HARD ROCK CALENDAR GIRL – BRITTANY

Encore Girl 2015, Undiscovered Comedian

 Brittany tableName: Brittany

Calendar: Encore Girl

Born: Okinawa, Japan

Resides: Brandon, FL

Twitter: @BrittanyAlesa

Instagram: Cajun_Brittany

You can look for Brittany in the Party Pit dealing blackjack, but her favorite game is Three Card Poker.  She’s worked at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa for four years and this is the first time Brittany is a Calendar Girl.

Family is important to Brittany, especially her three-year old godson Cameron.  She recently finished her masters degree in adult education and would like to create training programs for corporations.

Q & A with Brittany

Favorite Music?

“My favorite is fist pumping house music, something to jump up and down to. I always listen to Beyonce, she’s my sister, but not many people know that,” jokes Brittany.

“I’ve been listening to her since Destiny’s Child.”

Special Talents?

“I love to sing karaoke and I do the best Tina Turner impression ever, Proud Mary is my song. I’m not the best singer, but I’m the best karaoke singer.

Brittany Karoake

“I have a big personality and love to entertain people and I’m pretty funny. I’m an undiscovered comedian!”

 Reaction to Being Named a Hard Rock Calendar Girl?

“I was thrown off and wasn’t expecting it all. I love that we get to work on community service projects. I want to work with children.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the other girls.”

Brittany Mic

More Photos of Brittany from the Tampa Winter Poker Open

EVENT 5: Akiki Ahead of the Pack

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds  150/300/25 ante
60 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~3:30 pm)

Maroun Akiki
Maroun Akiki

Players are back from their first break of the day and Maroun Akiki (Kissimmee, FL)  is the chip leader with 105k, while Al Crux (Fayetteville, NY) is next at 80k.

There’s seems to be a lot more gamble in this flight than what we saw during yesterday’s play.

EVENT 5: Familiar Faces, Including 1 Degenerate

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 4: Blinds 100/200
53 Entries (Reg/RE Until ~3:30 pm)

Poker tables wide
One of these Players has Already Advanced to Day 2

“Don’t tell anyone I’m playing,” says one player, “my friends already know I’m a degenerate.”

The player, who wants to stay anonymous as long as possible, bagged chips yesterday but wants to build on his top ten stack. Players have the option of bagging in multiple flights and playing their best stack on Day 2.

Other early entrants include:

Tim Clermont
Bobby Rosetta
Debra Dorcy
Rob Manjura
Rafael Reis
Steven Bennett
Marsha Wolak
Tony March
Robbie Godbey
Joe Squires

EVENT 5: Bagged & Tagged

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 2: Blinds 50/100
34 Flight C Entries (Reg/RE Until ~3:30 pm)

As Flight C continues, 27 players have already advanced to Day 2 with an average stack of 110k (55 bb).  They’ll return 12 pm Sunday with blinds going to 1k/2k/300 ante.

In the Bag
Flights A & B Remaining Players

PositionName-Chip Count
1Jose Galvez 247,500
2Stephen Diamantas 239,900
3Roberto Barba 235,700
4Phil Wasserman 234,700
5Brett Streicher 162,100
6Shawn Cunix 159,000
7Herbert Woodbery 158,400
8Joe Boulais 148,000
9Manny Minaya 144,900
10Daniel Lobato 130,200
11Jim Brinkley 106,400
12Tam Nguyen 97,800
13Alexander Beece 96,600
14Ricardo Rodriguez 92,000
15Jeff Buffenbarger 88,900
16Jebhar Patterson 77,500
17Julio Novo 77,200
18Ronald Tosi 76,000
19Alexis Steiner 55,100
20John Pizano 53,700
21Travis Fulford 53,400
22Tom Nguyen 53,200
23John Holley 52,900
24Andrew Kelsall 48,000
25Joseph Parris 41,900
26Ryan Sponaugle 37,100
27Chris Williams 17,300

 

EVENT 5: Flight C Off the Ground

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed 

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The third of six flights of this Deep Stack tournament is underway in the Poker Room.

Players begin with 25,000 chips and 30-minute levels.  Once registration closes at the start of level 9 (approximately 3:30 pm) levels increase to 40 minutes.

Event 5 Schedule
December 11-14, 2014

Day 1A:  60 entries/12 players remaining
Day 1B:  59 entries/15 players remaining
Day 1C: underway
Day 1D: 6 pm Friday
Day 1E: 10 am Saturday
Day 1F: 6 pm Saturday
Day 2: 12 pm Sunday

Event 5 Structure

Seven Hours ‘Til High Hand Promo Starts!

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa High Hand Promotion

High Hand full image JPEG

Director of Poker Tommy Bates will be bearing gifts this holiday season as the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa announces its High Hand Promotion.

Starting Friday December 12th, high hand winners will receive $500 for designated cash games* every half hour. The promotion runs daily 9am to 8:59 pm from Dec. 12-23.

That’s a potential of $144,000 up for grabs!

*$250 awarded to players in $1/$1 NL, $1/$5 Stud, $3/$6 Omaha & $2/$4 Hold’em games

Event 5: Flight B In The Bag

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed 

End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Jose Galvez
Jose Galvez – Flight B Chip Leader

There were 15 players remaining at the end of the night and they’ve bagged up and headed out.  Average stack for this flight is 98k.

Here are their chip counts:

Jose Galvez 247,500
Phil Wasserman 234,700
Herbert Woodbery 158,400
Joe Boulais 148,000
Manny Minaya 144,900
Jim Brinkley 106,400
Alexander Beece 96,600
Alexis Steiner 55,100
Travis Fulford 53,400
John Holley 52,900
Tom Nguyen 53,200
Andrew Kelsall 48,000
Joseph Parris 41,900
Ryan Sponaugle 37,100
Chris Williams 17,300