Sunday, July 9, 2017

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): 181st-189th Places ($240)

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 19 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 154/1,594

The following players have been eliminated from Event 1 of the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships, and have cashed for $240:

181. Barton Taylor (Miramar, FL)
182. Perry Werbel (Coral Springs, FL)
183. Karin Powsner (Pompano Beach, FL) 
184. Reinaldo Trutschel (Miami, FL) 
185. Pantelis Hatziikontos (Boca Raton, FL)
186. Elgin Young (Lake Worth, FL) 
187. JD Jiang (Miami, FL)
188. Edward Salaga (Stuart, FL) 
189. Michael Mizrachy (Parkland, FL)

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): 190th-198th Places ($229)

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 18 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 159/1,594

The following players have been eliminated from Event 1 of the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships, and have earned $229:

190. Brendan Mironov (Wyncote, PA)
191. Pedro Castro (Deerfield Beach, FL) 
192. Juan Ferrer (Cutler Bay, FL) 
193. Kenneth Bruno (Lake Worth, FL) 
194. Alfred Vargas (Boca Raton, FL) 
195. Andrew Sussman (Surfside, FL) 
196. Al Gomez (Miami Beach, FL) 
197. Dolline Willis (Margate, FL) 
198. Gail Lutin (Boca Raton, FL) 

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Checking In On The Chip Leaders

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 18 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 161/1,594

Scott Sommer's stack allows for him to take a short break away from the table (615,000)

Of the four players to come into Day 2 with the top stacks, two have seen success, while the other pair have trended in the opposite direction.  Posted below are the top stacks coming into the day, and how they stand after just over an hour of play:

    
Oleg Efremov 500,500 390,000
Ansel Allsop 500,500 510,000
Angelo Miele 498,500 470,000
Scott Sommer 492,500 615,000


FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Event 1 Payout Reminder

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 18 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 189/1,594

Posted below is a reminder of the payouts for this event, a tournament that had a $214,630 prize pool.  The top four spots will walk away with five-figure scores, with everyone at the final table earning at least $2,639.


FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Somboonsap Busts On The Bubble, Event 1 Field ITM

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 17 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 200/1,594

With over twenty tables in the tournament area, some hands slide under the radar of the media, as was the elimination of Patrick Somboonsap (Ft. Lauderdale, FL).  Patrick came into the day with 36,500, and was one of the shortest stacks returning to Day 2.  Somboonsap was greeted by Tournament Director Ralph Brandt, and was notified that if any other players busted on the same hand, he would receive a part of 200th place money.

Fortunately for Somboonsap, he'd wait to find out that two other players were eliminated on the same hand, and that the three players would split 199th and 200th place money.  The other players that busted on the "bubble hand" were Andres Morales and James Woodburn, with the trio earning $146 each.

The flurry of eliminations that commonly occur after the bubble has already seen (10) places off the tournament clock, with official payouts from the first pay group to be posted shortly.


FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Ramos And Sommer Off To Hot Starts

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 208/1,594


Rafael Ramos (Cape Coral, FL) 

It took all but one hand for Rafael Ramos to get the festivities going this afternoon, as he eliminated two players, holding A♣ A♠ against both K K and J♠ J♣.  Ramos had two players all-in in front of him, looked down at pocket aces, and now had 330,000 (83 big blinds).

Scott Sommer also saw some good fortune to start the day, but he went a different route for his double elimination.  Scott held A♠ 7 on an A 10♠ J♣ flop, and had two players at risk, one with A♣ 10♣ and the other K 4.  The turn and river would fall 7♠-7♣, making Sommer an improbable full house, and helping him chip up to 575,000 (145 big blinds).

The field is now only a handful of eliminations from the money, with hand-for-hand play beginning when 202 players remain.

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): "Let's Get This Show On The Road"

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 216/1,594

The tournament clock has been turned back to Level 15 (4:21 remaining), which is the earliest point that one of the starting flights had stopped (Flight 1B).  Players have been unpacking their bags for the last (5-10) minutes, preparing of the start of play at 12:00pm.  The "action" gets started right away, as the field returns only (16) eliminations away from the money.  The top (200) players reach the money in this event, with a min-cash worth $219, and a $35,306 prize up top.  

Once the level transitions for the first time of the afternoon, blinds will be going up to 2,000/4,000/500, and a group of players will be sitting on stack of ten big blinds or less.  The money should be reached within the first (20-30) minutes of the day, and will be the focus of our first update from the field.  Once the field is in the money, coverage will continue with all of the payouts (by pay jump), updated chip counts, and hand histories.  The first FSPC champion will be crowned this evening, and you can follow of the action here on the Isle Casino Poker Blog.


