Event 6: Dragar Gets Quartered

$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)

Level 20:  Limits 10k/20k

At the turn, the board showed Ac6c3s3d and Jarek Poniatowski got his last chips in against Peter Drager.  The hands were tabled:

Jarek: AsAd3h2c

Peter: Ah8d3c2s
River: 4c

Jarek’s Aces-full beat Peter’s 3s-full for the high and they both had A2 for the nut-low.  Jarek got three-quarters of the pot, chipping up to about 120k.  Peter got only a quarter of the pot, dropping to about 130k.

Event 6: Tuchbaum Survives Another All-In

$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)

Level 20:  Limits 10k/20k

Cris Tuchbaum was again all-in, this time on the turn with a board showing Ks9d7dJc.  He held AsAh8h6d for a pair of Aces with straight draw.  Bryan Scofield held 9h8s6s5d for a pair of 9s with a straight wrap.

The river was the 2h and whiffed all of Bryan’s outs.  Cris doubled up again, to about 140k.

Event 6: Tuchbaum Doubles Thru Poniatowski

$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)

Level 20:  Limits 10k/20k

Cris Tuchbaum was the short-stack coming into today, but he caught an early double-up during the previous level.

His last chips went in on the river with a board of QhQcTd8sKd and was called by Jarek Poniatowski.  Cris held J986 for the straight to beat Jarek’s Q954 (trip Queens).

Event 6: Omaha H/L Final Table Underway

$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)

Level 19:  Limits 8k/16k

The final seven players have returned to battle for the top prize of $6,035, the $3,500 seat in the Championship, and the signature Hard Rock Guitar.

Here they are, sorted by chip count:

SeatPlayerChips
6Peter Dragar 243,000
7Bryan Scofield 159,000
2Patrick Cummins 149,000
4Jarek Poniatowski 110,000
1Steve Allen 100,000
3Ryan Arkin 52,000
5Cris Tuchbaum 11,000

Here’s the remaining prize pool:

1st $6,035
2nd $3,278
3rd $2,070
4th $1,553
5th $1,208
6th $1,035
7th   $863

Event 3: Flight E Break Time

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 4: Blinds 100/200

Four levels have ticked away and players are scattering for their first break of the day.

There are already over 200 entries in this flight, making it the largest so far.  The total number of entries has crested 780, putting the $100,000 Guarantee well within reach.

Event 3: Seniors Winner Back on the Felt

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 4: Blinds 100/200

Ben Thompson - 2 Bullets Chambered for Championship
Ben Thompson – 2 Bullets Chambered for Championship

Ben Thompson took down the Classic Rockers (Seniors 45+) Event 5 here last night earning a $3,500 seat in the Championship event  — and he’s back on the felt today in this event.  Ben is more than just a regular here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.  “I practically live here” he says.

Ben had already earned a $3,500 seat in the $1 Million Guaranteed Championship event, which runs June 12-18.  That came via one of the early Mega Satellites.  Now he has two seats and has the option to fire two bullets in the Championship, or if he bags chips the first day, he can cash in his second seat.