Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Seminole Hard Rock
$360 Main Event
Day: 1b
An Orbit with 2019 PSPC Platinum Pass Winner Brandon Welter
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Last December, Minnesota's Brandon Welter was at the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Season 9 finale at Canterbury Park. It was there that a Platinum Pass was awarded after a random drawing of eight players, who then engaged in a heads-up flip-a-ment. Welter survived the three rounds and suddenly found himself with a $30K Platinum Pass to the Bahamas.
While there, he competed against some of poker's best, and not only did he make the money, he made the first pay jump before falling in 151st place for $35,000. Forced to take some vacation hours from his job back in Minneapolis, Welter opted to hop on a place down here to Hollywood, Florida to try and win himself another Platinum Pass.
We recently spent an entire orbit with Welter, who was sitting with 17,000 in chips. Here's what we observed.
Hand #1 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 1,500 and an early-position player called. The player on the button came along and Welter folded from the big blind.
Hand #2 (Small Blind): A middle-position player limped before the button raised to 1,800. Welter called out of the small blind, the player in the big did the same, and the limper came along to make it four-way action to the 
flop, which checked around.
Welter then checked the 
turn and the big blind bet 2,400. Two folds put action back on Welter and he called to see the 
river. Welter paused for a few beats before betting 6,300, which matched his opponent's remaining stack. The player in the big blind thought for a bit before calling off with the 
for trip kings. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Welter rolled over the 
for a full house and the win.
Hand #3 (Button): The player in the cutoff raised to 1,500 and Welter folded.
Hand #4 (Cutoff): A middle-position player limped and Welter folded.
Hand #5 (Hijack): Two players limped before Welter folded.
Hand #6 (Lojack): The under-the-gun player moved all in for 8,500 and everyone folded, including Welter.
Hand #7 (Middle Position): An early-position player limped and Welter folded.
Hand #8 (Early Position): Welter folded.
Hand #9 (Under the Gun): Welter folded.
It was a relatively lowkey orbit for Welter aside from the second hand he played in which he stacked a player. Welter ended the orbit with approximately 30,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
PokerStars Blog Feature: The Seminole Hard Rock’s New Guitar Hotel
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Visiting any Hard Rock facility can be enjoyable for musicians and fans of popular music thanks to the brand-influenced emphasis on music imagery and memorabilia. But the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has now seriously upped the ante in that regard (pun intended).
And oh man… it rocks!
Following several years of construction, in late October the property’s newest addition and primary element of a $1.5 billion expansion finally opened — the world’s first Guitar Hotel.
To continue this intimate look at the new hotel, check out Martin Harris' article "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky: The Seminole Hard Rock’s new Guitar Hotel" right here on the PokerStars Blog.
Photos from Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Seminole Hard Rock
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
A Round of Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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50,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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38,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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31,000 | |
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28,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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25,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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23,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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22,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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20,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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20,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Quick Double for RGPS Champ Derrick Contreras
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Derrick Contreras, who back in October won the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Council Bluffs Main Event in Omaha, recently took his seat in the tournament and it didn't take long for him to bink a double.
It happened after the under-the-gun player raised to 2,000 and both the hijack and button called. Contreras then three-bet to 7,400 from the small blind, the original raiser and hijack both folded, and the button called to see the 
flop.
Contreras moved all in for his last 11,000 and the player on the button quickly called.
Derrick Contreras: 
Button: 
Contreras had the overpair and he held when the 
bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.
"I told you this was going to be a lucky seat," Contreras said as he pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 |
Break Time; Registration to Close
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day. Late registration and re-entry will come to a close when they return.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000