2023 Pinktober Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 49 Prize Pool: $16,415 October 24, 2023
Michael Bennett, PPO Event 5 champ
Tampa loves its Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments and the PPO $400 Mixed PLO tournament drew a great group of 49 entries. After a tough final table, Michael Bennett came out victorious with an outright win for $5,575.
2023 Pinktober Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 49 Prize Pool: $16,415 October 24, 2023
Registration closed for the $400 Mixed PLO tournament with 49 entires creating a prize pool worth $16,415. The last seven players will make the money with $740 for a min-cash and $5,575 awaiting the PPO Event 5 champ
$400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Tampa loves some Pot-Limit Omaha and today we have one tournament with four game variations. The $400 Mixed PLO tournament will rotate games between Pot-Limit Omaha, Pot-Limit Omaha 8, Five-Card PLO, and Big O.
Plenty of fun for everyone.
Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 81 Prize Pool: $16,605 September 8, 2023
Ron Landy
When the final table began for Event 5, Ron Landy was one of the shortest stacks in the field, but he pulled off the comeback run while eliminations flew quickly during the final stages. He had recently moved down to Florida from New Jersey, and he has found a new poker tournament home here at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa. He took home the top prize worth $4,895, along with the SPS trophy after topping the field of 81 entries today.
We caught up with Landy shortly after the win when he was all smiles, and here is what he had to say about winning the tournament, “It feels great, just great. It’s the first trophy I’ve won. I’ve won some smaller tournaments, but this is the first one at the Hard Rock. It’s going right on the mantle.”
Landy continued, “I just moved down here from Jersey so I’m loving it. I like the structures, and I like the room upstairs here. It’s great, and it’s great to win.”
When he was asked about his comeback victory and fast action at the final table, this was Landy’s reply, “It did, it did, I kind of got lucky with one hand, and then the cards just started coming, and that’s the way it goes. I mean I was out, I had 7-4 of clubs. I was all in, there was a jack on the board, one guy had a jack, and the other guy had a flush draw. I had a flush draw and the four, so I called for the seven and it hit and held up. That was the hand that changed it, I would have been out if I didn’t get that seven.”
“It was good, it went pretty fast, and the structure was good and I’m definitely going to play more. I don’t like the multi-days because I help my son out with his business. We’re in lightning TV advertising, we’re a marketing company based out of Florida and we’re doing pretty good with it. Me and my wife like to play on the side and she got knocked out on the money bubble. We’ll celebrate a little bit, but not too much, but it’s nice to win,” said Landy when asked about his plans for the rest of the SPS tournament series after his experience today.
Final Results:
1st: Ron Landy – $4,895 + SPS Trophy 2nd: Daniel Zappulla – $3,260 3rd: Joey Piambino – $2,210 4th: Adam Isaacson – $1,560 5th: George Decandio – $1,140 6th: Lori Schult – $860 7th: Chris Evans – $680 8th: Tony Cianci (Owner of Full Throttle Magazine) – $570 9th: Walter Thornton – $490 10th: Woodrow Johnson – $470 11th: Anthony Harritos – $470
$250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 23: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Daniel Zappulla (pictured above right) was down to a short stack when he was forced to shove with in the hole preflop, and Ron Landy (pictured above left) called to cover him on the button holding .
The final board read , and Zappulla was eliminated in second place, good for $3,260. That made Landy the champion of the tournament, and he took home $4,895 along with the SPS trophy. Stay tuned for a winner’s photo and interview.
$250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Action has been flying at the final table of Event 5 as predicted with the 20-minute levels. Here is a look at the list of bustouts that took things down to the final two players:
3rd: Joey Piambino – $2,210 4th: Adam Isaacson – $1,560 5th: George Decandio – $1,140 6th: Lori Schult – $860 7th: Chris Evans – $680 8th: Tony Cianci (Owner of Full Throttle Magazine) – $570
The chip counts between the final two players currently:
Seat 1: Daniel Zappulla – 710,000 Seat 7: Ron Landy – 1,720,000
$250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
After the eliminations of Anthony Harritos in 11th place ($470), Woodrow Johnson in 10th ($470), and Walter Thornton in ninth place ($490), the final eight players are now seated together at the final table in the tournament. Here is a look at the seating chart with chip counts:
Seat 1: Daniel Zappulla – 545,000 Seat 2: Tony Cianci (Owner of Full Throttle Magazine) – 205,000 Seat 3: Joey Piambino – 500,000 Seat 4: Lori Schulte – 200,000 Seat 5: Chris Evans – 90,000 Seat 6: George Decandio – 330,000 Seat 7: Ron Landy – 140,000 Seat 8: Adam Isaacson – 345,000
$250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Joey Piambino
The field is down to 18 players remaining in Event 5, with the money bubble looming when 11 players are left in the tournament. They will play down to a winner tonight, and among the notables still in the running is Joey Piambino, who already bagged up a stack to advance to Day 2 in Event 1.
2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 5 $250 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 81 Prize Pool: $16,605 September 8, 2023
Registration closed for the $250 Triple Stack with 81 entries turning the $10,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $16,605. The last 11 spots will be paid with $470 for a min-cash and $4,895 plus the trophy awaiting the Event 5 winner.
in the hole preflop, and Ron Landy (pictured above left) called to cover him on the button holding 
.
, and Zappulla was eliminated in second place, good for $3,260. That made Landy the champion of the tournament, and he took home $4,895 along with the SPS trophy. Stay tuned for a winner’s photo and interview.
