$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Day 1A Entries: 44
Nashaat Antonious was down short in the last level before registration closed but went on a heater. First he cracked the kings of Tony March, the chips going in after the flop. His was good to double him up near starting stack.
On the next hand, March was all in for 10,300 and Julio Delgado raised it up. Antonious called all in for 25,200 for a three-way all-in pot.
Antonious: Delgado: March:
Most of the table was pulling for March even as he stood up from his seat. Things got a little exciting when the dealer put a nine on the flop but that was as close as March would get after the turn came followed by the river.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 400/800 with a 800 ante Day 1A Entries: 43
It’s a pretty casual Wednesday afternoon in the Poker Room, the mid-week mellow with some nice money on the line. With 43 entries, we have a lot of people matched up at the same table including two Tampa Poker legends.
Wally Maddah and Karl Manouchakian began the series as the players with the most cashes in our room. Both had 80 trips to the payout cage, the most of any player in our history with a 20 cash gap down to third place. That is not an insignificant distance.
Maddah took the lead over Manouchakian this weekend when he picked up his 81st cash in Event 2. The two are seated together today and Maddah recently cracked the aces of Manouchakian with big slick, making Broadway on a double-paired board.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We’ve reached the midpoint of the weekend and the same for the Pinktober Poker Open series. Today we roll out the first of two flights of Event 5, a $600 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guarantee, and cards fly at 11 am.
Players start with 30,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm with unlimited re-entry options available. Flight A will continue into the evening until only 10% of the starting field remains. Those survivors will bag up their chips and return for Day 2 on Friday at noon.
They will kick things off at the top of the hour and we will pick up coverage after the first break.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes each
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
2021 Super Stacks Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Main Event $1,700 No Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guaranteed Entries: 323 Prize Pool: $484,500 September 16-19, 2021
The Super Stacks Poker Series headliner was the $1,700 buy-in Main Event that drew 323 entries over three starting flights. Thomas Elder came back from a short stack several times to take the title along with $101,865 after a dominating heads-up battle with Nick Palma.
The tournament easily surpassed its $150,000 guarantee and put $484,500 in the prize pool. The last 41 spots were paid and the deep, slow structure meant it took a long time to get to the money on Day 2. But when they did, they lost four players at the same time for some min-cash chopping.
It took an extra day to find a winner with eight players coming back on Monday to play to a winner. Likang Berninger and Thomas Elder both returned to Day 2 with 56,000 (14 bb) and both survived to go deep at the final table.
Berninger held a big chip lead for most of it but Palma chipped away until he was eliminated in third place. Elder was behind at the start of heads-up play but quickly took the lead. Palma was never able to come back and Edler earned the outright win after Palma fell in second place.
Edler earned $101,865 and the title of our first-ever Super Stacks Main Event champ!
Final table results:
1st: Thomas Elder – $101,865 + Trophy 2nd: Nick Palma – $67,900 3rd: Likang Berninger – $49,815 4th: Maurice Hawkins – $37,010 5th: Herbert Woodbery – $27,850 6th: Anthony Astarita – $21,235 7th: Karl Manouchakian – $16,400 8th: Hal Rotholz – $12,840 9th: Michael McCray – $10,185
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
With the flop reading , Nick Palma bet 150,000 and Thomas Elder called. The turn was , Palma checked then called 400,000 from Elder. The river came , Palma checked, and Edler bet 800,000. Palma thought for a minute and called leaving only 200,000 behind.
Elder flipped up for the flopped spade flush and Palma mucked.
On the next hand, Palma put that 200K all in on his button and Elder called.
Elder: Palma:
“I feel a comeback!” Palma said.
Neither paired the flop but Elder took away tens for Palma. The turn and river finished the board and the tournament as Elder collected the last of the chips.
1st: Thomas Elder – $101,865 + Trophy 2nd: Nick Palma – $67,900
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 323
Level 30 came to an end to send Thomas Elder and Nick Palma on a short 10-minute break. They will return with Edler holding a big lead but plenty of time for Palma to come back.
Seat 2: Thomas Elder – 12,875,000 (86 bb) Seat 5: Nick Palma – 3,175,000 (21 bb)
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 323
With the flop reading , Thomas Elder checked, Nick Palma bet 300,000 and Elder called. The turn was , Elder checked again and Palma bet 950,000. Elder check-raised all in and Palma folded with 3,900,000 behind.
Seat 2: Thomas Elder – 12,150,000 (97 bb) Seat 5: Nick Palma – 3,900,000 (31 bb)
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 323
All the pots slid Thomas Elder’s way after the start of heads-up to give him a nice lead in the last 10 minutes of Level 29. Blinds are up to 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante and levels last 40 minutes until we have a winner.
Seat 2: Thomas Elder – 9,950,000 (80 bb) Seat 5: Nick Palma – 6,100,000 (49 bb)
$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 323
Nick Palma took a few minutes to discuss a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool but could not come to an agreement. Cards are back in the air with Palma leading and more than $100K awaiting the winner.
Seat 2: Thomas Elder – 7,575,000 (76 bb) Seat 5: Nick Palma – 8,475,000 (85 bb)