$560 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 11: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
John Racener
Flight C Total Entries: 67 Flight C Players Remaining: 29 Average Stack: 69,300 (43 big blinds)
Registration for this flight closed at the start of level 9. There were 67 entrants of which 29 remain in action.
Among those still with chips is John Racener, poker ambassador and 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up. He’s sitting on about 61,000, a little below average but still workable with 38 big blinds.
The next flight takes off at 6pm and there are two final fights on Saturday at 11am and 6pm, so still plenty of chances to get a share of the quarter-million-dollar prize pool!
The third of six starting flights of the $250,000 Guaranteed event is underway in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room!
Players began with 30,000 chips and all Day 1 levels are 30 minutes long. They will play 14 levels then remaining players will bag up their chips and advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 12 noon.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 (about 3:30pm). Players who bust out may re-enter the same flight or any subsequent flight until registration closes.
This is NOT a best-stack forward event. If a player has chips at the end of their flight, they must forfeit those chips if they wish to play a subsequent flight.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Deep Stack Spring Poker Series
$150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed May 11-14, 2015
Total Entries: 875 Total Prize Pool: $105,000
Norbert Kara -1st Place
RECAP
Norbert Kara has been playing poker semi-professionally for several years and has amassed career earnings close to $100,000. Today he flew under the radar for most of the day, avoiding confrontations, until a key hand at the final table.
On a flop of 6 4 3 — all spades — Kara was all-in for 3.09 million holding two red Aces. The other two players remaining at the table also piled in. Greg McNealy had an open-ended straight draw and Claudemir Osorio had the Ace of spades for the nut flush draw.
Kara managed to fade all their outs to win the huge pot, take the chip lead, and bust Greg McNealy in the process. The retired fire-fighter finished 3rd.
Osorio had been in the chip lead or close to it for most of the final three tables, but suddenly he found himself at a disadvantage with about 7 million chips to Kara’s 10 million chips. After a short heads-up match, the final two agreed to chop up the remaining prize pool and call it a day.
Through nine starting flights over three days, a total of 875 entries generated a prize pool of $105,000, neatly covering the $100,000 guarantee. The final 81 players earned a share.
The last woman remaining in this event was Barbara Cardin, who busted out 27th ($525). Elizabeth Blalock was the chip leader at the start of Day 2. She was eliminated in 44th place ($399).
This is Kara’s first win in a trophy event here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. The Clearwater resident, who is originally from Hungary, can be found practicing his craft here on the felt several days a week.
$150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed
Level 29: Blinds 150k/300k/20k ante
Total Entries: 875 Players Remaining: 2 Average Stack: 8.75 million (29 big blinds)
Greg McNealy – 3rd Place
On a flop of all three players got their chips in the middle. Greg McNealy had a 5 for the open-ended straight-draw. Claudemir Osorio had for the nut-flush draw, and Norbert Kara had pocket Aces and a lot of outs to fade.
The last two cards fell and changed nothing.
Norbert’s all-in of 3.09 million had Greg covered, so Greg busted out in 3rd place, earning $8,610.
Norbert had more than 10 million chips after that pot. Heads-up play began with Claudemir holding about 6.95 million.
$150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed
Cris Tuchbaum – 4th Place
Level 28: Blinds 100k/200k/20k ante
Total Entries: 875 Players Remaining: 3 Average Stack: 5.8 million (29 big blinds)
Cris Tuchman shoved and Claudemir Osorio snap-called, showing pocket Queens. Cris had pocket Jacks. The board ran out A T 7 8 A and Claudemir is now sitting behind more than 10 million chips.
Cris Tuchman busted out in 4th place, earning $7,088.
Greg McNealy has about 5.4 million chips and Norbert Kara has about 2 million.
$150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: Blinds 100k/200k/20k ante
Danny Castillo – 5th Place
Total Entries: 875 Players Remaining: 4 Average Stack: 4.4 million (22 big blinds)
Danny Castillo held on as long as he could, but finally shoved his last three big blinds holding Q9. Cris Tuchbaum looked him up with AJ. An Ace on the turn sent the pot to Cris, who is up to about 4 million.
Danny Castillo busted out in 5th place, earning $5,775.
all three players got their chips in the middle. Greg McNealy had a 5 for the open-ended straight-draw. Claudemir Osorio had 
for the nut-flush draw, and Norbert Kara had pocket Aces and a lot of outs to fade.
and changed nothing.