Sunday, July 9th: Crowning The First 2017 FSPC Winner, "Turbo High Hands" On The Cash Side

ICYMI: Yesterday was one of the busiest days the Isle Poker Room has ever seen in terms of tournament action.  There was almost as many entries in the pair of Saturday flights, then there were in the four flights that came before them...combined.  Flight 1G started the day off, and it was clear right from the get-go, that things were going to be special.  There were over (100) players in the field when the first card came off the deck, which was a number we saw some afternoon flights prior finish with.  When registration closed on Flight 1G, there would be a total of (316) entries, with less than half still alive to try and find a bag.  After the completion of sixteen levels, there were (45) players moving on to Day 2, with Angelo Miele (Hollywood, FL) leading the way (498,500).

The Flight 1H numbers were even larger than it's afternoon counterpart, with a total of (355) entries in the field once registration closed.  Ansel Allsop (Reading, PA) tied Oleg Efremov for the overall Day 2 chip lead, finishing the night with 500,500.  The bagging process wrapped up just after 1:30am, with (47) players looking to get some rest, before returning this afternoon (12:00pm).

With all of the flights then finished, the official numbers for Event 1 of the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships were in.  The tournament attracted a total of (1,594) entries, which equated to a prize pool of $223,160 (well over double the posted guarantee).  There will be (216) players returning a 12:00pm this afternoon, all looking to their hands on the $35,306 first place prize.  Things will be moving at a rapid pace once the cards get back in the air, as the money bubble will occur within the first level or two of the day (200 spots getting paid).

Live updates from the field will begin the moment the first card is off the deck, and will continue through the tournament's conclusion.

Tournaments: As mentioned above, Day 2 of Event 1 gets underway of 12:00pm, and will play down to a winner or until a deal is made, whichever comes first.  After four days of Event 1 flights, the second event of the series is on today's schedule, with the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) getting underway at 6:00pm.

Promotions: The weekend continues today with "turbo high hands" from 8:00am-9:00pm.  The promotion is broken down into two periods, with $100 awarded every (10) minutes from the hours of 8:00am-2:00pm, followed by $300 awarded every (15) minutes from 2:00pm-9:00pm.

12:00pm - FSPC Event #1 (Day 2) -  $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

6:00pm - FSPC Event #2 - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels
- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 
- Levels are (15) minutes in length

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Official Event Payouts

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 216/1,594

Payouts:

  1. $35,306
  2. $24,921
  3. $16,246
  4. $12,071
  5. $9,057
  6. $7,299
  7. $5,963
  8. $4,656
  9. $3,531
10-12. $2,639
13-15. $2,043
16-18. $1,631
19-21. $1,301
22-24. $1,089
25-27. $913
28-36. $772
37-45. $641
46-54. $553
55-63. $489
64-72. $448
73-81. $420
82-90. $403
91-99. $386
100-108. $369
109-117. $352
118-126. $334
127-135. $317
136-144. $302
145-153. $289
154-162. $277
163-171. $264
172-180. $251
181-189- $240
190-198. $229
199-200. $219

FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Day 2 Seating Assignments (By Chip Count)

