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

Level 3: Blinds 75/150

There is poker life outside of Vegas this time of year.  Another proof of that fact is WSOP bracelet winner Marsha Wolak is here playing this event today.  The Floridian is back from Vegas for this half-million-dollar guarantee event.  She knows value when she sees it.

She’ll be heading back to Vegas for the Ladies event, which is the event she won her bracelet in back in 2011.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 2: Blinds 50/100

On the river with a board of , Enzo Romano (Riverview, FL) got all-in and snap-called by Bob O’Rourke (Philadelphia, PA).  Enzo held for trips, but Bob had flopped a full house with .

Bob took the pot, chipping up to ~50k and doubling his 25k starting stack.  Enzo hit the rail, then headed to registration to re-enter.

Both of these players have already had some success during this Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open.  Bob O’Rourke finished second in the Seniors event, and Enzo finished second in Event 4, $560 Big Stack.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Late registration and re-entry are available for this event until the start of level 7 (about3:30pm).  Players who bust out may choose to re-enter as many times as they like until registration closes.

Once registration closes for this flight, players can still register for any subsequent flights.  Here’s the schedule:

Flight C – now
Flight D – 7pm Today
Flight E – 11am Saturday
Flight F – 7pm Saturday

If a player plays more than one flight and bags chips more than once, they will take their best stack into Day 2 (no combining).

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The third of six starting flights for this half-million guarantee event is underway here in the Rockin’ Poolside Tournament Area in front of the Rise Kitchen and Bakery.

Players began with 25,000 chips and Day 1 levels are 40 minutes long.

They’ll play 12 levels (no dinner break) before bagging up for the night (about 8pm).

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
June 5-8, 2014

Flight A & B Entries: 189
Flight A & B Players Remaining: 51
Flight A & B Average Chip Count: 92,000

CHIP COUNT LEADERS (FLIGHTS A & B):
1. STEVEN BENNETT: 257,500
2. VINCENT FIORENZA: 201,300
3. JOSEPH GIBBONS: 180,500
4. PETER WALSWORTH: 173,200
5. MARIA LUCIANO: 168,000
6. JAMES MILLIS: 167,400
7. DEVIS MULLA: 158,800
8. CHRIS CARLSON: 145,600
9. LANA NESTER: 145,000
10. MATTHEW QUEIOR: 136,300
11. JASON LAMADELENE: 133,300
12. FILIPP KHAVIN: 126,900
13. CRAIG FEDERER: 122,900
14. MIKE BROWNE: 119,000
15. ARMANDO ROSAL: 113,200
16. VI LY: 109,600
17. ROBERT KRANTZ: 104,300
18. GREGORY DORNON: 103,200
19. JASON GOLDMAN: 101,000
20. MICHAEL NGUYEN: 100,500
21. EDWARD GILFILLAN: 96,800
22. TIMOTHY PETTUS: 93,100
23. MICHAEL FERNEMAN: 93,100
24. JOHN DOBSON: 90,200
25. BRENT BALLENTINE: 87,200
26. ADAM TEMPLEMAN: 84,400
27. BRUCE SNELL: 84,100
28. WADIE KHALAF: 78,800
29. ZUHDI MANSAUR: 77,900
30. BANG NGO: 74,500
31. JEFFREY MORZELLA: 70,500
32. ALEX IVAN: 68,900
33. AVI HAKMON: 64,000
34. CORY WILLIAMS: 55,900
35. AL GOMEZ: 55,700
36. BEN THOMASON: 53,300
37. JULIO NOVO: 53,000
38. DAVID HUNT: 52,300
39. JONATHAN BALDWIN: 50,700
40. DAVE ROY: 48,800
41. NATHAN MONTAGALO: 44,900
42. DOUGLAS ARCADI: 43,900
43. GLENN BLUMBERG: 41,300
44. MARWAN SCHOOP: 37,700
45. JOSEPH WILLIAMS: 37,000
46. JOHN AFOLSGROT: 35,500
47. PAUL DEFEO: 31,700
48. DANIEL CLEMENTE: 25,400
49. EVAN PANESI: 24,300
50. MARC KOCSIS: 23,400
51. KEVIN KEARNS: 22,500

STRUCTURE

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

End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
21 Players Remaining (of 87 Flight B Entries)

Steven “Mike” Bennett (Deerfield Beach, FL) is the end of night chip leader with 257,500. The big stack earns him a $3,500 seat into the Championship Event (June 12-18) and he’s the overall leader after two flights.

