On Sunday, Day 5 of the $10,000 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown took place as the final 15 players of a 290-player field had their eyes firmly set on making the final table of six. Leading the way at the beginning of the day was Joe Serock with 1,061,000, and by the time play came to an end, he had bagged up the most chips — more than twice the amount of his closest competitor.
Action on Day 5 began at Level 21 with blinds at 6,000/12,000 and a 2,000 ante. Right out of the gate, things turned south for Serock. According to the WPT Live Reporting Team, he doubled David Parades and lost some other significant pots, cutting his stack down to 475,000. It was about this time that Justin Zaki became the first elimination of the day when his
Not long after, Tommy Vedes doubled through Jess Yawitz in a seven-figure pot to take the chip lead, and Serock rebounded with a double of his own. That was followed by the eliminations of Eli Berg and Mark Rose in 14th and 13th place respectively ($33,408 each), and that was all in the first level of play.
In Level 22, with the blinds at 8,000/16,000 and a 2,000 ante, Vedes opened from early position and was called by Kyle Bowker in the small blind. Robert Georato came along from the big blind and there was three-way action to the
Bowker got out of the way, Georato check-raised to 143,000 and Vedes called, leading to the
From there, Ravi Raghaven (11th – $38,976), Jimmy Tran (10th – $38,976) and Paredes (9th – $50,112), were eliminated. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and the same can be said of Serock who kept busy by eliminating Paredes in ninth and Goldberg in eighth place. Goldberg’s elimination occurred when Serock raised from middle position to 52,000, Goldberg three-bet to 200,000 from late position, leaving only 23,000 behind, and Serock four-bet. Goldberg called off and was the favorite to double.
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Unfortunately for Goldberg, the flop came down
Not long after, Serock raised to 52,00 from the cutoff and Vedes and Yawitz called from the small and big blind. Vedes checked the
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The
Here’s a look at the Final Table headed into Day 6:
Seat | Player | Chips |
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1 | Craig Bergeron | 1,235,000 |
2 | Tommy Vedes | 590,000 |
3 | Sharon Levin | 1,216,000 |
4 | Kyle Bowker | 1,070,000 |
5 | John Dolan | 1,454,000 |
6 | Joe Serock | 3,137,000 |
Day 6 will begin at 1600 EDT (2100 BST) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where the remaining six players will play down to a winner. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for the final recap from the event.
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