On Sunday, June 5th, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek hosted a $200 Buy-in charity event with the NFL Alumni. 125 entries would attend including members of the NFL Alumni including:
OJ McDuffie Shawn Wooden Lamar Thomas Brian O’Neal Larry Ball Errict Rhett Troy Drayton Lorenzo Hampton Bennie Blades Tony Nathan
In the end, $25,000 would be raised and Manuel Miranda won the event for $2,500 and a ball signed by all 10 NFL Alumni attendees!
Results 1st: Manuel Miranda – $2,500 + Signed Football 2nd: Robert Schafer – $2,500 3rd: David Albertson – $1,500 4th: Randy Moller – $1,000 5th: Jason Casten – $750 6th: Jenny Taskin – $500 7th: Norman Silverman – $250 8th: Richard Baker – $250 9th: Jerry Solov – $250 10th: Jon Stonger – $250 11th: Rebekka Sakkas – $250
Coconut Creek, FL — On Tuesday, May 31st, Coco Poker team members were treated to the second round of team member tournaments of 2022. The buzz in the room was bigger than ever as senior leaders of Seminole Gaming joined the fun including David Hoenemeyer (COO), Jim Korona (SVP of Casino Marketing), and Joe Schatz (CMO). Their already lucrative bounty was heightened by a $200 gift certificate to NYY Steakhouse!
Additional bounties were up for grabs including Seminole Casino Coconut Creek President, Larry Buck, VP of HR Aniel Bonachea, VP of F&B Brent Colston, VP of Marketing Ryan Maskiell, Director of Table Games Matt Lowry, and Seminole Hard Rock Support Services Director of Poker Marketing, Tony Burns. In the end, David Mertens and Jacorey Dupree won the two events for $1,000 each and a beautiful trophy to put on the mantle!
SGA COO David Hoenemeyer takes down a pot; property President Larry Buck and shift manager Pete Fisher look onA straight on the turn for Jim Korona, Seminole Gaming SVP of Casino MarketingSeminole Gaming CMO Joe Schatz watches 5 way ALL-IN!David Mertens is all smiles as he wins the 10am tournament for $1,000 + Trophy!Jacorey Dupree flexes for the win of the 6pm tournament!Team members enjoy the catered spread during the morning sessionRonald Campillo shows off the spread including chicken wings, deli sandwiches, cookies and more!Daniel Dorf relaxes with a massage after his 2nd place finish in the morning tournamentSeminole Casino Coco VP of HR Aniel Bonachea awards his bounty to Christina VegaSeminole Casino Coco VP of F&B Brent Colston with dealer Karl HeineSeminole Casino Coco Director of Table Games Matt Lowry awards his bounty to Juan Rincon!SHRSS Director of Poker Marketing, Tony Burns awards his bounty to Daniel Dorf!Coco Poker Supervisor Joe Santana sits in for a photo with the 10am Final Table
10am Tournament Results
1st: David Mertens – $1,000 plus Trophy 2nd: Daniel Doft – $500 3rd: Travis Lewis – $250
6pm Final Table
6pm Tournament Results
1st: Jacorey Dupree – $1,000 plus Trophy 2nd: Peter Cardinale – $500 3rd – Kevin Sahagun – $250
Thank you again to all our team members for making this another great event! Your hard work is truly appreciated and hope you enjoyed the delicious food, complimentary massages, and good times!
Vladimir Grechnikov, 2022 RunGood Main Event champ
The 2022 RunGood Poker Series schedule featured nine tournaments with more than $400,000 in guarantees. By the time we closed registration on the last tournament, we had more than $1,000,000 in prize money awarded.
The RunGood Main Event was the top tournament on the schedule and the $1,100 buy-in tournament turned the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $589,760. That represents the single biggest prize pool in RunGood tour history and we couldn’t have done it without our loyal players.
Vladimir Grechnikov flew from New Jersey to South Florida to play in the Main Event and visit with his parents. Early Monday afternoon, they were in the Poker Room to witness their son capture the Main Event title for $80,268 and a seat in the RunGood All-Stars ProAM tournament in Las Vegas.
Larry Klur had a long day in the middle of the series. He began the Seniors Event at 10 am, finished in eighth place, and entered the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty. Then went ahead and won that one.
Christopher Barnes won the big opening $400 Super Stack tournament that drew nearly 800 entries and Sean Shah took down the $250 Deep Stack. Other trophy winners include David Feigenbaum, Kevin Dubrocq, Milly Berman and Stephen Thomas.
Thank you to all of our loyal players and new friends for making the RunGood Poker Series a huge success. We couldn’t do it without you!
You can find links to all of the tournament results below. If you’re looking for more action big tournament series action this month, Hollywood kicks off its 12-day Deep Stack Poker Series on May 19 running through May 30.
2022 RunGood Poker Series Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Event 9 $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed Entries: 222 Prize Pool: $24,420 Bounty Prize Pool: $11,100 May 2, 2022
Stephen Thomas. RunGood Event 9 champ
The last tournament on the RunGood Poker Series kicked off Monday night with a $200 Double Green Chip Bounty that drew a lot of players for a lot of fun. In the end, Stephen Thomas took home the last trophy of the series along with $3,739 after a five-way deal at the final table.
The tournament had a $20,000 guarantee and this tournament continued the trend of blasting those numbers. They combined to create a regular prize pool worth $24,420 with another $11,100 available in the form of bounties.
2022 RunGood Poker Series Seminole Casino Coconut Creek $1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed Entries: 608 Prize Pool: $589,760 April 28 – May 1, 2022
Vladimir Grechnikov, 2022 RunGood Main Event champ
The 2022 RunGood Poker Series was headlined by the $1,100 Main Event and it drew 608 entries over three starting flights. After getting through a tough final table, Vladimir Grechnikov took the title along with $80,268 after a four-way deal.
The tournament had a $200,000 guarantee and our players combined to create a prize pool worth $589,760. That is the biggest prize pool in RunGood tour history and the $111,186 set aside for the winner was the first time the tour had a six-digit top prize.
Of those 608 entries, we had 134 players advance to Day 2 on Sunday with 76 players getting paid. They hit the money bubble before the first break and it burst two hands after when Sean Shah ran into a cooler.
Defending champion Raminder Singh cashed while looking at another deep run but fell short of the final table. Last year’s runner-up, T.K. Miles made it that far but was eliminated in fifth place late on Day 2.
Day 2 came to an end early Monday morning and four players returned for some extra action 11 hours later. Matt Bretzfield led coming back for the bonus day with Grechnikov, Jason Wandling, and WPT Sochi champ Denys Shafikov rounding it out.
Before cards went in the air, the four players decided to adjust the payouts with all four guaranteed at least $65,000 with $80,268 going to the winner.
There were big swings until Grechnikov defeated Wandling in a race for all the chips. Bretzfield, Wandling, and Shafikov all earned $65,000 while Grechnikov took home $80,268 and a seat into the RunGood All-Stars ProAM running in Las Vegas this December.
Congrats to Vlad and thank you to all of our players who made the entire series a great success!
2022 RunGood Poker Series Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Event 9 $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $20,000 Guaranteed Entries: 222 Prize Pool: $24,420 Bounty Prize Pool: $11,100 May 2, 2022
Registration closed for the last tournament on the RunGood Poker Series schedule with 222 entries in the $200 Double Green Chip Bounty. They put $24,420 in the regular prize pool and another $11,100 up for grabs as bounties. The last 18 spots will be paid with $169 for a min-cash and $5,824 up top for the last champ of the series.
