$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’emLevel 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante Players Remaining: 6 of 250 6t5u29

Following a flop of , Michael Graffeo was all in for about 140,000 from the big blind with against Eric Piderit in the cutoff with .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Graffeo, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Eric Piderit – 550,000 (49 bb)
Michael Graffeo – Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,513)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 250

David Jackson raised to 26,000 from middle position, Yerandy Cruz called from the hijack, Joseph Buonodono reraised all in from the cutoff for 218,000, Jackson folded, and Cruz called.

Cruz:
Buonodono:

The board ran out , giving Buonodono a pair of kings to double through Cruz.

Justin Buonodono – 494,000 (41 bb)
Yerandy Cruz – 580,000 (48 bb)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 250

David Jackson limped from the cutoff, Joseph Buonodono raised from the small blind, Eric Piderit reraised all in for 219,000 from the big blind, Jackson folded, and Buonodono called.

Buonodono:
Piderit:

The board ran out , giving Piderit a pair of aces to double up.

Eric Piderit – 464,000 (38 bb)
Joseph Buonodono – 225,000 (18 bb)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 250

Dave Bradshaw Jr. raised all in from the button for about 120,000 and Yerandy Cruz called from the small blind with , trailing Bradshaw .

The flop came down , giving Bradshaw a big lead with top two pair. The fell on the turn to give Cruz a fair amount of outs with a royal flush draw. The river was the , giving Cruz an ace-high flush to eliminate Bradshaw in eighth place.

Yerandy Cruz – 870,000 (109 bb)
Dave Bradshaw Jr. – Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,100)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 250

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 250

Anthony Utnage raised to 20,000 from early position, David Jackson called from middle position, and Martin Markov reraised all in for 128,000 from the hijack.

Utnage four-bet shoved for 330,000 and Jackson called after a few moments.

Utnage:
Markov:
Jackson:

The board came down , giving Utnage and Jackson aces and fives to eliminate Markov and split the bounty.

David Jackson – 510,000 (63 bb)
Anthony Utnage – 390,000 (48 bb)
Martin Markov – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,466)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 250

Yerandy Cruz opened to 18,000 from middle position, Matthew King three-bet to about 39,000 from the hijack, Michael Graffeo four-bet shoved from the button for 99,000, Cruz folded, and King called.

King:
Graffeo:

The flop fell , keeping Graffeo ahead. The turn was the , as good as it could get for King. However, the river was the , safe for Graffeo to double up.

Michael Graffeo – 238,000 (32 bb)
Matthew King – 240,000 (32 bb)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 250

Among the flurry of eliminations in Level 18 included Daniel Romano (14th – $1,260), Alain Rodriguez (13th – $1,260), Jeff Trudeau Jr. (12th – $1,466), and Joel Harwood (11th – $1,466).

Here is the final table lineup:

Seat 1: Anthony Utnage – 355,000 (59 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Graffeo – 125,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: David Jackson – 460,000 (76 bb)
Seat 4: Dave Bradshaw Jr. – 235,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Markov – 175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Spencer Champlin – 160,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Yerandy Cruz – 545,000 (90 bb)
Seat 8: Joseph Buonodono – 165,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9: Eric Piderit – 460,000 (76 bb)
Seat 10: Matthew King – 320,000 (53 bb)

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 250

Table 41
Seat 1: Anthony Utnage – 280,000 (47 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Matthew King – 310,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Martin Markov – 130,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Yerandy Cruz – 610,000 (101 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7: Alain Rodriguez – 60,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Michael Graffeo – 142,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9: Spencer Champlin – 183,000 (30 bb)

Table 42
Seat 1: Joseph Buonodono – 95,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: Daniel Romano – 42,000 (7 bb)
Seat 3: Joel Harwood – 128,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5: David Jackson – 175,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Eric Piderit – 470,000 (79 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8: Jeff Trudeau Jr – 78,000 (13 bb)
Seat 9: Dave Bradshaw Jr – 300,000 (50 bb)

1st: $17,227
2nd: $12,110
3rd: $7,688
4th: $4,676
5th: $3,611
6th: $2,993
7th: $2,513
8th: $2,100
9th: $1,724
10th – 12th: $1,466
13th – 14th: $1,260

$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 69 of 250

Registration closed on the $570 Double Black Chip Bounty tournament with exactly 250 entries to more than double the $50,000 Guarantee. They put $75,000 in the normal prize pool along with another $50,000 up for grabs as bounties.

The last 32 players will earn a piece of the standard prize pool with a min-cash taking home $516 (plus any bounties) and the winner will cash out for $17,227 along with the trophy, custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI, and a seat in the $10,000 WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship freeroll.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 13
$570 Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 250
Prize Pool: $75,000
Bounty Prize Pool: $50,000
March 27, 2017

1st: $17,227
2nd: $12,110
3rd: $7,688
4th: $4,676
5th: $3,611
6th: $2,993
7th: $2,513
8th: $2,100
9th: $1,724
10th – 12th: $1,466
13th – 15th: $1,260
16th – 18th: $1,058
19th – 21st: $866
22nd – 24th: $683
25th – 27th: $593
28th – 32nd: $516