Americanul Jason Mercier, jucator de top 10 HendonMob SUA a reusit sa se impuna in Highroller-ul de $25k din cadrul Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, dupa ce a trecut la heads-up de un alt jucator legendar, compatriotul sau Justin „ZeeJustin” Bonomo, castigand la final un cec in valoare de $794,600. Garantatul de $1.000.000 aproape s-a triplat, cei 116 inregistrati generand un prizepool de $2.855.000. Din cei 16 jucatori care au intrat in premii, 14 au fost americani, ceilalti doi fiind un canadian (Alan Engel) si un neamt (Robert Heidorn). Tot la Seminole Hard Rock, Tony Sinishtaj s-a impus in Main Event-ul cu buy-in de $3500 ($661.000), intr-o masa finala extrem de dificila cu Daniel Colman si Robert Mizrachi. In ultimii 4, Colman, Mizrachi, Fish si Sinishtaj s-au aflat rand pe rand la conducerea fiselor si oricare ar fi putut sa se impuna, castig de cauza avand jucatorul care era cel mai slab cotat dintre acestia. In cadrul aceluiasi festival, in WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale $10k, castigator a fost americanul Ryan Riess ($ 716,088), care odata cu aceasta victorie a trecut de pragul celor 10 milioane de dolari incasari din poker. Iata rezultatele celor 3 evenimente mai sus amintite:
$25,500 No Limit Hold’em High-Roller (Event #28)
Entries: 116
Guaranteed Prize Pool: $ 1,000,000
Total Prize Pool: $2,855,000
1st United States Jason Mercier $794,600
2nd United States Justin Bonomo $556,800
3rd United States Loni Harwood $348,000
4th United States Anthony Spinella $240,700
5th United States Olivier Busquet $153,700
6th United States Sam Soverel $113,100
7th United States Bryn Kenney $92,800
8th Canada Alan Engel $78,300
$3,500 No Limit Hold’em WPT Showdown Championship (Event #19)
Entries: 1,207
Guaranteed Prize Pool $2,000,000
Total Prize Pool $3,862,400
1st United States Tony Sinishtaj $661,283
2nd United States Darryll Fish $453,185
3rd United States Robert Mizrachi $293,864
4th United States Daniel Colman $217,686
5th United States Eric Beller $164,438
6th Bulgaria Simeon Naydenov $132,889
7th United States Matt Affleck $109,728
8th United States James Mackey $86,874
10,000 No Limit Hold’em WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Event #23)
Entries: 349
Guaranteed Prize Pool $2,000,000
Total Prize Pool $3,315,500
1st United States Ryan Riess $716,088
2nd United States Alan Sternberg $491,081
3rd Belgium Terry Schumacher $315,726
4th United States Timothy West $204,466
5th United States Jason Koon $157,599
6th United States Cliff Josephy $130,370
7th United States Joshua Kay $109,412
8th United States Jonathan Jaffe $89,609
