$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 19: Blinds 4k/8k/500 ante
21 players remaining, 494k avg (62 bb)

Just after the level moves up, Julio Novo limps under the gun and then 3-bet shoves 160k (20 bb) to Ian O’Hara’s big blind raise.

Novo:
O’Hara:

There’s no sweat for Novo as O’Hara gets the knockout.

Novo takes home $7,653 for his 22nd place finish.

Novo was the last Summer Poker Open main event winner in the field. He earned his Championship Event seat for winning Event 4 earlier this series.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
22 players remaining, 472k avg (79 bb)

Todd Anderson is all in for 250k (42 bb) with and is flipping with Tyler Smith’s .

Flop:

Smith flops the nut flush and wins the hand.

Anderson earns $7,653 for his 23rd place finish.

Anderson is the President of Poker Night in America and made the trip to Tampa along with WSOP bracelet winner Gavin SMith

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
23 players remaining, 451k avg (75 bb)

Jeff “Flika” Coutroulis puts his last 210k (35 bb) all in with and is against Andrew Boccia’s pocket Kings.

There are three clubs on the flop giving Coutroulis extra outs, but he doesn’t connect on the turn and river.

Coutroulis finishes in 24th place and takes home $7,653.

“I know there’s going to be more good tournaments,” says Coutroulis, a Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regular, “this was great,” he says about the Summer Poker Open.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500  ante
24 players remaining, 433k avg (72 bb)

Returning short stack Luke Brereton is all in for 110k with against the of Xiaohong Peng.

A King on the flop reduces Brereton to running straight cards, which don’t come.

Brereton finishes in 25th place for $7,653.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
25 players remaining, 415k avg (69 bb)

Remaining Prize Pool

Place-Payout

1: $295,203
2: $164,003
3: $102,010
4: $82,001
5: $64,508
6: $53,027
7: $42,641
8: $32,254
9: $21,867
10-12: $14,214
13-15: $11,754
16-18: $9,348
19-27: $7,653

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
25 players remaining, 415k avg (69 bb)

$200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-entry)

Blinds 25/50

The last chance to grab a trophy and add valuable Tournament Leaderboard points is underway in the tournament area overlooking the Rockin’ Pool.

This bounty tournament features $50 for each knockout in addition to the prize pool.

Players start with 12k in chips and levels are 30 minutes long.

Re-entry and late registration is open until the start of Level 7 (~2:50 pm).

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante begins at 12 noon Monday.

25 Players remain.  Average stack is 415k.

Table 1

1. John Ingold 305,500
2. Rod Rodrigue 582,000
3. Timothy Miles 629,000
4. James Oliver 122,500
5. Kishor Bhakta 246,500
6. Robert Bennett 471,000
7. Bill Burdick 1,368,000
8. Evan Teitelbaum 505,500

Table 2

1. Andrew Boccia 716,000
2. Xiaohong Peng 509,500
3. Kevin Spires 442,000
4. Todd Anderson 209,500
5. Jeff Coutroulis 218,000
6. Josh Maskell 216,000
7. Robbie Godbey 200,000
8. Tyler Smith 512,000
9. Luke Brereton 111,000

Table 3

1. Paul Dlugozima 344,000
2. Jarred Loomis 143,000
3. Andrew Batkin 487,500
5. Ian O’Hara 261,500
6. Julio Novo 200,000
7. Stephen Diamantas 878,500
8. Juan Mubarek 136,000
9. Hristos Tsironis 571,000

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open

Event 16: $250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
June 15, 2014

Entries: 204
Total Buy-In: $42,840

RECAP
After 14 hours of play, the final ten players in this event decided to chop up the money and call it a day.  Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) gets the trophy as the final ten players chop evenly, each taking  ~$3,556.  Maddah says everyone was tired and happy to get a deal done.

Most notable among the final tableists was Darryal Watts (Charlotte, NC).  He won Event 8, $250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em and $8,884, so he already has his own signature Hard Rock guitar.

The penultimate main event of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open series carried a $30,000 Guarantee and drew an impressive field of 204 entrants.  The total prize pool came to $42,840 and was distributed to the final 27 players.

One of those cashing was Matt Ball (Boston, MA), who recently relocated to Florida.  Ball got today’s entry as a Father’s Day gift from his wife Faye.  He finished 27th for $386.

Wally Maddah is a retired businessman and now a full time poker pro for about two years.  He’s planning to be back tomorrow 11 am for the final main event.  “Its great to do what I love to do, play poker,” he says.

Maddah added, “I appreciate the new management and how they’re handling poker; the staff, the dealers, the tournament coverage, everything is great.”

FINAL RESULTS
1. WALID MADDAH (TAMPA, FL): $3,557
2. JOHN PAPPAS (TAMPA, FL): $3,556
3. WAYNE WADULAK (PORT RICHEY, FL): $3,556
4. CHARLES FAWCETT (LAKELAND, FL): $3,556
5. ROBERT COENETTE (LITHIA, FL): $3,555
6. DARRYAL WATTS (CHARLOTTE, NC): $3,555
7. KYLE STEPHENS (SARASOTA, FL): $3,555
8. JAMES BROWNING (SAINT PETERSBURG, FL): $3,555
9. CAMERON MACCOLLOM (SEMINOLE, FL): $3,555
10. TRAVIS JACKSON (TAMPA, FL): $3,555
11. JACOB NAUMANN (LARGO, FL): $557
12. JEFFEREYNORRIS (GRAYSON, GA): $557
13. ROSS TOPPING (WINDERMERE, FL): $471
14. STEPHEN SANDOVAL (TAMPA, FL): $471
15. JEAN HERBERT (CLERMONT, FL): $471
16. ADAMASTOR SANTOS (OXFORD, FL): $428
17. ANDREW BUTTE (RIVERVIEW, FL): $428
18. BRETT LANDREY (WESLEY CHAPEL, FL): $428
19. THANGAVELU CHOKKALINGGAM (LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL): $386
20. ROBERT DAWSON (ORLANDO, FL): $386
21. DAVID DEBOER (WINTER HAVEN, FL): $386
22. DONALD LYERLY (WESLEY CHAPEL, FL): $386
23. EDWARD MEDOFF (MARGATE, FL): $386
24. JOHN DOLLINGER (GULF BREEZE, FL): $386
25. DAVID BAXTER (BRADENTON, FL): $386
26. ANTHONY BRAMMER (TAMPA, FL): $386
27. MATTHEW BALL (MARLTON, NJ): $386

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) gets the trophy as the final ten players chop evenly, each taking  ~$3,556.

Final Table Chop

Place-Name-Amount

1st Wally Madday $3,557
2nd John Pappas $3,556
3rd Wayne Wadulai $3,556
4th Chereles Fawcett $3,556
5th Robert Cornette $3,555
6th Darryal Watts $3,555
7th Kyle Stephen $3,555
8th James Browning $3,555
9th Cameron MacCollom $3,555
10th Travis Jackson $3,555