One more event on the schedule of this year’s edition of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown has been completed, with poker pro Nick Petrangelo emerging victorious to add the amount of $93,208 to his poker bankroll. The player topped the field of the $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Eight-Max.
As many as 191 entries took part in the tournament, thus creating a prize pool of $382,000. Although everyone has certainly aimed for the first-place finish and the top prize, only the first 24 finishers received a share of the money. Lowest payouts amounted to $5,922.
The event’s unofficial final table of nine was reached late on Thursday with Niall Farrell as the chip leader. The player had accumulated a stack of 605,000. Petrangelo was second in chips at that point. Each of the nine finalists were guaranteed a minimum payout of $7,640.
It took some time before the first player was busted out of the nine-handed table. Anthony Spinella was the one to take 9th place in the tournament, good for $7,640. Shortly after, Tyler Patterson was sent out in 8th place to collect $10,123.
Nial Farrell gradually lost his advantage and was eventually eliminated in 7th place, taking home the amount of $13,370. Aaron Massey hit the rail not long after. The player scooped a payout of $16,999 for his sixth-place finish.
After a while, Faraz Jaka also found himself among those to hit the rail. The player was eliminated in 5th place and received $22,920 for his performance. The 4th place in the tournament was reserved for Matt Affleck. He took home the amount of $29,032 for his deep run. David Malka took 3rd place to set the heads-up battle between Petrangelo and Kou Vana and to scoop $39,728.
Petrangelo did not need much time to eliminate his only remaining opponent. On the last hand in play, he raised to 60,000 and Vana called. The [Kc][Qh][4d] appeared on the flop and Vana checked. Petrangelo then bet 100,000 to see his opponent shove all in. The eventual champion snap-called and turned [Kc][2d] against Vana’s [Qd][9s]. The [Ks] appeared on the turn and the [5h] came on the river to draw Vana dead. The player was paid $53,480 for his second-place finish.
