Homestead man big winner of Hard Rock Fall Poker Open
Here are the results of the 2009 $325,000 Seminole Hard Rock Fall Poker Open Series held at the Poker Room at Seminole Paradise at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
Event Date Entries Winner 1st Place Prize Pool
1 10/2 209 Anonymous (It wasn't me!//n.s.) $7,180 $25,000
2 10/3 110 Geddes Cooper/Lauderhill $11,055 $33,000
(Bottom right picture)
3 10/4 125 Dale Allen/ Miami Gardens $4,875 $15,000
4 10/4 167 Nigel Murray/Miami Gardens $3,059 $10,020
5 10/5 139 Robert Moody/Long Branch $2,670 $8,340
6 10/5 125 Leon Benmargui/Hollywood $10,156 $31,250
7 10/6 177 Steven McKean/Miami $6,370 $21,240
8 10/7 212 Nigel Murray/ Miami Gardens $3,616 $12,720
9 10/9 267 Mohammad Masoud/Homestead $73,080 $267,000
(He's the big photo on this page.)
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10 10/11 205 Jacqueline Eichler/Miami Beach $3,531 $12,300
11 10/12 161 Nicholas Visconti/Boca Raton $14,732 $48,300
(Bottom left picture)
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Totals: Entries: 1,897
Prize Pool: $484,250


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