$155 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level  3: Blinds 100/200

There are 88 entries so far with two levels completed. Blinds are up for level 3 with two levels to play until the first break of the day.

$155 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level  2: Blinds 75/150

Nine tables are in action already today with plenty of room for more.  There is a short line at the registration window.

This is a re-entry event, which means that players who bust out may choose to re-enter as many times as they like, as long as registration is still open.

Registration for flight 1 is open until the start of level 5 (about 1:15pm).  After that, players still have the option to register for Flight 2, which begins at 7pm tonight.

Flights 3 and 4 are on Tuesday at 11am and 7pm respectively.

The survivors of all four starting flights will return at 2pm Wednesday for Day 2 and play until a winner is determined.

$155 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$50,000 Guaranteed

Level  1: Blinds 50/100

Cards are in the air for the first of four starting flights of Event 5.  This $155 Buy-In NLH event has a $50,000 Guarantee on the total prize pool.

Players began with 10,000 chips and all Day 1 levels are 30 minutes long.  They will play through the end of level 14 (about 7pm) or until down to 14% of the field, whichever comes first.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 5 (about 1:15pm).

Three titles were given out on the third day of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open.

The final day of Event 1, the $560 No Limit Hold’em event got under way at 10 am. Jim Rumptz topped the remaining 41 players who returned for the final day and took home $34,911 and a seat to the main event.

Just a few hours after cards got in the air for Event 1, the $210 No Limit Hold’em seniors event got action kicked off at noon. There were 134 players who showed up to play the event, which generated a total prizepool of $23,450.

Eight players chopped at the final table, with each taking home $2,624. The three biggest stack got to draw a high card for who wins the seat to the main event and the claim to first place. Greg McNealy earned that honor by drawing the .

McNealy is a retired firefighter, who spends almost all of his time traveling around the country playing poker tournaments and has amassed over $28,000 in career live tournament earnings.

The final event of the day got cards in the air at 7 pm. 55 players showed up to play the $210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo.

Woody Johnson took that event down by defeating Kyle Peck heads-up. Johnson refused to chop when the tournament was six-handed and ended up taking home $3,657 and a main event seat with his win.

On Monday, event 5 kicks off, a $155 No Limit Hold’em event with a $50,000 guarantee. There will be five flights for the tournament and on Monday, the first flight will get cards in the air at 11 am and the second flight will start at 7 pm.

Stay tuned to the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Blog for continued coverage of the entire Spring Poker Open.

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open
Event 4: $210  Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em
March 9, 2014

Entries: 55
Prize Pool: $9,625

RECAP
Woody Johnson takes home $3,657 after topping a field of 55 players in the fourth event of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open, a $210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo.

The bartender from Sarasota, FL defeated Kyle Peck in a heads-up battle that only lasted three hands to take home the first place prize money and the title.

During six-handed play, the table was talking about a chop, but one was never reached, mostly because of Johnson wanting to play it out.

“It feels good,” said Johnson after the victory.  “Especially because I was the one that didn’t want to chop.  I don’t like to chop.  I’ve been knocked out of these final tables before and I still don’t like to do it.”

Johnson topped a final table that was full of local regulars, including Wally Maddah and Konstantinos Pantaridis.  Pantaridis just missed out on cashing in this event, finishing in 8th place and making his second final table of the day.  Pantaridis jumped into the event after finishing fourth in the $560 No Limit Hold’em event and proceeded to make another final table in the night cap.

Along with the prize money, Johnson earns a $1,650 entry into the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Spring Poker Open Championship event, which carries a $300,000 guarantee with it.

FINAL RESULTS

Main Event Schedule

$210 No limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo

Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000

Kyle Peck (pictured) and Woody Johnson are only heads-up for a couple hands before they got all in preflop. It was a flip for Pecks tournament life with Peck holding and Johnson tabling .

The board ran out and Peck finishes in second place, taking home $2,243.

$210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo

Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000

Scott Anderson (pictured) moves all in and is called by Woody Johnson. Anderson was in great shape with against Johnson’s .

Anderson moved even farther into the lead as the flop came , which left Johnson drawing to runners. The turn gave Johnson a prayer as the peeled off on the turn and hit the miracle on the river to make trips and take the pot.

Anderson takes home $1,453 for his third place finish.

$210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo

Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000

Jeremy Litwack (pictured) moved all in for 320,000 on the button and was called by Woody Johnson in the big blind.

Johnson shows and is in great shape against Litwack’s . The board runs out and Johnson scoops with big slick.

$210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo

The blinds have been increased to 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.

$210 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo

Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000

James Palmeri (pictured) moves all in from the cutoff and is called by Kyle Peck from the small blind.

Palmeri is in great shape with his against Peck’s . The board ran out bad for Palmeri the dealer burned and turned a board of .

Palmeri’s pair got counterfeited by the board and Peck scooped the pot with ace high. Peck climbs to just shy of 400,000, while Palmeri is eliminated.