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 216/1,594


First Last Chips Table Seat
Oleg Efremov B 500,500 10 1
Ansel Allsop H 500,500 46 9
Angelo Miele, Jr G 498,500 44 7
Scott Sommer D 492,500 7 5
Jeff Charlton 447,500 44 4
Steve Raeman F 428,500 3 1
Brent Granda E 409,500 14 2
Hector Pacheco 398,500 45 5
Willie Wiggins 395,000 11 5
Steven Cohen C 377,500 8 1
Joe Thomas A 374,000 9 10
Pedro Palacio 363,000 9 9
Michael Sklar 358,000 45 6
Andre Chaviano 355,000 14 1
Stephen Smith 298,000 2 9
Casey Kaplan 293,500 5 9
Guillermo Irving 274,500 13 6
Lawrence Gradus 274,500 48 9
Ryan Ricci 269,500 4 3
Robert Transue 264,500 15 4
Steve Zukowski 259,500 45 9
Randy Matienzo 259,000 46 1
Ian Cohen 257,500 16 1
Jaime Wiegrefe 253,000 1 3
Gary Viebahn 251,000 10 8
Eliyahu Henn 249,000 15 6
Charles Odenz 247,000 1 1
Jordan Redavid 247,000 43 6
Mikael Lundell 245,500 10 7
Peter Valdes 241,500 1 7
Luke Rosenberg 241,500 5 1
Alex Shafran 241,000 5 6
Kyle Taddgi 239,000 47 1
Larry Bennett 238,000 48 1
John Magnetta 235,500 16 3
Joelle Guarino 230,000 47 6
Antoine Bahi 225,500 46 3
Daniel Millien 225,000 15 7
Andreas Athanasopoulos 223,000 17 9
Troy Parra 207,000 3 9
Donald Delancy 207,000 43 9
Michael Corbett 205,500 10 9
Michael Tufaro 205,000 12 7
Ferguener Gay 205,000 15 2
Zoltan Czinkota 203,500 12 8
Corey "Max" Martin 203,000 7 9
Pedro Castro 198,000 16 4
Diane Schmidt 196,500 6 9
Daniel Genachte 195,000 4 5
Edward Mandel 193,000 17 6
Christopher Bell 191,500 2 7
Terry Siele 186,000 9 7
Charbel El Beyrouti 186,000 43 8
Barton Taylor 185,000 16 5
Jerry Willis 183,000 44 3
Kyle Maistri 182,000 2 10
Seamus Hoban 182,000 4 1
William Marcum 177,000 9 5
Kevin Scarola 176,000 17 5
Ghassan Toubia 175,500 6 8
Anthony Damps 174,000 47 3
Bernhard Schmial 172,000 13 9
Angelo Castaldi 170,500 12 2
Rafael Ramos 169,000 4 2
Andre Bryan 166,000 14 3
Fracisco Castaneda 165,500 45 7
Andrew Blake 160,500 10 2
Jason Bartholomew 159,500 17 1
Vito Polera 156,500 10 3
Tom Gity 153,500 8 4
Lisa Teebagy 153,000 3 2
Elias Nassif 152,500 3 7
Paszuale Caiazza 152,500 5 10
Zack Milchman 152,000 6 5
Larry Hirschfield 151,000 46 10
Eric Becks 150,500 1 5
Muzaffer Yesilce 148,500 2 6
Doron Malinasky 147,000 43 10
Ben Robinson 146,500 15 9
Skip McDonough 146,000 10 10
Carlos Garcia 146,000 47 4
James Woodburn 144,500 44 5
Paulius Bikus 144,000 2 1
Rayden Abreu 143,500 2 5
Michael Marks 143,500 14 6
Mark Bonacquisti 143,000 5 5
Roy Cohen 142,000 13 3
Kevin Cruz 140,500 1 8
Joe Ritzie 139,000 9 4
Carlos Azuaje 139,000 14 10
Brian Raik 138,500 38 2
Arthur Tamasi 138,000 17 8
Eric Brewster 137,500 43 4
Robert Sarro 136,500 14 8
Karin Powsner 136,500 44 6
Matthew Goldman 135,500 16 2
Sergio Amato 135,000 48 4
Armando Rojas 134,000 13 10
Michael Marrero 134,000 44 8
Max Itkin 133,500 47 10
Ory Hen 132,500 13 5
Michael Eddy 132,000 47 2
Nader Bahhur 131,000 45 8
Alex Michaels 130,500 45 2
Luis Mantilla 129,500 5 8
Frank Scala 129,000 9 2
Elliot Goldman 127,000 11 8
Allen Gload 127,000 15 1
Mark Hartstein 126,000 38 4
Shaun Glennon 126,000 46 8
Alfredo Guevara 125,500 8 2
Danielle Bastarache 124,500 4 8
Alberto Niebla 124,500 6 1
Robert Chusid 123000 11 9
Luminita Petric 122,000 15 5
Keith Wagner 121,500 10 6
Brian Chase 121,000 43 2
Bruce Kahn 120,500 8 10
Justin Lucii 118,500 9 6
Eric Piperit 118,500 46 2
Martin Markov 117,000 38 8
Andres Morales 116,000 9 8
Jeffrey Lutin 115,000 11 6
Marla Crumpler 114,500 48 8
Pantelis Hatzkontos 113,500 7 2
Gary Fitzgerald 113,500 10 4
Kevim Naim 113,500 46 7
Manuel Soltero 112,500 11 4
Kenneth Carl 109,000 6 2
Michael Lewin 109,000 15 3
Ronny Aparicio 108,500 48 5
Vincenzo Lombardi 108,000 17 2
Marcus Neal 107,500 4 4
Thomas Gari 106,000 7 6
Michael Rizzuto 105,000 4 10
Daniel Saffer 105,000 13 8
Eric Kessler 104,000 2 4
Robert Riva 103,000 11 2
Eli Math 103,000 12 10
Jeffrey Keiser 101,500 12 9
Luke Poljak 101,500 48 7
JD Jiang 101,000 9 3
David Albertson 101,000 16 8
Amit Savani 100,000 7 10
JC De Arriba 100,000 43 1
Rodolfo Mirat 99,000 7 3
Fernando Pages 99,000 45 4
Ryan Bunes 98,500 1 10
Gail Sandler 98,500 11 10
Jacki Cohen 98,000 11 1
Randy Burstein 97,000 14 7
Michael Landress 96,500 3 5
Jose Ordonez 94,500 12 4
Andrew Sussman 94,000 38 1
Emanuel Cohen 93,000 3 6
Zaki Lichaa 92,500 15 10
Brendan Mironov 89,500 48 2
Elgin Young 89,000 12 1
James Newcomb 88,500 6 6
Blaine McRae 83,500 2 3
Alfred Vargas 82,500 45 1
Adam Koppel 80,500 12 5
Paul Berenson 79,000 4 6
Gail Lutin 79,000 5 4
Robert Patterson 79,000 10 5
Georgia Felger 79,000 16 9
Blake Robbins 78,500 38 3
Luis Guarda 78,500 47 7
Peter Fellows 77,500 14 9
James Hamburger 74,000 2 8
Giovanni Skurta 73,000 1 4
Susan Lichtenstein 72,500 3 10
Erik Reed 71,000 14 4
Ralph Maula 67,500 44 9
Ken Bruno 67,500 48 3
Scott Hecker 67,000 17 3
Dolline Willis 67,000 48 6
Al Gomez 65,500 47 9
George Zammar 64,500 8 5
Bruce Snell 64,000 47 5
Gary Levinger 63,500 17 7
Aaron Friedman 61,500 6 3
Scott Loiselle 59,500 12 3
Russ Stampler 58,500 38 7
Michael Mizrachy 58,500 46 5
Roberto Schmeda 58,000 6 10
John Bikas 58,000 7 8
David Poces 58,000 16 6
Jose Parra 57,000 1 9
Manuel Acebo 57,000 3 3
Steve Slon 57,000 17 10
Anthony Mucci 56,000 6 7
Jean Zabin 56,000 8 9
Perry Werbel 55,000 13 4
Rob Tannenbaum 55,000 13 7
David Clark 55,000 46 6
George Berindei 54,500 5 2
Robert Arahovites 53,000 7 4
Martin Jorgensen 50,500 5 7
Kirk Toney 50,500 45 3
Renaldo Troconis 46,500 44 1
Marcus Wu-Hamel 45,500 3 4
Paul Gregory 45,500 44 2
Jonathan Brown 42,500 13 2
Didier Bramy 42,000 1 6
Bill Oderal 42,000 38 5
John Palace 41,500 8 6
Walter Bravo 41,000 38 9
Edward Salaya 39,500 11 7
Patrick Somboons 36,500 38 6
Revier Gonzalez 35,000 43 3
Juan Ferrer 34,000 7 7
Alexander Thomas 31,500 8 8
Jeff Sutherland 29,500 16 10
Kenneth Arnaez 26,000 4 9
Sandy Sanchez 22,500 43 7

