Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante 6 Players Remaining, 80k avg (67 bb)
Wally Maddah 3 Spots from the $
After seeing short stack Ryan Van Sanford shove the previous hand, Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) is put to the test with another Van Sanford shove.
After tanking for a minute, Maddah calls and is in bad shape A7 < AK.
Maddah doesn’t improve and ships a ~25k double-up, leaving him short. A few hands later, Maddah hits two pairs, but “Ping Pang” Kerr goes runner-runner flush to get the knockout.
The six remaining players are now two spots from the money.
Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante 7 Players Remaining, 105k avg (88 bb)
Play resumes with 7 players remaining in the Six Max and the top four making the money. The $500 bounties are still up for grabs for each knockout as they play for the $14,625 top prize.
Chip Counts
James “Ping Pang” Kerr 113,100 (94 bb) Joe Gibbons 93,500 Joe Williams 106,900 Evan Panesis 79,600 Wally Maddah 32,300 Andre Lomans 31,100 Ryan Van Sanford 22,100 (18 bb)
The first of three satellites into the Championship Event (June 12-18) kicks off at high noon. This is a great way to get into the $1 Million Guaranteedevent at a steep discount and 15 seats are guaranteed.
The Championship Event is a $3,500 buy-in, but players can earn their way in with a $385 satellite (89% savings) or can play for $200 (94% off)
Wednesday Satellite Schedule
12pm $385 – Mega Satellite into Tampa Summer Poker Open – 5 Seats Guaranteed
3pm $200 – Mega Satellite into Tampa Summer Poker Open – 5 Seats Guaranteed
7pm $385 – Mega Satellite into Tampa Summer Poker Open – 5 Seats Guaranteed
Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante 7 Players Remaining, 105k avg (88 bb)
James “Ping Pang” Kerr Chip Leader (file photo)
Geoff McNeely goes out in 8th place when his A9 is beaten by James Kerr’s Q7 which hits two pairs.
The final seven players are done for the night and return 3 pm Wednesday to play for the $14,625 first prize.
Kerr, who chopped the $1k Sunday for $20,300, is the chip leader.
The remaining field also includes Andre Lomans, runner-up in Event 1 for $44,187.
Other Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regulars still alive include Wally Maddah (two series cashes), Joe Williams (two fourth place finishes in series) and Joe Gibbons.
Final Table
Seat-Name-Chip Count
1 Wally Maddah 32,300 2 James “Ping Pang” Kerr 113,100 (94 bb) 3 Joe Williams106,900 4 Joe Gibbons 93,500 5 Andre Lomans 31,100 6 Evan Panesis 79,600 7 Ryan Van Sanford 22,100 (18 bb)
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open Event 1: $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em June 10, 2014
Entries: 102 Total Buy-In: $21,420
Winner – Tim White
RECAP The Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open continued with another trophy event and this big stack tournament (20k starting stacks) saw three players chop up the last of the prize money.
Tim White (Tampa, FL), Jeff Wilkens (Jacksonville, FL) and Donald Lyerly (Wesley Chapel, FL) each took home ~$4,000, with White earning the title.
“It’s a nice start,” said White who recently returned to the game. In addition to the money he earned the custom guitar and a $3,500 Championship event seat.
“It’s nice to get the seat, so that worked out well.”
The key hand in White’s final table run came five-handed when he flopped a set against chip leader Marc Davis, who rivered a set and shipped a double-up in a 440k chip pot.
“Set over set, I win that hand and have half the chips in play,” said a disappointed Davis who wound up 4th.
“It put me in a good position,” said White, who recently moved back to Florida from Minnesota, “I pretty much coasted from there.”
After Davis’ elimination the final three agreed to the deal.
“It’s a grind, like all tournaments are,” said Wilkens, “but it was fun.”
“It’s always nice to get a score,” added Lyerly, who recorded a third place finish in an event held here in the December 2013 Winter Poker Open.
The day began with 102 entries that put up a total buy-in of $21,420. Once the final 18 hit the money, there were eight eliminations in thirty minutes to set the final table which offered a lot of play because of the big stack structure.
White said he’s happy to get the win, especially because he wasn’t at the top of his game.
“I was three hours late, forgot my glasses and had a pounding headache at the final table.”
FINAL RESULTS 1. TIM WHITE (GIBSONTON, FL): $3,999 2. JEFF WILLIAMS (ORANGE PARK, FL): $3,999 3. DONALD LYERLY (WESLEY CHAPEL, FL): $3,998 4. MARC DAVIS (ORLANDO, FL): $1,714 5. KIRAN AINALA (TAMPA, FL): $1,285 6. KEVIN CURREY (ORLANDO, FL): $1,071 7. MARVIN KARLINS (RIVERVIEW, FL): $857 8. JOAQUIN BLANCO (INVERNESS, FL): $643 9. MICHAEL MASELLA (DAYTONA BEACH, FL): $482 10. SHEILA OLSEN (JACKSONVILLE, NC): $428 11. BENTON THOMPSON (LAKELAND, FL): $428 12. JAMES DUNN (PALM HARBOR, FL): $428 13. KEVIN JONES (OVIEDO, FL): $375 14. AUBREY CUSTALOW (TAMPA, FL): $375 15. RUSSELL RUCKS (FORT MYERS, FL): $375 16. BRADLEY HELDENBRAND (SEFFNER, FL): $321 17. JOSEPH BROWN (PINELLAS PARK, FL): $321 18. ROBERT DIAZ II (TIERRA VERDE, FL): $321
Don Lyerly officially is listed in third place, but is part of an even three-way chop with Tim White and Jeff Wilkens.
The final three each earn ~$4,000, but it’s White who takes the trophy.
“It’s always nice to get a score,” says Lyerly, whose only other career recorded tournament cash came here in December, 2013 with a third place finish.
Lyerly is retired both from the Navy and from teaching.
