SHRT Summer Poker Open Final Results – Event 11

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open
Event 11:  $150 No Limit Hold’em
June 9-12, 2014

Entries: 503
Total Buy-In: $60,360

Grant Missonis - 1st Place
Grant Missonis – 1st Place

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Grant Missonis (Clearwater, FL) ran rough-shod over the final table, busting player after player until he had all six million chips in play.  “I’m very happy!”  Missonis said.  He pockets $15,026 for first place and also takes home the signature Hard Rock guitar and gets a $3,500 seat in the $1 Million Guaranteed Championship.

“I ran super hot on Day 1” Missonis explained, cracking pocket Queens with Ace-Queen (making a wheel).  “That was the start of my super-good run”.   After having no luck in two earlier events, he decided to play this event with the $50,000 Guarantee in Flight A on Monday.  “I thought the structures were awesome,” he added.  “It’s actually pretty nice being able to see the water — I’ve never seen the pool before” despite playing 2-3 tournaments a month here.

This event featured a 5pm start time and three starting flights on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  There were a total of 503 entries for total buy-ins of $60,360, beating the $50,000 Guarantee.  The final 54 players earned a piece of the pie.

Missonis came into Day 2 fourth in chips behind Adam Santos, who finished 20th, Don Matthews who finished 16th, and Terri Crawford, who finished 9th.

Mohamed Maghraoui has been at or near the top of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Summer Poker Open Tournament Leaderboard for several days.  His 8th place finish in this event will give him another boost in points.

Grant Missonis works in marketing and had to take some time off from work for this event.  He wasn’t planning to play the Championship, but now that he’s won a seat, he’ll be playing Flight C on Saturday.  That way he’ll only have to take time off from work if he makes it to Day 3 on Monday.  If he continues to run as hot as he did in this event, he should plan on missing three days next week!

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