Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Scott Baumstein was all in for 18,400 preflop after three-bet shoving over a raise to 1,500 and a few callers, and only a player in middle position stuck around, committing their last 15,000.
Opponent:
Scott Baumstein:
Baumstein's eights held on a board, and he eliminated his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Baumstein | 39,000 | 21,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joel Weisberger | 65,000 | 4,000 |
Michael Wadlow
|
54,000 | -6,500 |
Frank Russo | 34,600 | 10,200 |
Vito DiStefano
|
32,600 | 13,000 |
Lucas Tae | 27,000 | 7,000 |
Scott Baumstein | 17,500 | -500 |
Aaron Miles | 16,400 | 7,400 |
Steve Fredlund | Busted |
A player raised to 2,000 from under the gun, and Jeffrey Silverstein called next to act. Greg Spinder three-bet shoved for 11,300 in middle position, and the cutoff called off for 5,800. The under-the-gun player then four-bet shoved, and Silverstein instantly called for 58,200 total.
Cutoff:
Greg Spindler:
Jeffrey Silverstein:
Under-the-gun:
Spinder held on the flop, but the turn gave the under-the-gun player a host of outs, as any jack or diamond would ship the entire massive pot their way. A harmless hit the river, however, and Spinder nearly quadrupled up, while Silverstein won a monster side pot with his queens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Silverstein | 93,800 | 81,100 |
Greg Spinder | 40,600 | 17,600 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Landau | 96,000 | 1,000 |
Jose Reyes | 64,000 | 37,000 |
[Removed:286]
|
61,800 | -3,200 |
Howard Mash
|
59,600 | 40,100 |
Andrew Kaplan | 55,000 | -3,000 |
Mark Dube | 50,600 | 16,200 |
Charles Lees
|
42,200 | 3,200 |
Matt Sundberg | 33,000 | -8,000 |
Mark Lafata | 27,000 | -6,000 |
Allen Kerlin | 26,500 | |
Steve Olivier | 23,500 | 2,000 |
Mark Hodge | 12,400 | 7,500 |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
|
7,100 | -5,300 |
While our live updates this weekend are focused on the $600 Main Event, this tournament is actually the culmination of a week's worth of tournaments.
Earlier this week, Event #2: $130 Opening Night Ring Event more than doubled its $10,000 guarantee as 211 runners generated a $20,678 prize pool. The top 27 finishers got paid including Nick Visconti (10th - $434), Wade Hinds (14th - $372), Barry Chazen (16th - $310), Jason Casten (19th - $248), Maxton Goncalves (23rd - $191), and Mark Brannick (26th - $154).
The title came down to Lucas Tae and Kimani McKoy, and the two battled in a lengthy heads-up affair. Ultimately it was Tae, a WSOP Circuit ring winner, who prevailed to claim a $5,028 first-place prize. The win came a month after he finished runner-up in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event #7: $200 NLH Big Stack for a career-high $37,055.
For more on Event #2, check out the Seminole Coconut Creek blog here.
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Lucas Tae | $5,028 |
2 | Kimani McKoy | $3,487 |
3 | Justin King | $2,119 |
4 | Trung Tran | $1,289 |
5 | Khaled Ali | $996 |
6 | Rafael Lima | $825 |
7 | David Shifrel | $703 |
8 | Pedro Palacio | $602 |
9 | Joseph Eder Johnson Jr | $502 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Three players were involved on the turn of a board, and the big blind checked over to a player from under the gun, who bet 5,300. Andrew Kaplan called in the cutoff, and the big blind folded.
The under-the-gun player bet 10,000 on the river, and Kaplan twirled two 5k chips around in his hands before eventually tossing them to the felt for a call. The under-the-gun player showed for a pair of kings, but Kaplan had that beat with for two pair, and Kaplan earned the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Kaplan | 58,000 |
A player raised to 1,500 from middle position, and was called by two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos in the small blind and [Removed:286] in the big blind.
Action checked to the middle position player on an flop, and they bet 3,000. Both Polychronopoulos and [Removed:294] called.
The turn was checked through to the river, and Polychronopoulos checked. [Removed:294] bet 5,000, and the middle position player folded. Polychronopoulos took his time, but ultimately folded as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
[Removed:286]
|
65,000 | |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
|
12,400 | -12,100 |