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Posted : admin On 3/23/2022Isaac Kempton has won the 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Hard Rock Tampa $1,700 no-limit hold’em main event. The 22-year-old student and poker player from Newark, Delaware defeated a field of 1,162 total entries to take home his first WSOPC gold ring and the top prize of $290,974.
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Hard Rock Tampa Poker Tournament Results 2020
“I probably got into poker four years ago right as I was heading off to college. I saw some youtube videos of the old high stakes poker days, and once you watch one, you start watching more, and then you get drawn into the rabbit hole, you just want to keep watching,” Kempton told WSOP reporters about his road to this win. “I played for fun for two years, and since I was pretty good at it, I decided it taking it seriously, so I started actually studying and trying to get better instead of just playing on the weekends without much thought. I was able to grind my way up and now I’m here.”
In addition to the title and the money, Kempton was also awarded 960 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year, and it alone was enough to see him climb into a tie for 32nd place in the 2020 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.
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Kempton came into the final day as the chip leader with 25 players remaining. By the time the final table of nine was set, he sat in second chip position behind Paul Balzano. He fell down the leaderboard a bit as final-table action continued, but managed to win a key race with AK versus the pocket nines of David Jackson to surge back up the chip counts.
Paul Balzano continued to accumulate, winning a race with pocket fives against the ace-king of Francisco Gomez (7th – $48,195) to become the first player to surpass the 10,000,000 mark.
WSOP bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion James Calderaro lost the majority of his stack with the nut flush draw and a straight draw up against the top set of David Jackson, who flew up the leaderboard after his hand held up. Calderaro was eliminated not long after taking that hit, earning $79,480 as the fifth-place finisher.
Kempton secured his first elimination at the final table by busting Robert Manjura. Kempton picked up pocket aces against Manjura’s ace-king and held to take the chip lead and send Manjura to the rail in fourth place ($103,434).
Balzano shoved his last chips in with J10 and got called by Kempton’s A9. Kempton flopped a pair of aces and held from there to eliminate Balzano in third place ($135,794).
With that Kempton took more than a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with David Jackson, who had finished 2019 in a tie for 20th place in the POY race standings. The final hand saw the two opponents make it to a flop of 1083. Jackson bet 650,000 when checked to and Kempton called. The turn was 4 and Kempton checked again. Jackson bet 2,500,000. Kempton called and the river was the A. Kempton checked a third time and Jackson moved all-in for 8,900,000. Kempton went deep into the tank, but eventually made the call with the Q8 for third pair. Jackson was bluffing with a missed straight draw: J9. With that Jackson was eliminated in second place, earning $179,833 for his strong showing in this event.
| Place | Player | Payout (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Isaac Kempton | $290,974 | 960 |
| 2 | David Jackson | $179,833 | 800 |
| 3 | Paul Balzano | $135,794 | 640 |
| 4 | Robert Manjura | $103,434 | 480 |
| 5 | James Calderaro | $79,480 | 400 |
| 6 | Ioannis Patsourakis | $61,616 | 320 |
| 7 | Francisco Gomez | $48,195 | 240 |
| 9 | Brad Sailor | $38,039 | 160 |
| 9 | Fares Santana | $30,297 | 80 |
Winner photo provided by WSOP.
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As live poker slowly creeps back amidst the ongoing pandemic, the successful completion of any poker series in the U.S. is news. At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, the team wrapped up Pinktober over the weekend, its annual festival benefiting charity while awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money.
Across four numbered events, more than $650,000 in prize money was collected. Meanwhile, $1 from each of the 3,315 entries went to charity, with most benefiting the American Cancer Society, as befits an event in Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
That money represents a part of the property's overall goal of $50,000 raised in October.
“We are truly honored to once again provide support to those in need and we are especially proud to work with the American Cancer Society during PINKTOBER,” said Seminole Hard Rock Tampa President Steve Bonner in a press release. “We encourage guests to come out to support this cause, while spreading a message of strength, hope and awareness for those affected by this disease.”
Sweeley Claims Biggest Prize of Series
One of the two main tournaments held produced the biggest prize of the series, as the other ended in a deal while Event #2: $400 Buy-in NLH (Re-Entry) produced an outright winner.
With 854 entries thought four flights, a prize pool of $281,820 was up for grabs on the weekend of Oct. 11, and David Sweeley (pictured above) made off with the lion's share. He won $51,698 after topping Ricardo Tavares heads up.
That sum dwarfed the roughly $4,500 in winnings Sweeley had previously, according to The Hendon Mob.
John Dolan, Nick Palma and Zhen Cai were some of the notable names to cash in the event.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Sweeley | Roswell, Georgia | $51,698 |
| 2 | Ricardo Alves De Lima Tavares | Sao Paulo, Brazil | $36,251 |
| 3 | John Ryan III | Winter Garden, Florida | $23,371 |
| 4 | Gustavo Zorilla | Tampa, Florida | $17,160 |
| 5 | Rashaud Cook | Lakeland, Florida | $13,105 |
| 6 | Mitchell Smith | Palm Beach, Florida | $10,447 |
| 7 | Jonathan Marlow | Longwood, Florida | $8,652 |
| 8 | Tyler Ramsdell | Whitefield, New Hampshire | $6,888 |
| 9 | Daniel Quesada | Miami, Florida | $5,171 |
Three-Way Deal Ends Event #3
The massive multi-flight, Event #3 $200: Buy-in NLH (Re-Entry), gave players 11 chances to find a bag, and 1,786 entries were recorded to produce a prize pool of $283,974. According to the Seminole Hard Rock blog, that was the largest tournament the venue hosted since the COVID-19 shutdowns.
Some of those who cashed included WSOPC standouts Ricardo Eyzaguirre and Jeff Trudeau Jr., as well as Josias Santos.
After the elimination of Carlos Guerrero in fourth, the final three players of the all-Florida final table opted to deal. All would take home nearly identical sums, with Robert Aleman getting $33,920 while Burl McCraney and Nir Sharon each got $33,921, the latter named the official champ.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nir Sharon | Naples, Florida | $33,921* |
| 2 | Burl McCraney | St. Petersburg, Florida | $33,921* |
| 3 | Robert Aleman | Palm Harbor, Florida | $33,920* |
| 4 | Carlos Guerrero | Orlando, Florida | $16,013 |
| 5 | Fabian Foster | Davenport, Florida | $12,043 |
| 6 | Wilmer Chavira | Altamonte Springs, Florida | $9,715 |
| 7 | Joseph Kearns | Hollywood, Florida | $7,968 |
| 8 | Jason Giles | Haines City, Florida | $6,282 |
| 9 | Christopher Green | Citrus Springs, Florida | $4,700 |
*reflects three-handed deal
Other Results
Another deal ended Event #1: $180 Buy-in NLH (Re-Entry), the opening $50K guaranteed. Joel Wadsworth Jr. snagged the biggest prize among the five who topped the 476-entry field, banking $9,138. Joshua Harrison, Mohamed Abdelmutaal, Michael Traficante and Reginald Bautista all won between $5,076 and $7,559.
Meanwhile, the wrap-up tournament, Event #4: $200 Buy-in NLH (Re-Entry), produced an outright winner in Brian Barros Vazquez. He claimed $7,682 and the commemorative guitar trophy for getting through the field of 199 in Sunday's single-day event.
Winter Poker Open on Tap Next
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa will look to keep the tournament success rolling come December with the property's Winter Poker Open. Scheduled for Dec. 2-14, the WPO ups the ante quite a bit with a $200,000 guarantee on the $1,700 Main Event. Check out the corresponding schedule on the SHRT website.
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