$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Brett Bader opened the pot early and got a call from John Pappas on the button, the the big-blind 3-bet.
Brett shoved for 16,400 total. John folded and the big blind called, showing 
. Brett was way ahead with 
. The board fell 
and Brett doubled up.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Michael Laake leads the remaining 42 players as of dinner with ~185k. Average stack is ~53k.
Here are some more rough chip counts as of the dinner break:
Marsha Wolak 132k
A. Nonymous 100k
Gabirel Tudorache 90k
Kevin Blewitt 75k
Greg Baird 73k
Tony Tran 69k
Mark Rose 54k
Martin Welch 52k
Herbert Woodbery 47k
Kyle Peck 46k
Anthony Pellegrini 40k
Ron Puleo 40k
Carlos Loving 35k
John O’Neal 34k
Maroun Akiki 31k
Josh Adkins 30k
Amelio Amato 28k
John Pappas 27k
Robert Gill 24k
Brett Bader 18k
Freddie Kirkland 14k
Ed Vasconcelos 12k
Darryll Fish 10k
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Eight levels are in the books and the remaining players are off on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 6:35.
The indecisive ones out there have until play resumes to decide if they want to late-register or re-enter this flight. Once level 9 begins, registration will close for this flight.
There are still two more starting flights, beginning at 11am Friday and Saturday, so still plenty of opportunity to get into the action.
Name: Jennifer
Month: Leading Lady
Born: Tampa
Resides: Brandon
Twitter: @jrossman7975
Instagram: jrossman7975
Favorite Casino Game: Poker
Jennifer is a seven year Hard Rock veteran and you can find her dealing blackjack in the Hard Rock Cafe.
This is her first time appearing in the Hard Rock calendar and Jennifer calls herself a “momma’s girl.” Her mother Bonnie attended the calendar unveiling and Jennifer says, “she’s my best friend.”
Jennifer is applying to medical school and wants to be an anesthesiologist. Her pride and joy is her one-year-old weiner dog Teddy.
Favorite Music?
“I love country music and I love Luke Bryan, he’s hot. And he’s my husband, but doesn’t know it yet, ” she laughs.
“I also love Garth Brooks. I still jam to him and Trace Adkins. Oh and don’t forget Jason Aldean. He was my first husband, but I divorced him for Luke.”
Special Interest?
“My passion passion is singing and acting. I grew up doing theater my whole life. I was in every play, all four years of high school. And I sewed some of the costumes.
“In 8th grade I had a record deal in New York, but it was too expensive for my family. My dream is to sing and act for a living.”
Experience of being a Hard Rock Calendar Girl?
“I’m very excited. They delivered the letter to work and all my customers were waiting for me to open it. ‘I said what if it’s a denial.’
“But when it said I got it, everyone started cheering. It was great.
“I’m looking forward to Gasparilla (Pirate Fest), that will be a lot of fun.”
In addition to the $190 Mega Satellites running at 3pm and 6pm today and tomorrow, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room is also offering single table satellites.
Two different price points are available. For $180, you can play a ten-handed tournament where one winner will get a seat in the $1,650 NLH Championship event.
For $350, you can play a ten-handed tournament where the final two players will get Championship seats.
Interested players should sign up at the brush stand. Once there are enough names on the list, they will get the games underway.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Before the blinds went up, Martin Welch pulled off a bluff at tough table.
After an early position player limped, and another limped from the hijack, Tony March (cutoff) and Darryll Fish (button) also limped.
Martin was in the small blind and tossed in two gray chips (10k) making it 10,250 to go. Michael Laake surrendered his big blind and then one by one, the others tossed their cards in the muck.
As the dealer was pushing the pot to Martin, he showed his 
. Martin’s up to about 58k.
Martin won the Seniors event here last December in a five-way chop for $3,905 and a seat in the Championship.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante
Six tables (9-handed) are still active in this flight, leaving 54 or fewer players in action.
Familiar faces still in the hunt:
Mark Rose
Kyle Peck
Adam Rouse
John Pappas
Amelio Amato
Anthony Pellegrini
Richard Clayton
Carlos Loving
Brett Bader
Rafael Reis
John O’Neal
Gabriel Tudorache
Marsha Wolak
Ron Puleo
Robert Gill
Austin McCullers
Tony March
Darryll Fish
Michael Laake
Kostantinos Pantaridis
Alan Korpi
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante
Entries: 68
Gabriel Tudorache (Reddick, FL) is among the chip leaders after busting two players with a king-high flush.
On a board of 
, Tudorache and his two opponents are all in.
Tudorache: 
(flush draw)
Opponent 1: 
(straight)
Opponent 2″ 
(two pairs)
The 
on the river gives Tudorache the 45k pot and takes his stack to 90k. “I was up to 110k, but I’m back down after a bad read.” Tudorache, who won Event 4 ($150 buy-in) earlier this series for $13,700, is a top 5 stack with 80k.
Chip Leaders
Moroun Akiki 94k
Marsha Wolak 92k
Gabrial Tudorache 80k
Konstantinos Pantaridis 80k
Kyle Peck 68k
Rafael Reis 53k
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Entries: 68
After this level, players will take a short break, play two levels and then head off to a 45 minute dinner break beginning at ~5:45 pm.
When play resumes at the start of Level 9 (~6:30 pm), registration and re-entry will be done for the day.
The field will play Levels 9-12 after dinner break with bag and tag coming just before 10 pm.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Entries: 67
There are three players fighting for the chip lead and are in the 85k range.
Marsha Wolak (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Maroun Akiki (Kissimee, FL) and Konstantinos Pantaridis (Orlando, FL) have all nearly tripled their 30k starting stack.
Pantaridis doesn’t blink when he finds out he among the leaders and says, “it’s early.”
Players who are in the 60k range include Freddie Kirkland (Lansing, MI) and Tony Tran (Savannah, GA)