Thursday’s flights produced 189 total entries, with 51 advancing to Sunday’s Day 2 with a 93k avg (47 bb).

Flight C kicks off Friday morning at 11 am.

Flight B Big Stacks

Mike Bennett 257,500
Peter Walsworth 173,000
Devis Mulla 158,800
Chris Carlson 145,600
Lana Nester 145,000

A full list of chip counts from Flights A & B will be posted after 11 am

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

Level 11: 600/1,200/200 ante
25 Players Remaining, 87k avg (73 bb)

Mike Bennett (Deerfield Beach, FL) uses some run good to take the chip lead and earn our Hard Rock, Hard Beat of the Day award.

Bennett raises from the button, the big blind 3-bets 4x and Bennett calls.

Flop:

The big blind leads for 13k, Bennett moves all in and the BB snap calls.

BB: (over pair)
Bennett: (flush draw)

Turn:

River:

Bennett goes runner-runner two pair to win a 150k pot and take the chip lead.

“The worst part of the hand is that I called the three-bet,” says Bennett who delivers tonight’s Hard Beat of the Day.

Hard Rock, Hard Beat of the Day – Bennett

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

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
27 Players Remaining (of 87 Entries), 81k avg (81 bb)

2nd bullet Busto. Raised AKs in MP out of 22BB stack. Got 3-bet on button. I 4-bet shove and lose race to TT. Back tomorrow. @SHRTPoker

— EC (@MiamiErikC) June 6, 2014

Massive double ups!! 100k. Avg is 60k in the 2nd flight of the $560 3 levels left!!! @SHRTPoker @marshawolak #femmefatalepokertraining

— Lana (@LanaNester) June 6, 2014

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

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
32 Players Remaining (of 87 Entries), 70k avg (70 bb)

Players are back in action after the green chip color-up break. They’ll play three more levels with bag and tag set for just before 4 am.

Chip Leaders

Vi Ly 172k
Michael Ferneman 149k
Peter Walsworth 118k
Mike Browne 113k
Lana Nester 109k
Steven Bennett 106k
Devis Mulla 90k
Daniel Clemente 82k
Craig Federer 76k
Greg Dornon 73k

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open

Event 3: $150 No Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
June 2-June 5, 2014

Entries: 1,104
Total Buy-In: $132,480
Chip Leader Bonus: $6,600
Total Prize Pool: $125,880

RECAP
The second field of more than 1,000 entries at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open came down to six players who agreed to share the wealth and chop nearly $75,000 of the remaining prize pool.

Woodrow Pass (Tampa, FL) is declared the winner as he takes home $15,500, the guitar trophy and earns the $3,500 seat into the Championship Event (June 12-18).

Pass chopped with Manny Minaya, Cris Tuchman, Anthony Lee, Mohamed Maghraoui and Jacob Naumann as the tournament ended after four days of play, including three days worth of starting flights.

Pass was one of the big stacks that used their muscle to make the final table.  Pass was third overall to start Day 2, while chip leader Oliver Arcand finished in 10th place.

“I was stealing the blinds all day long,” said Pass, “I never went to showdown, but four times the whole tournament. And I never had higher than pocket tens the first day.”

Minaya, who started the day with a top 20 stack, was the first player to one million chips and rode the momentum to his third cash of the series. With this five figure score, Minaya has earned more than $18,000 at the Summer Poker Open and has two final tables.

Maghraoui and Tuchman also picked up their second final table appearance of the series. Maghraoui finished 9th in Event 2 (Big Stack Turbo), while Tuchman was 7th in Event 6 (Omaha H/L).

The 1,104 entries created $132,480 in buy-ins to easily surpass the $100,000 Guaranteed prize pool. 135 players returned for Day 2 with 110 making the money.

“100 times my buy-in is pretty good,” said Tuchman who entered the tournament once for $150.

“Not too bad at all,” said Pass, an entrepreneur who plays primarily tournament poker.

“I’m feeling great,” he added about his payday. “I’m going to do something with it, maybe get a new truck.”

FINAL RESULTS

TOURNAMENT DETAILS