$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)Level 20: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1000 ante 4c43c
We have reached the end of Level 20. After only one significant hand where Prasetyo flopped a full house against Peduto’s trips, the chip counts has not moved very much. Here are the chip counts as we head into Level 21.
Patrick Peduto – 861,000
Aditya Prasetyo – 487,000
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1000 ante
As we remain with only our two players in the room stil duking it out in near silence, the current other personnel in the room are hanging out waiting for something to give.
Still in attendance are our tournament photographer, two bloggers, four of security, seven staff , our current dealer and of course – Aditya’s dad.
Not much has changed since our last update and these two could be headed for a return tomorrow to continue heads-up play.
Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’N’ Roll Poker Open” Event 20: $300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
December 1, 2014
Total Entries: 182
Total Prize Pool: $28,210
Nick Pupillo
Event 20 Champion
Recap:
The final major event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” was a $300 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with $100 from each entrant going to a bounty on their head. After more than 13 hours of play, Nick Pupillo picked up his second title in two days and the $8,464 that went with it.
The one-day tournament drew 182 entrants for a $28,210 prize pool plus another $18,200 in available bounties. The tournament quickly played down to the last three tables in less than six hours before slowing down on the money bubble.
It took 10 rounds of hand-for-hand action before Joseph Patalano lost a race with Queens versus the Big Slick of Mike Dinardo. The pace picked up speed once they were in the money and players dropped fast until Ariel Rosello’s elimination formed the final table.
Tyler Thren was the major threat during most of the final table action but the rest caught up to him once they were four-handed. Thren went from top to bottom before crashing out in 3rd place.
The heads up match could have been a drawn out affair but Pupillo quickly erased Jeffrey Postal’s early lead. It ended in less than one level when Pupillo’s flopped two pair turned into a full house to give him another tournament victory.
“It was a great structure.” Pupillo commented. “It was great for a one day tournament.”
The tired Pupillo collected his trophy, payout ticket, plus the six black chip bounties in his pocket to get some rest before he flies back to Chicago in the morning.
Event 20 Results:
1st Nick Pupillo – $8,464
2nd Jeffrey Postal – $4,909
3rd Tyler Thren – $3,188
4th Scott Hart – $2,059
5th Mike Dinardo – $1,495
6th Anthony Ocampo – $1,269
7th Muhammad Rahim – $931
8th Steven Diamond – $677
9th Paulius Bikus – $649
10th Brad Mixson – $592
11th Ariel Rosello – $592
12th Ari Engel – $592
13th Mike Pastein – $508
14th Antonio Hogaza – $508
15th Arlene Vazquez – $508
16th Otto Palacios – $423
17th Jonathan Borenstein – $423
18th Daiane Mendez – $423
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 20: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1000 ante
It’s the irresistible force agaisnt the immovable object.
After about 90 minutes of heads-up play, Aditya Prasetyo and Patrick Peduto are still very deep and playing small ball. Prasetyo has also continued to slowly eat away at Peduto’s stack.
Peduto now holds around 900,000 chips to Prasetyo a little over 400,000. It’s been a battle of wills that will keep rolling as these two try to bring home the Event 18 title.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry) Level 27: Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
Nick Pupillo had a small chip deficit against Jeffrey Postal but he quickly erased it, took a commanding lead, and then finished it off.
The two got all the chips in the middle with Pupillo dominating Postal with versus . It was a dry, drama-free board to push Pupillo into a 11-to-1 lead.
Postal managed to double a few hands later when he limped on the button with to get a shove from Pupillo but it was soon over.
They both were in for the minimum to the flop when Postal was all-in with a flush draw against Pupillo’s bottom two . The tournament ended on the full house turn and Postal was done in runner-up position.
This is the second tournament win in as many days for Pupillo who won the Event 17 turbo a little more than 24 hours ago.
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: Blinds 3,000/6,000/1000 ante
With both players massively deep, we can report that Aditya Prasetyo has been able to swing about 150,000 chips his way halfway though this level. Prasetyo has been slowing grinding away trying to make a comeback to win Event 18.
With only two players left playing in the entire room, one fan has stuck it out – Aditya’s father, Rudi. He’s been here this entire final table quietly standing by his son. With like that, you can’t go wrong win or lose.
$300 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry) Level 27: Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
The roller coaster ride is over to Tyler Thren shortly after he moved back into the lead. It took just two hands and Jeffrey Postal did all the hard work.
Postal first doubled through Thren after his they both flopped a Queen but Postal had him outkicked to send a large chunk of chips his way.
Shortly after, Thren moved all-in for his final 425,000 with and Postal called with . Thren added a gutshot straight draw on the flop then missed as the board ran out to send the former leader out in 3rd place for $3,188.
Postal (2,200,000) and Nick Pupillo (1,400,000) are now heads up for the title.