAVID	LEVI	LAS VEGAS	NV	79,300
5	1	JESSE	COOK	TAMPA	FL	29,200
5	2	PHILLIP	WASSERMAN	SARASOTA	FL	67,600
5	3	DAVID	ELLER	PORT ORANGE	FL	19,200
5	4	WILLIAM	SMITH	OCOEE	FL	193,500
5	5	Julio	Novo Sr	TAMPA	FL	167,700
5	6	BRETT	STREICHER	ODESSA	FL	97,300
5	7	ROSS	FISCHER	DAVIE	FL	34,600
5	8	HERBERT	WOODBERY	WINTER GARDEN	FL	148,000
5	9	FERNANDO J	DIAZ	MIAMI	FL	36,200
6	1	JOHN	HOLLEY III	NICEVILLE	FL	101,100
6	2	NICHOLAS	NARDELLO	SPRING HILL	FL	62,000
6	3	RODNEY	RODRIGUE	LONGWOOD	FL	136,800
6	4	MATTHEW	ROSE	LARGO	FL	483,700
6	5	DOMINICK	MINAYA	TAMPA	FL	121,900
6	6	CHRISTOPHER	CONRAD	TAMPA	FL	145,000
6	7	DARRYLL	FISH	CAPE CORAL	FL	73,800
6	8	ANDREW	WHITAKER	TAMPA	FL	83,500
6	9	VITOR	COELHO	TAMPA	FL	13,000
7	1	ROGER	STEWART	SANFORD	FL	89,300
7	2	JARED	REINSTEIN	TALLAHASSEE	FL	85,500
7	3	JOHN	GORDON	SEMINOLE	FL	180,900
7	4	ADAM	MOUYAL	MAPLE	ON	83,200
7	5	LUCINDA	MARTINEZ	BRANDON	FL	37,500
7	6	SANTANA	NORONHA	DAVIE	FL	63,100
7	7	BARRY	WIEDEMANN	LAND O LAKES	FL	83,600
7	8	DAVID	DIBERNARDI	YOUNGSTOWN	OH	255,400
7	9	ALAN	RAMKHALAWAN	TAMPA	FL	60,100
8	1	ALLEN	KESSLER	LAS VEGAS	NV	35,800
8	3	JEAN	MICCIO	ST PETERSBURG	FL	36,200
8	4	MICHAEL	RAIMON	BRADENTON	FL	73,100
8	5	ROBERT	LEBEAU	TAMPA	FL	101,100
8	6	MANSOOR	KADER	LAND O LAKES	FL	55,500
8	7	TOM	NGUYEN	TAMPA	FL	169,200
8	8	GREGORY	JENNINGS	OVERLAND PARK	KS	56,600
8	9	KIRK	ADAMS	TALLAHASSEE	FL	31,600
9	1	STERLING	SAVILL	DOVER	FL	151,900
9	2	ALEXANDRU	IVAN	PALM HARBOR	FL	45,000
9	3	RICHARD	CLAYTON	SAINT LOUIS	MO	107,100
9	4	B.	Nonymous	VALRICO	FL	112,000
9	5	KOZMA	LLAZARI	NEW PORT RICHEY	FL	110,300
9	6	YONG	WOLFER	ROCHESTER	NY	145,500
9	7	DAVE	PHILLIPS	CARROLLWOOD	FL	40,800
9	8	BRYCE	MCVAY	TAMPA	FL	70,800
9	9	SCOTTSWORTH	GERTISER	NOKOMIS	FL	18,600
10	3	JOSE	REYES	WEST PALM BEACH	FL	160,700
10	4	OSCAR	LINDO ZELEDON	SPRING HILL	FL	79,200
10	5	ROBERT	GEORATO	NAPLES	FL	113,000
10	8	STEVEN	KARP	NORTH MIAMI BEACH	FL	136,300
10	9	TIMOTHY	MILES	MIAMI	FL	228,800
11	1	ANTHONY	KESHISH	ST PETERSBURG	FL	35,100
11	2	ANGEL	VU	SOUTH DAYTONA	FL	29,600
11	4	JOSEPH	GIBBONS	NEW PORT RICHEY	FL	47,300
11	5	ROBERT	MANJURA-BOODY	HEATHROW	FL	68,800
11	6	BARBARA GENE	CARDIN	APOLLO BEACH	FL	46,600
11	8	THOMAS	MACEY	MIAMI BEACH	FL	176,000
11	9	ARCH	MCLAUCHLIN	St Petersburg	FL	57,800

Winter Open

Cover Girl & Centerfold Coming to Poker Room

December 21, 2014 @ 9:30AM by Jeff Shurilla

Hard Rock Calendar Girls 2015
Deanna and Kayla Appearing 11am-1pm

Deanna & Kayla promo — **Deanna & Kayla Appearing Sunday 11am-1pm**

Cover girl Deanna and centerfold Kayla will be in the Poker Room for the final day of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open.

