Event 1: March to the Money

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 19 : Blinds  5k/10k/1k ante

Payout Line

The march to the money had begun.  Players are lining up at the payout desk to be the first players ever to cash in a Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open event.

91 players remain in action for an average stack of 317k.  Chip leader Chris Adams is up to 1.487 million.

Event 1: Bubble Bursts!

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 18 : Blinds  4k/8k/1k ante

Chris AdamsWith less than a minute remaining in the level, three players busted, two from the same table.

On table 7, three players were all-in pre-flop:

Andre Pillow: AA

Chris Adams: KK

Seat 9: 44

Board: K 4 2 9 7

Chris Adams (pictured above, Ormond Beach, FL) flopped a set to crack the pocket Aces and bust both opponents. He’s the first player to 1 million chips and has zoomed past that to 1.28 million.

When the remaining players were counted, they were down to 109 players and in the money.

SHRT-Summer-Poker-OpenAndre Pillow finished in 110th place, earning $639.  He’s a Hard Rock – Hard Beat of the Day Nominee!

Play resumed and the blinds went up.

Level 19:  Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Event 1: Break Time Chip Leaders

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 18 : Blinds  4k/8k/1k ante

Players are back in action after their break.  There are only 132 players remaining with an average stack of ~220k.

These are the top 11 big stacks as of the break:

James Kerr 820k

Robert LeBeau 765k

Chris Adams 656k

Hoang Nguyen 604k

Greg McNealy 589k

Anthony Brammer 577k

Norbert Kara 520k

Ben Lomsak 466k

Jakkidi Madhusudhan 458k

Amaury Lopez 420k

Giancarlo DiSalvo 406k

Event 2: Underway

$250 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The second main event of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open is underway!

Players began with 20,000 chips and this is a turbo, so all levels are 15 minutes long.  Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 5:15pm).

This is a one day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined.  In addition to the prize money, the winner will also receive a $3,500 seat in the Championship event and a signature trophy guitar.

Trophy Guitar

Event 1: Lots Of Action On Table 14

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 17 : Blinds  3k/6k/500 ante

Players are on their first break of Day 2 and the first two hours of this event have seen a flurry of action.

Before the break:

Robert RosettaOn a flop of 5 3 3 , Robert Rosetta (above, Tampa, FL) bet 35k, Antoinette Fiorenza (Oviedo, FL) shoved, followed by the player in seat 5, who did the same.

Robert called all-in for ~90k showing pocket Queens.  He was beat by seat 5’s pocket 5s, who had flopped a full house.  Antoinette was trailing with pocket 6s.

Then the turn brought a 2-outer Queen for Robert, giving him a bigger full house.  When an 8 hit the river, Robert busted Antoinette and left seat 5 short.  Robert chipped up to ~335k.

 

Benjamin LomsakOn the next hand, seat 5 was all-in against Benjamin Lomsak (above, Valrico, FL) and the player in seat 3:

Seat 3: Qs9s

Seat 5: Ah6d

Benjamin: AdQc

Board: 8h8c2cJc3d

The board missed everyone and Benjamin busted both opponents with Ace-Queen-high.  He chipped up to nearly 500k.

Event 1: Kerr Krushing

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 17 : Blinds  3k/6k/500 ante

James KerrJames Kerr was the chip leader coming into today with 390k.  He’s been crushing it ever since and is now up to about 700k.

With 19 tables still in action, there are fewer than 171 players still in the hunt.

Event 1: McNealy In No Hurry

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 16 : Blinds  2,500/5,000/500 ante

Blinds are up and we’re already down to 21 tables (189 players).

Greg McNealyNo need to rush when you’re a big stack.  Retired fire fighter Greg McNealy arrived a bit late in level 15 for the start of Day 2 and sat down to start stacking his 330,000 chips.

Event 1: Early Action

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15 : Blinds  2k/4k/500 ante

Hoang NguyenHoang Nguyen (above) was second in chips coming into Day 2, but John Pappas has just taken him down a few notches.

On the flop of Td9h4s Hoang bet, John raised, and after some thought, Hoang called.

Turn was the Ac and Hoang bet 21k.  John called.

River was the Qc and Hoang fired 45k.  John called.

Hoang rolled over Jh9d for a pair of 9s.  John (pictured below) held Ah7h for a pair of Aces to take the pot.

John Pappas

Event 1: Day 2 Underway

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15 : Blinds  2k/4k/500 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $300,000 Guaranteed event.  257 hopefuls made the cut after six starting flights over the previous three days.

Levels are 40 minutes long today and they’ll play until a winner is determined.  110 players make the money, so there’s still a long way to go.

 

Event 1 Payouts

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
May 29-June 1, 2014

Total Entries: 1,155
Total Buy-In:  $346,500
Chip Leader Bonus: $6,600
Total Prize Pool:  $339,900

PAYOUTS
1:            $74,000
2:            $44,187
3:            $27,022
4:            $22,603
5:            $18,695
6:            $15,126
7:            $11,897
8:               $8,837
9:               $6,237
10-12:    $4,062
13-15:    $2,719
16-18:    $1,818
19-27:    $1,530
28-36:    $1,326
37-45:    $1,156
46-54:        $986
55-63:        $867
64-72:        $792
73-81:        $731
82-90:        $673
91-100:     $656
101-110:  $639

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