Gestern wurde in Tampa das $3.500 Main Event der WPT Seminole Hard Rock entschieden.
Sechs Spieler hatten sich, wie bei der WPT üblich, für das Finale qualifiziert, darunter mit Jonathan Jaffe und Brian Altman zwei Spieler, die schon einen Main Event der World Poker Tour gewinnen konnten.
Mit mehr als der Hälfte der Chips klar in Führung lag vor dem großen Showdown Brian Altman.
Seat 1: Will Berry – 2,925,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: John Haas – 2,075,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Altman – 23,950,000 (160 bb)
Seat 4: Gabriel Abusada -6,300,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: Zachary Smiley – 3,075,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe – 8,175,000 (55 bb)
Altman ließ im Finale nichts mehr anbrennen und brachte seinen überlegenen Vorsprung ohne größere Mühe über die Ziellinie, obwohl sein letzter Gegner Gabriel Abusada im Heads-Up heftigen Widerstand leistete.
Als Siegprämie erhielt er über $613.000, Runner-Up Abusada nahm über $408.000 mit.
Insgesamt wurden 1.165 Entrys bei diesem Turnier verbucht, hier der Endstand:
| Name | Preisgeld |
|---|---|
| Brian Altman | $613,225 |
| Gabriel Abusada | $408,825 |
| Zachary Smiley | $302,200 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | $225,675 |
| John Haas | $170,275 |
| Will Berry | $129,825 |
| Dave Berman | $100,030 |
| Steven Queen | $77,900 |
| T.K. Miles | $61,325 |
| Yuri Martins | $61,325 |
| Peter Vitantonio | $48,805 |
| Steve Brite | $48,805 |
| Joe Steur | $39,270 |
| Dennis Rodriguez | $39,270 |
| Perry Shiao | $31,950 |
| Jon Borenstein | $31,950 |
| Jebhar Patterson | $26,290 |
| Jim Gilbert | $26,290 |
| Kevin Garosshen | $26,290 |
| Sam Panzica | $26,290 |
| David Meagher | $21,880 |
| Rafael Rovira Soler | $21,880 |
| Derek Bowers | $21,880 |
| Cricket Agnello | $21,880 |
| Olamide Otti | $18,420 |
| Jeff Rolland | $18,420 |
| Faysal Smile | $18,420 |
| Viny Lima | $18,420 |
| Justin Liberto | $18,420 |
| Mike Sowers | $18,420 |
| Lumni Zhuta | $18,420 |
| Joshua Palmer | $18,420 |
| Jorge Martinez | $15,690 |
| Matthew Leecy | $15,690 |
| Donald Graham | $15,690 |
| Kevin Andriamahefa | $15,690 |
| David Novosel | $15,690 |
| Matthew Smith | $15,690 |
| Jacob Ferro | $15,690 |
| Howard Feingold | $15,690 |
| Francisco Martinez | $13,520 |
| Martin Carnero | $13,520 |
| John Gorsuch | $13,520 |
| Maurice Paradis | $13,520 |
| Benjamin Earley | $13,520 |
| Christian Harder | $13,520 |
| Victor Nissim | $13,520 |
| Vincent Giuliano | $13,520 |
| Matthew Zazaian | $11,795 |
| Clayton Jiang | $11,795 |
| Chad Deberry | $11,795 |
| Nashaat Antonious | $11,795 |
| Mansoor Kader | $11,795 |
| Marsha Wolak | $11,795 |
| Emanuel Ibarry Quinonez | $11,795 |
| James Calderaro | $11,795 |
| Orson Young | $10,410 |
| Philip Shing | $10,410 |
| Hieu Nguyen | $10,410 |
| Jon Hoellein | $10,410 |
| Toby Boas | $10,410 |
| Alex Farin | $10,410 |
| Jonathan Hilton | $10,410 |
| Donald Himpele | $10,410 |
| Demo Kiriopoulos | $9,305 |
| David Smith | $9,305 |
| Sumeet Wayachal | $9,305 |
| Tim Capretta | $9,305 |
| Frank Stepuchin | $9,305 |
| Samuel Blankenship | $9,305 |
| Blaise Ingoglia | $9,305 |
| Frank Funaro | $9,305 |
| Marie Harrell | $8,415 |
| Joshua Bray | $8,415 |
| Rafael Reis | $8,415 |
| Wilmer Chavira | $8,415 |
| Justin Zaki | $8,415 |
| Jason Kapoor | $8,415 |
| Jerry Wong | $8,415 |
| Shanmukha Meruga | $8,415 |
| Ken Fishman | $7,710 |
| Ryan Luker | $7,710 |
| George James | $7,710 |
| Robert Manjura-Boody | $7,710 |
| Ronald Sullivan | $7,710 |
| Matthew Zarcadoolas | $7,710 |
| Kevin Castillo | $7,710 |
| Joshua Rothberg | $7,710 |
| Damjan Radanov | $7,710 |
| Armando Figueroa | $7,155 |
| Narimaan Ahmadi | $7,155 |
| Barrett Purvis | $7,155 |
| Shankar Pillai | $7,155 |
| Jeffrey Esterling | $7,155 |
| Ronnie Day Jr | $7,155 |
| Sokchheka Pho | $7,155 |
| Igor Tretyakov | $7,155 |
| Kevin Greene | $7,155 |
| Jeffrey Morzella | $6,725 |
| Vitor Coelho | $6,725 |
| Anthony March | $6,725 |
| David Nathaniel | $6,725 |
| Filipp Khavin | $6,725 |
| Christopher Dombrowski | $6,725 |
| Steven McKoy | $6,725 |
| Boris Shakhmurov | $6,725 |
| Craig Varnell | $6,725 |
| James Pace | $6,725 |
| Kenneth Stacy | $6,725 |
| Mark Dube | $6,725 |
| Benjamin Miner | $6,725 |
| David Kim | $6,725 |
| Matthew Waxman | $6,725 |
| Travis Klein | $6,725 |
| Adam Bacome | $6,725 |
| Steven Snyder | $6,725 |
| David Shmuel | $6,405 |
| Gregory Wilson | $6,405 |
| Linda Kittle | $6,405 |
| Samuel Sternfield | $6,405 |
| Spencer Champlin | $6,405 |
| Francisco Gomez | $6,405 |
| Deon Sampson | $6,405 |
| Julio Sanchez | $6,405 |
| Balakrishna Patur | $6,405 |
| Richard Wilburn | $6,405 |
| Steve Karp | $6,405 |
| Harrison Gimbel | $6,405 |
| Michael Rocco | $6,405 |
| Alex Rocha | $6,405 |
| Javier Sarache | $6,405 |
| Gregory Banning | $6,405 |
| Michael Jones | $6,405 |
| Massimo Dirienzo | $6,405 |
| Jeremy Joseph | $6,175 |
| Robert Wuestner | $6,175 |
| Raffaelle Sorrentino | $6,175 |
| Rafay Asrar | $6,175 |
| Ryan Huff | $6,175 |
| David To | $6,175 |
| David Vurgait | $6,175 |
| Vishnu Pabbathi | $6,175 |
