Event 5: 5th Place – Laskey

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Limits 5k/10k
4 players remaining, 96k avg (10 big bets)

Richard Laskey (Okeechobee) $800
Richard Laskey (Okeechobee)
$800

Richard Laskey, who begins the hand with ~50k, is active every street, but eventually falls to Michael Moed who rivers Broadway with AK.

Laskey takes home $800 for his 5th place finish.

Event 5: Santoni Bubbles in 6th

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Limits 4k/8k
5 players remaining, 77k avg (10 big bets)

Luis Santoni (Pembroke Pines) 6th Place, Bubble Boy
Luis Santoni (Pembroke Pines)
6th Place, Bubble Boy

Luis Santoni makes his final stand with A-A-J-J against Max Jones’ A-Q-2-3.

Jones hits two pairs on the flop and rivers the wheel on a board of 2-3-7-5-4.

Santoni busts in 6th place, one spot of the money, but does find a little something extra to put in his pocket on his way out the door.

The final five players all earn a min cash of $800 as they play for the $4,000 top prize.

Final Five Chip Counts

Robert Goldfarb (Scottsdale, AZ) 135k
Michael Moed (Miami Beach) 110k
Max Jones (Orlando) 34k
Richard Laskey (Okeechobee) 55k
Allen Green (Weston) 50k

Event 4: Big Fish Breaks Bubble

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 4k/8k/500 ante
36 players remaining, 174k avg (22 bb)

Fish Swims through Bubble
Fish Swims through Bubble

Darryll Fish (Cape Coral) and TK Miles (Tallahassee) are all in on the bubble with Miles at risk for 100k while holding TT.

Fish has AK and flops a King for the knockout to send the remaining 36 players into the money for a min cash of $570. Fish and his $1.3 million in career recorded tournament earnings will be a force to deal with the rest of the way.

Jonathan Marks (Weston) is the chip leader with 400k as the field chases the $26,227 top prize.

Martin, Chip Leader
Marks, Chip Leader

Event 5: Barry Busts on Double Bubble

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Limits 3k/6k
6 players remaining, 64k avg (11 big bets)

Barry Bindelglass (Boca Raton) 7th Place, 2 from $$$
Barry Bindelglass (Boca Raton)
7th Place, 2 from $$$

Barry Bindelglass is the short stack (4k) all in preflop. Allen “Detroit Al” Green bets into a dry side pot getting Max Jones to fold.

Green wins the pot with a pair of Kings to eliminate Bindelglass in 7th place. The remaining six players are on the bubble, one spot from the money.

Event 5: Rosalyn on the Dweck

$240 Omaha H/L (Re-entry)

Rosalyn Dweck (Coconut Creek) 5 spots from $$$
Rosalyn Dweck (Coconut Creek)
9th Place – 4 from $$$

Rosalyn Dweck loses 3/4 of her chips to Michael Moed when he hits the wheel against Dweck’s two pairs.

Dweck’s last 4k goes to Luis Santoni as she finishes in 10th place, five spots from the money.

Event 4: Finest 50

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 2,500/5k/500 ante
50 players remaining, 126k avg (25 bb)

Jorge Gomez
Jorge Gomez

Before the last break, David Wolff (Sarasota, FL) loses a 270k chip pot when his JJ doesn’t hold against the AK of Jorge Gomez (Fort Lauderdale).

Gomez hits a King on the flop for the winner and  is close to 300k, while Wolff laments the hand to his brother Jon who’s playing the $1k.

The field is now 14 spots from the money.