Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Seminole Hard Rock

$360 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info

Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Seminole Hard Rock

Final Results
Winner
Scott Baumstein
Prize
$22,311
Event Info
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$139,200
Entries
464
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
287
Players Left
29
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PokerStars Blog Feature: The Seminole Hard Rock’s New Guitar Hotel

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Hard Rock Hollywood
Hard Rock Hollywood

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.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

An Orbit with 2019 PSPC Platinum Pass Winner Brandon Welter

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Brandon Welter
Brandon Welter

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 {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Hearts} flop, which checked around.

Welter then checked the {q-Spades} turn and the big blind bet 2,400. Two folds put action back on Welter and he called to see the {5-Clubs} 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 {k-Spades}{j-Hearts} for trip kings. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Welter rolled over the {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} 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
Brandon Welter us
Brandon Welter 		30,000 30,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

2020 PSPC Platinum Pass Winners Thus Far...

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
PSPC Platinum Pass Winners
PSPC Platinum Pass Winners

Thus far, 38 players have captured Platinum Passes for the 2020 PSPC in Barcelona. Another will be added to the list this weekend. For a full look at each winner, including in-depth player profiles and info on how they won, head on over the PokerStars Blog here.

PlayerCountryRoute
Manuel López FonsecaSpainCampeonato España de Poker leaderboard
Victor AntociMoldovaMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC Dublin
Pierre LewandowskiFranceMega Path on PokerStars
Siarhei ChudapalBelarusMega Path on PokerStars
Valdir Cordeiro dos SantosBrazilMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC London
Oliver HutchinsUKPlatinum Pass Experience at Aspers
Daniel StancerUKMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC Newcastle
Vlad LacheRomaniaMega Path on PokerStars
Tom HallUKMega Path on PokerStars
Jenn CarterCanadaMega Path on PokerStars
Miguel Posadas HernandezSpainCEP Main Event Marbella Drawing
Gideon DietrichGermanyMega Path on PokerStars
Drew GonzalezUnited StatesRIU Reno IX
Pavel AliaponRussiaMystery Chest on PokerStars
Simone FerrettiItalyIPO Nova Gorica
Vadzim HaidukBelarusMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC Sochi
Gregory ArmandFrancePlatinum Pass Experience Aix-en-Provence
Tom ParsonsUKLex Live Adventure
Patrick WinterbottomUKLex Live Streamers Showdown
Paulo MilaniBrazilMega Path on PokerStars
Jasper Van LaethemBelgiumMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC Namur
Dorian Alain DechaucheFranceMega Path on PokerStars
Steve ZanderGermanyMystery Chests Drop
Simon GillesGermanyMega Path on PokerStars
Eliseo PascualSpainN/A
Michael McGeeUKMystery Chests Drop
Papp JozsefHungaryMystery Chests Drop
Veronica CanedaSpainMystery Chests Drop
Adrian ViñuelaSpainChase Your Dream Winner
Clement EloyFranceChase Your Dream Winner
Danielle SummerSpainChase Your Dream Winner
Daryl InglisCanadaChase Your Dream Winner
Christoph WalkenhorstGermanyChase Your Dream Winner
Joep van den BijgaartNetherlandsMega Path on PokerStars
Andrew BarhamUKMoneymaker’s Road to PSPC London
Alexis Pierre Georges RenoardFranceDare to Dream Freeroll
Cristian VaqueiroSpainMystery Chests Drop
Alexandr LavrenchikUkraineMega Path on PokerStars

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Jimenez Wins Four-Way All-In Pot Thanks to the River

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

We saw a commotion over at Table 7 and made our way over to discover that action had exploded on a {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop that resulted in a four-way all-in pot.

Matt Zarcadoolas: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Mario Jimenez: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Opponent #1: {6-Spades}{7-Hearts}
Opponent #2: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

It was a big flop for all four players. Two of them had open-ended straight draws, Jimenez top pair with top kicker, but it was Matt Zarcadoolas out in front with top two pair.

The {4-Hearts} turn was of no consequence but the {k-Diamonds} river was as Jimenez spiked a bigger two pair to steal the pot away from Zarcadoolas.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Jimenez us
Mario Jimenez 		55,000 35,000
Matt Zarcadoolas us
Matt Zarcadoolas
6,000

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Defending Champ Andres "Andy" Risquez Takes His Seat

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Chris Moneymaker, Andres “Andy” Risquez and Tony Burns last November.
Chris Moneymaker, Andres “Andy” Risquez and Tony Burns last November.

In November of last year, Andres "Andy" Risquez won the $86 buy-in Moneymaker PSPC Tour here Seminole Hard Rock for $25,427 and a coveted Platinum Pass. Making it even more incredible was that he defeated none other than Chris Moneymaker in heads-up play out of the 957-entry field to win the title for $14,000 cash plus the $30K Platinum Pass.

Risquez, a local player, has returned to the Seminole Hard Rock and is looking to nab his second Platinum Pass. If he plays his cards right, there could even be a rematch against Moneymaker, who bagged the Day 1a chip lead yesterday over at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.

We'll be sure to keep an eye on Risquez as he looks to navigate today's field.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Risquez us
Andy Risquez
20,000 20,000

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