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1H): Official End Of Flight 1H Chip Counts

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1H Entries: 355
Flight 1H Players Remaining: 47/55


Ansel Allsop  500,500
Jeff Charlton 447,500
Hector Pacheco 398,500
Michael Sklar 358,000
Casey Kaplan 293,500
Steve Zukowski 259,500
Ian Cohen 257,500
Jordan Redavid 247,000
Peter Valdes 241,500
Larry Bennett 238,000
Antoine Bahi 225,500
Ferguener Gay 205,000
Pedro Castro 198,000
Jerry Willis 183,000
William Marcum 177,000
Angelo Castaldi 170,500
Brian Raik 138,500
Eric Brewster 137,500
Karin Powsner 136,500
Sergio Amato 135,000
Max Itkin 133,500
Ory Hen 132,500
Alex Michaels 130,500
Marla Crumpler 114,500
Kevim Naim 113,500
Marcus Neal 107,500
David Albertson 101,000
JD Jiang 101,000
Amit Savani 100,000
Rodolfo Mirat 99,000
Randy Burstein 97,000
Brendan Mironov 89,500
Luis Guarda 78,500
Ken Bruno 67,500
Ralph Maula 67,500
Dolline Willis 67,000
Scott Hecker 67,000
George Zammar 64,500
Scott Loiselle 59,500
Michael Mizrachy 58,500
Rob Tannenbaum 55,000
Kirk Toney 50,500
Martin Jorgensen 50,500
Jonathan Brown 42,500
John Palace 41,500
Revier Gonzalez 35,000
Sandy Sanchez 22,500