On the river with a board that read 
, Shawn McClanahan bet 10,000 into a pot of about 14,000 which was enough to force his opponent out of the way for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Action was picked up on the river and was later recounted to PokerNews after the hand.
Under the gun Jose Silver raised to 700, Irene Carey three-bet to 1,700 from the next spot in early position. It folded around to Silver who called.
The flop came 
. Carey continued for a bet of 1,500 which Silver raised to 3,500 and Carey called. The turn was the 
. Silver led out with a bet of 2,000, Carey raised to 5,500 and Silver called.
The river made three to a flush and paired the board as the 
rolled off. Silver checked and Carey thought for a few moments, counted out her stack before firing a bet of 8,300 into a pot that had accumulated to north of 20,000. Silver waited about five seconds before calling.
Carey immediately flipped over the 
for nothing and Silver showed his hand, the 
to take in the large pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
13,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
On a flop of 
, Shawn McClanahan called a bet of 1,200 from his opponent. The turn was the 
. Both players checked.
The river came the 
. McClanahan checked again and his opponent made a bet of 2,000 which McClanahan called.
"I have a jack" said his opponent, to which McClanahan turned over the better hand with the 
which was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Players are now on their first 15 minute break of the day.
Carlos Ardila was seen taking in a large pot and busting his opponent as his was showing on a board of 
for top set to secure him the big boost in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Action was picked up on the turn of a board that read 
. Eric Ladny bet 3,500 and was called by Melisa Singh. The rivr came the 
. Singh checked and Ladny waited for quite while before making a bet of 11,000 which Singh called swiftly.
Ladny turned over for the full boat which Singh could only shake her head and muck her hand, which she said was a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Florida’s Seminole Coconut Creek to live report action from both the $2,200 High Roller and $1,700 Main Event, but is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight, 1,189 entrants over four starting flights created a $392,370 prize pool that was paid out to the top 172 players including Kevin Kamminga (10th - $4,808), Steve Karp (14th - $3,898), Antoine Bahi (28th - $1,673), Eric Salazar (52nd - $1,097), and Ryan Van Sanford (61st - $1,024).
In the end, Harjinder Chawla came out on top to win the title for $65,823 and a gold ring. It was the second-largest score of his career behind the $66,435 he won in the 2016 Seminole hard Rock Poker Open Event #1: $360 NLH Deepstack.
“It was long due, I played a long time. I’m glad I was able to get it through today for the first time,” Chawla said after his first documented win.
He continued: “I ran real pure. I got lucky. There was at least three or four hands hands with a lot of chips in preflop where I was behind. Like queens against aces and I flopped a queen. Fours against aces and I turned a four. I played decent but I made some errors which I recognize. I got lucky at least four to five times.”
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harjinder Chawla | Miami, Florida | $65,823 |
| 2 | David Nathaniel | N/A | $40,680 |
| 3 | Michael Garcia | Miami, Florida | $29,837 |
| 4 | Chris Casey | Augusta, Georgia | $22,149 |
| 5 | Gerard Sukhram | N/A | $16,642 |
| 6 | Manelic Minaya | Tampa, Florida | $12,659 |
| 7 | Michael Newman | New York, New York | $10,336 |
| 8 | Stephen Horniacek | Melbourne Beach, Florida | $7,605 |
| 9 | Michael Tait | Hallandale Beach, Florida | $6,008 |
