The $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Championship will take place starting Thursday, April 16, 2015.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., announced that the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, now in its fifth year, will return April 6-22, 2015. Held in the resort ballrooms, the 17-day series will feature the $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed WPT Seminole Hard Rock Championship with three starting flights beginning Thursday, April 16 at 12 p.m. local time.
Last year's Championship was the largest WPT playing field in history with 1,795 entries. Players may play any or all starting flights and choose their best stack. Reentry will be allowed for six levels, and the televised final table will be take place on Wednesday, April 22 in Hard Rock Live located in Seminole Paradise, with live coverage available on www.SHRPO.com.
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown will open with a $250 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament with six starting flights starting at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. on April 6 and April 7. The poker action will continue with a $570 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed deep-stack no-limit hold'em event with six starting flights April 9-12.
The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship final table will be aired on Fox Sports. Broadcast schedule will be released at a later date. On-site registration for all Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown events is available 24/7 at the poker room. To participate, players must obtain a free "Wild Card" at the player's club or in the resort’s poker room located in Seminole Paradise. Visit www.SHRPO.com.
Enter to win a seat in to the $5 million WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship by visiting www.SHRPO.com/winaseat. Satellite events for the Championship will be held at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood starting February 22, 2015. To review the entire series and satellite schedule, please visit www.SHRPO.com; follow the event on Twitter at @SHRPO, hashtag #SHRPO.
While Jean Marie Vandeborne had not even left the tournament area yet for two minutes, the next player followed him out of the door already. Eugenio Landi got his stack in preflop with against the of Jozsef Szabo and the board would only produce low cards to kill all hopes of a comeback for the Italian.
Mike Gerry min-raised preflop and Mohamed Mamouni defended his small blind to see a flop of . Mamouni check-called a bet and then the turn and river were checked through. Mamouni showed the and that won the pot.
Shortly after, Nico Lombaerts raised to 80,000 from the small blind and Gerry called from one seat over. On the flop, Lombaerts check-called a bet of 75,000 and the turn was checked by both players. Lombaerts bet the river for 120,000 and a frustrated looking Gerry mucked his cards.
Miroslav Alilovic raised to 80,000 and was called by Julien Duveau on the button. On a flop of , Alilovic bet and won the pot.
Over on the second table, Julien Brulet has been grinding a short stack for quite some time and then opened to 80,000 from under the gun. Jozsef Szabo called from one seat over and both folded to the three-bet by Mohamed Mamouni on the button.
The temperature outside might be below freezing, but the poker action will be hotter than ever! Running from February 27 to March 10, 2015, Playground Poker Club is hosting the first Playground Winter Festival.
The festival kicks off with "The Wild $150," a reentry event with four starting flights and a $100,000 guarantee. It continues with 14 other events including a $330 two-day Freeze, a mixed hold’em/Omaha event, and a $220 Survivor tourney.
The $1,100 Main Event will begin on Friday, March 6 and feature two Day 1s (next-day reentry), and it has a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Nico Lombaerts raised to 80,000 from under the gun and was called by Jozsef Szabo and Mohamed Mamouni in the blinds. On a flop of all three players checked and Szabo then bet the turn for 150,000. Mamouni folded and Lombaerts grabbed some orange T-25,000 chips carefully before min-raising to 300,000.
Within a matter of seconds, Szabo moved all in and Lombaerts folded just as quickly.
In a battle of the blinds, Julien Brulet check-called a bet of 75,000 on the flop by Jozsef Szabo and the turn as well as river were both checked through. Brulet showed the and won the pot.
The biggest pot played as of lately came off the shove by Mike Gerry on a flop of when Mohamed Mamouni had bet 100,000 and folded. Gerry opened the next hand to 80,000 and was called by Jozsef Szabo and Mamouni before everyone folded to the 200,000-three-bet of Nico Lombaerts.
Over on table 4, Heinrich Pauker and Yehoram Houri chopped a pot on a board of . Houri had bet the turn for 100,000 with and the made straight as well as flush draw. Pauker's did get the chop thanks to the river though.
In a battle of the blinds, Nico Lombaerts bet the river for 110,000 from the small blind and Mike Gerry raised to 350,000. Lombaerts folded and was shown the ...
against the 
of Jozsef Szabo and the board would only produce low cards to kill all hopes of a comeback for the Italian.
. Mamouni check-called a bet and then the 
turn and 
river were checked through. Mamouni showed the 
and that won the pot.
flop, Lombaerts check-called a bet of 75,000 and the 
turn was checked by both players. Lombaerts bet the 
river for 120,000 and a frustrated looking Gerry mucked his cards.
, Alilovic bet and won the pot.
turn for 150,000. Mamouni folded and Lombaerts grabbed some orange T-25,000 chips carefully before min-raising to 300,000.
flop by Jozsef Szabo and the 
turn as well as 
river were both checked through. Brulet showed the 
and won the pot.
river for 110,000 from the small blind and Mike Gerry raised to 350,000. Lombaerts folded and was shown the