$350 Deep Stack NLH Day 1a | 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series

05-16-2019 08:48 UTC-4

2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series Kicks Off Today!

Chad Holloway

For the next two weeks, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood will play host to the Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series. The series is comprised of three different tournaments at varying price points, all of which will be live reported here on PokerNews.

It starts today with the $350 buy-in Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $150,000 GTD, which will run May 16-20. Players will start with 30,000 in chips and play 40-minute levels through Level 14. Levels 15-26 will last 60 minutes each with Levels 27+ will switch to 90 minutes. Heads-up play will revert to 40-minute levels.

The plan for the Day 1 flights is to play through Level 14.

Late registration and unlimited re-entries will be allowed until the start of Day 2. Players may not bag and play a subsequent flight. Players may forfeit their stack to Re-Enter or participate in subsequent starting day.

The winner of the tournament will also receive an added $1,650 Main Event seat.

In 2018, Dion Jagroo topped a 1,045-entry field to win the Deep Stack for $66,000. The year before that, Ben Lindemulder won it outright for $67,232 after navigating a field of 1,029 runners. Back in 2016, it was Steve McKoy coming out on top of a 1,075-entry field to win the title and accompanying $49,755 first-place prize.

Here's a look at the structure for today.

Level	Length (minutes)	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	40	100	100	0
2	40	100	100	100
3	40	100	200	200
4	40	200	300	300
5	40	200	400	400
6	40	300	500	500
7	40	300	600	600
8	40	400	800	800
9	40	500	1,000	1,000
10	40	500	1,500	1,500
11	40	1,000	1,500	1,500
12	40	1,000	2,000	2,000
13	40	1,500	2,500	2,500
14	40	2,000	3,000	3,000

05-16-2019 11:34 UTC-4

May Deep Stack Flashback: Good Friends Strike Deal in 2018 Event

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Last year, this very event attracted 1,045 entrants over three starting flights and created a $307,900 prize pool. Dion Jagroo dominated the final table to capture the title after striking a heads-up deal, good for $66,000 plus a $1,650 Deepest Stack seat.

Jagroo struck a deal with his good friend Daniel Silva, who locked up $43,554.

“This is literally something we both dreamed about,” Jagroo said after winning last year. “Something we always thought about.”

“It’s crazy,” Silva laughed as they celebrated.

For more on last year’s event and more, check out the Seminole Hard Rock recap here.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dion Jagroo	$66,000* + $1,650 Event 4 seat
2	Daniel Silva	$43,554*
3	John Gorsuch	$25,192
4	Seth Gilson	$21,189
5	Svi Soudai	$17,495
6	Lou Stadler	$14,262
7	Bill Farnan	$11,490
8	Jeff Keiser	$8,873
9	Andre Rakusa	$6,256
10	Gabe Sack	$4,255

_{*denotes heads-up deal}

Tags: Dion Jagroo

05-16-2019 11:51 UTC-4

Get to Know WSOP Bracelet Winner Jacquelyn Scott

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Jacquelyn Scott winning her gold bracelet.

Jacquelyn Scott likes to have fun at the poker table.

Last month she was over in Europe competing in the EPT Monte Carlo, eventually finishing sixth in the €1,100 French National Championship for $47,691.

While she's a familiar face here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, what Scott is best known for is topping a field of 795 runners to win the 2015 World Series of Poker $1,000 Ladies Event for a career-high $153,876 and a coveted gold bracelet.

“Oh, I always have fun. Usually when I come to a poker tournament, and the guys don’t know me, they don’t know what to expect," Scott recently told PokerNews in a feature interview. "And then when they see my sense of humor they go, ‘I really like you, you’re funny,’ and I go ‘thanks!’”

Originally from Michigan, Scott now lives in Fort Lauderdale where she got her start in poker.

“I started playing with a couple of guys in my office, and we’d go to the Hard Rock and I just got very intrigued by it and decided, I can do this… I got totally into it and then I took it very seriously. So I’ve always had to balance my career with poker, because my real estate business comes first.”

We'll be keeping an eye on Scott to see if she can replicate her Monte Carlo success by making a deep run here at the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series.

Tags: Jacquelyn Scott

05-16-2019 12:08 UTC-4

Quintana Aiming for More Seminole Hard Rock Success

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Ariel Quintana, who hails from Hialeah, Florida, is in action today and looking to add to his $115,532 in lifetime earnings. That total includes a career-best $19,145 for finishing fourth in the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Escalator Series $250 NLH event.

Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing runner-up to Ronald Levy in the 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Event #2: $365 NLH for $13,126, third in the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event #25: $150 NLH for $8,321, and fifth in the 2015 Holiday DeepStack $250 NLH for $4,142.

According to his HendonMob profile, Quintana has one victory dating back to July 2016, which is when he took down the 2016 Florida State Poker Championships Event #6: $100 Green Chip Bounty Turbo for $1,765.

Only time will tell if Quintana can add to his total here at the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series.

Tags: Ariel Quintana

05-16-2019 12:59 UTC-4

A Bad Beat Flop in Monster Hand

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The preflop action escaped us but we do know it blew up between three players. It resulted in both Carlos Revilla and Russell Williams being all in, the latter for 27,600, and the third player folding after investing roughly 8,000.

Williams:
Revilla:

Revilla had the goods and Williams was looking to get lucky. He did exactly that as the flop came down to give him quads!

However, he wasn't out of the woods as Revilla flopped aces full, meaning the case ace would give him better quads. The turn wasn't what he was looking for and neither was the river.

Williams shipped the double while the rest of the table and nearby onlookers expressed their disbelief of the cooler flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Williams	60,000

Tags: Russell Williams Carlos Revilla

05-16-2019 14:40 UTC-4

Rodriguez Building Heaps

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

On a flop of , Deborah Muha and another player got their stacks all in against Carlo Rodriguez, who was sitting with a big pile of chips.

Muha:
Rodriguez:
Opponent:

Rodriguez had a flush draw and he didn't waste any time in completing it as the dealer burned and turned the . the river put a flush on board but Rodriguez's was best to send to opponents to the rail.

Muha immediately headed to the registration desk to re-enter the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Rodriguez	140,000
Deborah Muha	30,000

Tags: Carlo Rodriguez Deborah Muha

05-16-2019 16:41 UTC-4

McCaigue Adds to His Big Stack

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jason Atherley opened for 2,200 from middle position and the player in the hijack called. The button did the same and then chip leader Ryan McCaigue three-bet to 12,500 from the small blind.

Atherley folded, the player in the hijack called off for approximately 10,000, and the button got out of the way.

McCaigue:
Hijack:

McCaigue was dominated but he had been running hot on Day 1a. That heater continued when the flop came down to give him the lead with a pair of sevens.

Neither the turn nor river altered his lead and he scored the knockout and added to his already monster stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan McCaigue	250,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Ryan McCaigue

05-16-2019 20:05 UTC-4

Pucci's Pizza is Aces

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Gustavo Lopez opened for 4,500 from middle position and the player next to act three-bet all in for 26,500. Tom Puccio, who owns a local pizzeria called Pucci's Pizza, then moved all in from the cutoff. That inspired the button and blinds to all fold, and for Lopez to get out of the way.

Puccio:
Opponent:

Puccio woke up with the granddaddy of all hands and scored the knockout after the board ran out to improve him to a full boat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Puccio	165,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Tom Puccio

05-16-2019 22:19 UTC-4

Aaron Klausman Leads After Day 1a of 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series kicked off on Thursday with the first of three starting flights in Event #1: $350 DeepStack NLH. Day 1a attracted 225 entrants, but after 14 levels of play 34 remained with Aaron Klausman and his stack of 480,000 leading the way.

Klausman, a 2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Palace ring winner, is no stranger to success at the Seminole Hard Rock. Earlier this year he finished third in the 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event #18: $360 NLH for $8,317, and last month finished 34th in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $17,510. A few days later he would win Event #27: $360 NLH for $6,804.

Not far behind is Erik Christensen, who bagged 446,000, and 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year Ory Hen with 429,000. They were the only three players to bag in excess of 400k. Others to amass decent stacks were Richard Saunders (369,000), Joe Teixeira (320,000), Bernadette Coustillas (254,000), and Henry Billete (219,000).

Among those to fire Day 1a but fail to advance were 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley, 2015 WSOP Ladies Event champ Jackie Scott, Esther Foley, William Crawford, Trent Smith, Devon Marshall, Peggy Wiser, and Henri [Removed:250].

Two more opening flights remain. Day 1b will commence at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday while Day 1c will take place at the same time on Sunday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for the entire 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series, so be sure to join us daily for all the action straight from the tournament floor.