$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 50K/100K Ante 15K

Players are on a quick 10 minute break – here is how they stand:

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Greg Marcus (Miami)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 40K/80K Ante 10K

Angelo Miele opened from middle position to 250K and was called by Ben Cross who was one to his left. The flop came and Angelo led out for 500K and Cross moved all in and was instantly called by Miele. Ben had but was dominated by Angelo’s . The turn was the meaning a King would give Ben a straight but the river was another Ace, the and Cross is our 9th place finisher.

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Final Table

1 Giovanni Quintero
2 Martin Zamani
3 Bryan Sheriff
4 Wilton Alejandro
5 Piotr Wielopolski
6 David Shephard
7 Greg Marcus
8 Roberto Marin Martinez
9 David Jackson
10 Julian Alvarado

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 40K/80K Ante 10K

Enrique Roman moved all in when it was folded to him and everyone else folded except for Angelo Miele who announced a call after getting a count. Roman held and Angelo . The flop would come leading Roman to stand up and say “good hand” to Miele. The turn and river would change nothing as it came and Angelo pumped his fists and let out a loud “Yes!” Roman finishes in 10th place and wins $3,514 for his two days of play.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 30K/60K Ante 10K

After getting crippled with Queens against Kings, John Utley moved all and was eliminated when his 9-6 suited was unable to improve. John finishes in 11th place and our final ten now looks as follows with approximate chip counts:

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 30K/60K Ante 10K

We are still playing with 11 as we have had six straight double ups from shorter stacks. In order…

–Jason Bartholomew doubled up against Richard Leger with pocket 6’s against . Leger hit an Ace on the turn but a miracle 6 on the river kept Jason in the game.

–Robert Zuckerman doubled to 750K with against Enrique Roman’s . The probable chopped pot turned into a scoop for Robert when a 5 flopped.

–Peter Vitantonio won the biggest pot of the tournament and took the chip lead when he called Ronnie Bardah’s four bet all in shove with pocket Aces. Ronnie only held Q-J off suit and when an ace flopped, Vitantonio surged to over three million in chips, crippling Bardah in the process.

–Enrique Roman doubled up against Elliott Zaydman when his flopped a straight on a board. Zaydman held 8’s and picked up some life when an 8 hit the turn but the board did not pair on the river to move Enrique up to 900K.

–Ronnie Bardah doubled up against Angelo Miele when his pocket 7’s would hit a miracle set on the river after Miele flopped trips with his . That moved Ronnie up to 700K.

–Robert Zuckerman doubled up to just under a million in chips when he coolered John Utley with Kings against Queens. That left Utley with half a million approximately.

As the clock strikes midnight and we’re officially into Super Bowl Sunday, all eyes are on the trophies.

The opening three events of the Seminole Hard  Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open are all just a few players away from seeing who will earn the coveted hardware.  And it’s a race to see which trophy will be grabbed first.

Events 1 & 3 (NL) are both down to 11 players, while Event 2 (PLO) has five remaining.

Ronnie Bardah (Brockton, MA) is enjoying the moment in Event 1 as he snaps a photo of the rail birds who are sweating his table to see who will take home the $81,823 first place prize.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 25K/50K Ante 5K

Peter Vitantonio opened for 100K and Alfonso Perez called for the additional 50K out of the big blind. The flop cake and Perez led out for 400K all in. After getting a count, Peter made the call with and was ahead of the that Perez held. The turn was the changing nothing and Perez needed some help on the river to stay alive. It was a low card though… the and Perez is eliminated in 12th place.