Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open
Event 6:  $300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)
December 12-13, 2014

Entries:  53
Prize Pool:  $11,600

PAYOUTS:
1: $4,408
2: $2,703
3: $1,752
4: $1,206
5: $870
6: $661

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

Level 6:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante

There are already more than 65 entries in this flight, with about an hour and a half left to get in.

These frequent fliers are already in action:

Wally Maddah
Ben Thompson
Oscar Lindo
Terri Anne Crawford
Joe Gibbons
Tim Harrell
Nixon Diaz
Ayed Shweihat
Jacob Naumann

$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)

End of Level 12:  Limits 1,200/2,400

The remaining Omaha players have been sent on a 30-minute dinner break.  Play will resume at about 9:10pm.

Before the break:

Archie Workman got all his chips in holding KKxx against a player holding AAxx.  The board showed K 4 x 4 x and Archie scooped, doubling up with Kings full.  He’s got about 32k.

$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  Limits 1,200/2,400

Blinds are up and players are down.  Only 25 remain active for an average stack of 25k.

Mauro (“just put Mauro”, he said) from Tampa is the chip leader with about 50k.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12 Complete
18 Players Remaining
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/300 ante
Day 2, 12 pm Sunday

Players who bagged in today’s Flight C:

John Cofhlin 419,400*
Tim Clermont 203,500
Gil Alferez 140,700
Kevin Blewitt 128,400
Marsha Wolak 128,100
Jean Miccio 127,400
Rob Majura 108,700
Tony March 104,900
Harvey Vandeven 103,900
Al Krux 85,000
Vladimir Kovalchuk 69,300
Jason Shinbaum 69,100
Allen Turner 66,600
Ben Uankcink 52,300
Gabriel Tudorache 51,500
Debra Dorcey 43,600
Rick Clayton 38,500
Bryce McVay 31,900

*Overall Chip Leader

$300 Omaha H/L 8B (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  Limits 1k/2k

Not as many familiar faces in the Omaha high/low crowd.

John Holley bagged chips in Event 5 Flight B yesterday, so he has a couple of days off until Day 2 of that event.

This Omaha event dovetails nicely, giving him something to do while waiting.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed 
Level 3:  Blinds 75/150

A couple of players who chopped last night’s final table are re-investing their winnings in this flight.

Steven Bennett and Claudemir Osorio finished 2nd and 4th, respectively, each earning $10,000 in Event 4, the $150 buy-in NLH event. Up to 41 entries in this flight so far, with late registration and re-entry available until the start of level 9.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12 Complete
18 Players Remaining
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/300 ante
Day 2, 12 pm Sunday

John Cofhlin (Fort Pierce, FL) bags an impressive 419,400 to lead Flight C and take the overall chip lead.

On the penultimate hand of the day, Cofhlin is part of a three-way all in that saw him triple his 133 chip stack.

On a flop Rick Clayton (Barnhardt, MO) bets 10k and Shawn Cunix (Columbus, OH) moves all in for 170k. Cofhlin calls, as does Clayton with both players at risk.

Cofhlin (set of 9s)
Clayton (set of 8s)
Cunix (gutshot straight draw)

Cunix is looking to gamble as he already bagged 159k in Flight B and could only carry one stack forward into Day 2.

Turn: (Cunix, OE straight draw)

River:

Cofhlin’s gets the full triple-up to more than 400k with a full house, 9s full of 5s. Clayton’s full house wins the 38k side pot versus Cunix.

“I got lucky,” said Cofhlin. “Somehow I have chips for Day 2, usually I just squeak in.”

Cofhlin recently won the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Seniors event for $9,500 and won ~$22,000 here in Tampa during the December 2011 series. “Tampa has been good to me,” he said, “I’ve been fortunate here.”

18 players advance today to increase the Day 2 total to 45 players after three flights. The average stack is currently 110k (55 bb) with three flights still to play.