$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
Just three more minutes to play and the survivors will bag their chips for the night.
Filipp Khavin has already won Event 2, finished 3rd in Event 4, and now he’s making a deep run here in Event 3.
Before the blinds went up, he got all-in holding J9 against a player with AK. The board came 8 7 4 J J and he make trips to take the pot, doubling up to ~95k.
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
Event 6: $300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
June 3-4, 2014
Entries: 69
Total Buy-In: $20,700
RECAP
Primarily a No Limit cash game player, poker pro Bryan Scofield (Tampa, FL) used his love for Omaha to best the field in Event 6 of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open.
“It’s probably my favorite game to play,” said Scofield who held a commanding chip lead three-handed on his way to the title and the $6,035 first prize. “I tried it to break up the monotony of hold’em and was hooked.”
Scofield had 700 of the 800+ chips in play on the penultimate hand of the tournament with Steve Allen (Bradenton, FL) and Patrick Cummins (Tampa, FL).
Scofield and Allen chopped Cummins chips who was eliminated in third place. Schofield then defeated Allen heads up on the ensuing hand.
“You have to have chips,” said Allen who finished runner-up for $2,070. “He’s a good player,” Allen said of Scofield, “but you have to have chips.”
“They were getting short and I could raise every hand,” said the 39-year-old Scofield. “Basically I was playing my stack and putting pressure on them.”
The tournament began with 69 entries that created a total buy-in of $20,700. The field reached the money on Day 1 with John Buzbee (8th) and Harry Wilks (9th) eliminated before the end of night bag and tag.
The final 7 players returned for Day 2 with Cris Tuchbaum the extreme short stack (11k) who was eliminated in 7th place.
Jarek Poniatowski was next to go (6th), followed by Ryan Arkin and Peter Dragar. Scofield and Dragar split the pot to eliminate Arkin (5th), while Scofield knocked out Dragar (4th) to build the commanding lead.
“It was a really good table,” said Scofield who held 
on the final hand that he won with a Ten-high straight, “the all played really well.”
In addition to the money and guitar trophy, Scofield earned a $3,500 entry into the Summer Poker Open Championship Event (June 12-18).
FINAL RESULTS
1st Bryan Scofield (Tampa, FL) $6,035
2nd Steve Allen (Bradenton, FL) $3,278
3rd Patrick Cummins (Tampa, FL) $2,070
4th Peter Dragar (Budapest, Hungary) $1,553
5th Ryan Arkin (Tampa, FL) $1,208
6th Jarek Poniatowski (Venice, FL) $1,035
7th Cris Tuchbaum (Lakeland, FL) $863
8th John Buzbee (Riverview, FL) $690
9th Harry Wilks (Clearwater, FL) $518
$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
Limits 30k/60k
Steve Allen only has 110k and is all in against Bryan Scofield on the first hand of heads up play.
Scofield:
Allen: 
Board: 
Scofield takes the hand and tournament with a Ten-high straight.
“I’m primarily a cash player,” says Scofield who wins $6,035. “I saw this on the schedule and figured why not give it a shot.”
Scofield, who plays poker full time, also earns the trophy guitar along with the $3,500 seat into the Championship Event (June 12-18).
$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
Limits 30k/60k
Steve Allen is down 7 to 1 in chips against Bryan Scofield when they play their only hand heads up.
Allen is all in for less than 2 big bets and doesn’t connect with the board. Scofield takes the
hand with a Ten-high straight to win the tournament.
“I played okay, it was a good tournament,” says Allen, who earns $3,278 as runner-up. “You have to have chips,” he says knowing he needed to double-up.
Allen is a flooring contractor who’s originally from London, England and nicknamed “English.”
$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
Limits 30k/60k
Bryan Scofield has nearly all the chips as Patrick Cummins is all in preflop for 35k and Steve Allen joins him post flop for 30k more.
Showdown
Scofield: 
Allen: 
Cummins: 
Board: 
Scofield wins the low with 4-2, but misses the scoop when Allen takes the high with the 5-high flush.
Cummins is out in 3rd place for $2,070.
Heads Up Chip Counts
Bryan Scofield 718k
110k
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
There were 265 entrants in Flight E bringing the overall total to 848, covering the $100,000.
Now it remains to be seen how many players from Flight E advance to Day 2.
41 are still in action with just over one level left to play.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
Players are back from their last break of the day and they have only 63 minutes left to battle for that end of flight chip leader bonus.
The big stacks, and only stacks over 100k, as of the break:
Greg McNealy 191,800
Vitor Coelho 148,000
Jermaine Phang 138,600
Blake Vita 134,100
Jeremiah Bobo 116,400
Chris Davidson 110,700
Chris Cobb 110,200
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
Cards are in the air for the sixth and final flight of Event 3. This is your last chance to get a shot at the $100,000-plus prize pool.
The guarantee was covered by Flight E, which had 265 entrants, so the rest is gravy.
$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
Limits 20k/40k
3 Players Remaining, 276k avg (7 big bets)
Peter Dragar is all in for < 100k against Bryan Scofield.
Dragar: 
Scofield:
Board: 
Scofield gets the scoop with a flush and A8 low.
Dragar finishes in 4th place good for $1,553; Scofield is the chip leader three-handed.
$300 Omaha H/L (Re-Entry)
Limits 16k/32k
4 Players Remaining, 207k (6 big bets)
A few hands earlier, Ryan Arkin gets a double up, but then is cut in half by Peter Dragar.
Arkin is left short and can’t overcome the chopped pot by Patrick Cummins (A7, low) and Bryan Scofield (two pairs, high).
Arkin takes home $1,208 for his 5th place finish.