$560 Deeper Stack NLH Day 1b | 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series

05-21-2019 19:22 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Miles	325,000 325,000	325,000
Henry Billete	270,000 270,000	270,000
Willie Wiggins	200,000 110,000	110,000
Dimitry Agrachov	150,000 5,000	5,000
Robert Transue	140,000 140,000	140,000
Joe Villacci	130,000 35,000	35,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas	125,000 55,000	55,000
Philip Woerner	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ian O'Hara	40,000 -8,000	-8,000

05-21-2019 19:31 UTC-4

Yorra Mitigates Damage Against Bennett in Set-Over-Set Hand

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After Robert Transue raised to 4,000 from middle position and Matt Yorra called from the cutoff, Steven Bennett three-bet to 14,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Transue got out of the way, and Yorra called to see a flop.

Yorra check-called a bet of 17,000 and then check-called one of 25,000 on the turn.

When the completed the board on the river, Yorra checked for the third time.

"I think I have the winner but I'm gonna check back," Bennett said before showing the for a flopped set. Yorra then showed the for an inferior flopped set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Bennett	185,000
Matt Yorra	100,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Steven Bennett Matt Yorra

05-21-2019 19:31 UTC-4

Last Break of the Night

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are on their last break of the night, which will last 10 minutes. When they return they will play two more levels before bagging and tagging on Day 1b.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

05-21-2019 19:49 UTC-4

Another Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Pettus	240,000 195,000	195,000
Mike Newman	230,000 -20,000	-20,000
Richard Perea	115,000 85,000	85,000
Irwin Cohen	110,000 110,000	110,000
Gregory Spinder	105,000 66,500	66,500
Jeff Charlton	100,000 50,000	50,000
Nick Yunis	90,000 90,000	90,000
Josias Santos	60,000 30,000	30,000
Gari Thomas	40,000 -80,000	-80,000
David Shmuel	26,000 -15,000	-15,000
Terry Siele	Busted
Max Romano	Busted
Charles Fleury	Busted
Jack Battaglia	Busted
Amin Hosein	Busted
David Poces	Busted
Anthony Barbera	Busted
Claire Chiang	Busted
Vivo Loubaton	Busted
Ori Hen	Busted
Joule Kadadu	Busted
Diane Schmidt	Busted

05-21-2019 19:59 UTC-4

May Deep Stack Flashback: Chanpiseth Keam is the Defending Champ

Chad Holloway

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

Last year, this tournament attracted 432 players and offered up a $216,000 prize pool, well ahead of the $150k guarantee.

According to updates from the event, the last three players held relatively similar stacks but Chanpiseth Keam was ahead of the other two. It took very little time for the three remaining players to reach an agreement to chop up the remaining prize pool and crown Keam as champ.

Others to cash the tournament were Mike Newman (13th - $2,160), Joel Harwood (16th - $1,706), Richard Rice (23rd - $1,339), Jason Appel (30th - $1,188), and Matthew Kuba (40th - $1,080).

For more on Keam’s win check out the Seminole Hard Rock Poker recap here.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chanpiseth Keam	$37,991* + $1,650 Event 4 seat added
2	Julio Fernandez	$35,500*
3	Seth Gilson	$33,000*
4	Zach Mullennix	$15,660
5	Chris Thompson	$12,312
6	Haig Toorgeman	$10,260
7	Haris Hadziabdic	$8,208
8	Heitor Saraiva	$6,264
9	Nick Avena	$4,320

_{*Denotes three-way deal.}

Tags: Chanpiseth Keam

05-21-2019 20:25 UTC-4

Big Hand for Woerner

Chad Holloway

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

Philip Woerner raised to 5,000 from middle position and the player in the big blind called to see a flop, which both players checked.

After the dealer burned and turned the , the big blind check-called a bet of 5,000 and then checked for the third time on the river.

Woerner bet 10,000 and the big blind called. Woerner tabled the for tens full or fours and the big blind flashed just the before sending his hand to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Woerner	95,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Philip Woerner

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

05-21-2019 20:51 UTC-4

Miles Gets Lucky to Bust a Shorty

Chad Holloway

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Timothy Miles, who tried to pass off as Corey Burbick, opened with a raise from the hijack only to have the player in the small blind three-bet jam for approximately 25,000. Miles opted to call and discovered he was way behind.

Miles:
Opponent:

The flop maintained the status quo, but the dealer shook it up by burning and turning the to pair Miles.

The river changed nothing and Miles scored the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Miles	260,000

Tags: Timothy Miles

05-21-2019 20:59 UTC-4

Perez Flips Shmuel Out of the Tournament

Chad Holloway

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

David Shmuel moved all in for 37,500 under the gun and Manny Perez made the call next to act. The rest of the field cleared out and it was off to the races.

Shmuel:
Perez:

Shmuel was at risk and looking to improve to stay alive. The flop didn't do him any favors and the turn was anticlimactic as the gave Perez a set to leave Shmuel drawing dead. The meaningless was run out on the river and Shmuel headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manny Perez	120,000 8,000	8,000
David Shmuel	Busted

Tags: Manny Perez David Shmuel