$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 760 3x2r1p
Zoltan Czinkota
After the break, John Curcuru’s stack went up, Zoltan Czinkota’s went down, and they went at each other soon afterwards. Curcuru opened under the gun and Czinkota moved all-in.
Curcuru called with to race Czinkota’s pocket eights. The board was clean for Czinkota until Curcuru hit the river to send the popular local home in 15th.
While that was going on, we lost both Neal Corcoran and Will “The Thrill” Failla from the feature table. Corcoran’s was especially brutal when he was all-in with against Matt Humphrey’s . He flopped a set on the board but Humphrey hit the four-out river to send him to the payout desk.
16th: Will Failla – $15,078
17th: Neal Corcoran – $15,078
John Curcuru – 950,000 (24 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated in 15th place ($21,888)
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
End of Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Championship players are on their first break of the day after only losing one player in 83 minutes. We’ll update both table counts while they are away.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Billy Pilossoph opened to 65,000 and Ben Keeline called from the cutoff. Fariborz Zojaji moved all-in from the button for 365,000 and Pilossoph stopped to think about it.
After a few minutes, he released his hand and Keeline called after getting some chatter from Zojaji.
“The pot made me call,” Keeline said. “Not you.”
Zojaji:
Keeline:
Keeline took the lead on the flop, Zojaji stood up after the turn, then sat back down when he hit the river.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 760
Robert Womack
Patrick Mahoney opened to 60,000 from the middle position and Robert Womack moved all-in for 250,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds took their time thinking it through but all folded before Mahoney called.
Mahoney:
Womack:
Womach stood up as soon as he saw the race then saw an ace in the window of the flop. The turn was no help and he was our first eliminated today after the river.
Patrick Mahoney – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Robert Womack – Eliminated in 18th place ($15,078)
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 760
Upeshka De Silva
The penultimate day is upon us in the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship with only 18 players still here with a shot at the big title. What started with 760 entries is now down to only two tables and they return today at noon aiming for a shot at the final table.
WSOP bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva holds a huge chip lead at the restart with 6 million of the 22.8 million chips in play. His closest rival is Matthew Zaradoolas with 1.745 million and some other talented players trying to chase him down including Ari Engel, Mark Dube, Ben Keeline, and a dangerous short-stacked Will “The Thrill” Failla.
The two tables will be split between the ballroom and the Poker Night in America live-streamed feature table. They will continue playing today until only the final table six remain for their time in front of the TV cameras tomorrow.
They will get back underway at noon and we will bring you all the action.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 760
Upeshka De Silva
With Day 3 of the 2016 Rock n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in the books, the final 18 players have bagged up chips for the day and Upeshka De Silva will take a very heavy bag into Day 4.
De Silva has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field and finished the day with 6,160,000, more than a quarter of the chips in play. He has more than three times his closest competitor, which is Matthew Zarcadoolas with 1,745,000.
When play started today, there were 48 players returning, hoping to make a run at a title, but after just over four levels of play, 30 players were eliminated and the final 18 players were reached.
Day 4 starts at noon on Tuesday with one hour and 23 minutes remaining in the level with blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante.
Levels will be 90 minutes long and the field will play down to the final six players before bagging and tagging chips for the day. One of the two tables will be live streamed on a 30-minute delay with cards face-up throughout the day.
Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for Day 4:
Table 1 (Featured Table)
Seat 1: Will Failla – 280,000
Seat 2: Upeshka De Silva – 6,160,000
Seat 3: Matt Humphrey – 1,715,000
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 715,000
Seat 5: Gerald Karlic – 1,020,000
Seat 6: Mark Dube – 1,175,000
Seat 7: Neal Corcoran – 650,000
Seat 8: Matthew Zarcadoolas – 1,745,000
Seat 9: Jacobo Fernandez – 1,075,000
Table 2
Seat 1: John Curcuru – 610,000
Seat 2: Ben Keeline – 1,190,000
Seat 3: Fariborz Zojaji – 645,000
Seat 4: Zoltan Czinkota – 1,000,000
Seat 5: William Jennings – 965,000
Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney – 675,000
Seat 7: John Spadevecchia – 1,565,000
Seat 8: Billy Pilossoph – 1,075,000
Seat 9: Robert Womack – 360,000
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 760
Erik Christensen
Ari Engel raised to 65,000 from middle position and Erik Christensen moved all in for 215,000 on the button. William Jennings moved all in for about 590,000 from the small blind and Engel folded.
Jennings showed and was in the lead against Christensen’s .
The board ran out and Jennings’ tens held up to eliminate Christensen in 19th place. Christensen will take home $12,890 for his efforts and that will end play for the day.
The remaining 18 players will bag up and a complete recap of the day’s action will be posted shortly.
William Jennings – 890,000
Erik Christensen – Eliminated
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 760
Will Failla moved all in from the cutoff for 115,000 and Neal Corcoran called from the small blind. Upeshka De Silva folded his big blind and the cards were tabled.
Corcoran showed and was in the lead against Failla’s .
“I got a flush,” joked Failla as the dealer was getting ready to burn and turn.
The flop was and Failla got up from the table until he sees he also has a flush draw to go with his pair. The turn was the , keeping Corcoran in the lead, but the came on the river to give Failla a flush and secure his double up.
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