The Hard Rock calendar girls have been on hand for the entire 18 day series which concludes with Day 2 of the Championship Event.

Deanna & Kayla will pose for pictures, sign autographs and talk with players, just as all the Calendar Girls have done throughout the Winter Poker Open.

The girls will be on hand from 11am-1pm to kickoff Day 2 of the Championship.

The following link has all the photos taken of all the girls during the series, posted within 48 hours of their appearance.

Winter Open

Beauties Bomb Poker Room

December 20, 2014 @ 5:11PM by Jeff Shurilla

Hard Rock Calendar Girls 2015 Sarah, Cassey, Sonia & Crystal Brittany

The Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship event featured four calendar girls who helped start the action Friday and Saturday.

Sarah, who made her Winter Poker Open debut, was paired with the returning Cassey on Friday. Today it was the second coming of Sonia and Crystal Brittany.

The Hard Rock calendar girls have been on hand for the entire 18 day series and culminates on Sunday’s final day. That’s when cover girl Deanna and centerfold Kayla will be in the Poker Room.

Deanna & Kayla will pose for pictures, sign autographs and talk with players, just as all the Calendar Girls have done throughout the Winter Poker Open.

The following link has all the photos taken of all the girls during the series, posted within 48 hours of their appearance.

Here are more pictures from the last two days and a sneak peek of Deanna and Kayla who will be on hand tomorrow from 11am-1pm.

**Crystal Brittany, David Creamer & Sonia**

Scott Griggs with Cassey & Sarah — **Scott Griggs (left) with Cassey & Sarah**

Crystal Brittany, Freddie Simmons & Sonia

Winter Open

Championship: Chip Leaders

December 20, 2014 @ 4:36PM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante
Entries: 118

Rob LeBeau (Tampa, FL) is the only player with more than 100k as the field returns from break.

There’s 90 minutes of play before the dinner break. Once the 45 minute break ends at ~6:30 pm, registration will close.

Chip Leaders

Rob LeBeau 115k
Steve Karp 92k
Greg McNealy 90k
Tom Macey 80k

Winter Open

Championship: WPT Champ Calderaro Joins the Party

December 20, 2014 @ 3:49PM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Entries: 111

James Calderaro (Venice, FL) is the latest recognizable pro to join Flight C.

Calderaro is newly minted WPT Champion from this year when he won the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Coconut Creek in February for $271,000.

“I’m incognito,” says Calderaro who’s hiding under a stylish hat. Disappointing many, there’s no sign of his girl friend Lily Kiletto who is also well known on the tournament circuit.

Calderaro is a 48-year old investor originally from New York who has $2 million in career recorded tournament earnings.

James Calderaro WPT win — **Calderaro’s WPT Win at Coconut Creek**

Winter Open

Championship: Tommy’s Twitter is on Fire

December 20, 2014 @ 3:12PM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 150/300
Entries: 106

Director of Poker Tom Bates has been a machine gun on Twitter during the Tampa Winter Poker Open.

Today’s targets are Justin Zaki, David Tuthill and Filipp Khavin.

Khavin is on the stacked table that includes TK Miles, Allen Kessler and David Levi.

Named player to watch In 2015 @Justin_Zaki just showed @SHRTampa @SHRTPoker the field is full Pros! #enoughisenough <— had to add this Bro
— Tommy Bates (@HardRockTommy) December 20, 2014

Don’t know these Pros personally but I have mad respect @davidtuthill @filkgb Thanks for playing our event guys! @SHRTampa @SHRTPoker #poker — Tommy Bates (@HardRockTommy) December 20, 2014

Winter Open

Championship: Miles, Another Defender

December 20, 2014 @ 3:04PM by Jeff Shurilla

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Entries: 102

There’s always debate on who should be designated the “defending champion.” Based on the calendar, Stephen Diamantas (Tampa, FL) is the defending champ after winning this Championship Event in December 2013.

But Timothy “TK” Miles (Tallahassee, FL) can stake a claim as a defending champion as he’s the most recent winner after shipping the June Championship Event.

“It’s a good room, a good time,” says Miles who’s a few seats away from Diamantas, but on a different table. “I like it here.”

Miles is a big Florida State football fan and is extremely confident in his poker game and in the Seminoles repeating as national champions.

“I need to do win this,” says Miles, “we’re both going to do it,” he says about winning back-to-back titles.

Miles won the June Championship for $295,000 in a 346 entry field ($3,500 buy-in), while Diamantas earned $122,000 against 301 entries ($1,650 buy-in) last December.