Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
Event 2: $250 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em
June 1, 2014
Total Entries: 148
Total Prize Pool: $31,080
PAYOUTS
1: $9,324
2: $5,128
3: $2,953
4: $2,486
5: $1,865
6: $1,554
7: $1,243
8: $932
9: $699
10-12: $622
13-15: $544
16-18: $466
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20 : Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante
Players are back from their break and anxious for their dinner break, which comes at the end of level 23 (about 7:45pm).
Chris Adams shipped most of his stack across the felt to the new chip leader, Brett Streicher (above, Odessa, FL). Brett leads the field with over 1.5 million.
The only other player over 1 million is Tom Nguyen with 1.175 million.
Other top stacks from the break:
Richard Hope 732k
Li Yi 712k
Adam Woodard 702k
Hoang Nguyen 685k
Anthony Brammer 682k
Marc Davis 671k
Michael Laake 668k
Anna Kerr 631k
Ellianne Munoz 616k
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 20 : Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante
Players are on break. They’re already down to under 81 players. Average is 356k.
Here are the first players to cash out:
Earning $673
82 – Maria Harrell (Tampa, FL)
83 – Jess Louk (Lenexa, KS)
84 – Jin Chen (Tampa, FL)
85 – Derek Bowers (Alliance, OH)
86 – Russell Waggoner (Nokomis, FL)
87 – Peter Williams (New Port Richey, FL)
88 – Jonathan Wolff (Sarasota, FL)
89 – Shane Bolda (Tarpon Springs, FL)
90 – Amaury Lopez (Orlando, FL)
Earning $656
91 – David DiBernardi (Youngstown, OH)
92 – John Ingold (Odessa, FL)
93 – Mark Shulla (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
94 – Ricky Welch (Lakeland, FL)
95 – Kaleb Hanshaw (Lakeland, FL)
96 – John Templeton (Sarasota, FL)
97 – Francisco Gomez (Lakeland, FL)
98 – Herbert Woodbery (Winter Garden, FL)
100 – Shawn Kasper-Daniel (Gotha, FL)
Earning $639
101 – Christopher Carlson (Fayetteville, NC)
102 – Barry Jacobs (Palmetto, FL)
103 – Hung Le (Casselberry, FL)
104 – Andrew Koski (Navarre, FL)
105 – John Cacomanolis (Bradenton, FL)
106 – Robert Morris (Ruskin, FL)
107 – Craig Comerford (Apopka, FL)
108 – Samir Agamiyev (Tampa, FL)
109 – Troy Bercot (Palmetto, FL)
110 – Andre Pillow (St. Augustine, FL)
$250 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Level 7: Blinds 300/600/75
The break that was supposed to come at the end of level 8 came early, at the end of level 6.
Players are back in action following that break. There will be another break at the end of level 8 to color up the green 25 chips.
Registration still closes at the start of level 9, which will now be at about 5:45pm.
There are 133 entrants so far including quite a few bustouts from Event 1.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19 : Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
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.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18 : Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
With 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.
Andre 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
$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
$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.
$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:
On 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.
On the next hand, seat 5 was all-in against Benjamin Lomsak (above, Valrico, FL) and the player in seat 3:
Seat 3: 
Seat 5: 
Benjamin: 
Board: 
The board missed everyone and Benjamin busted both opponents with Ace-Queen-high. He chipped up to nearly 500k.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17 : Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
James 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.