Every week to the day after Miami John Cernuto’s passing, poker gamers honored the blended recreation legend with a commemorative poker match in Las Vegas.
The inaugural Miami John Commemorative O/E occasion occurred on Feb. 17 throughout the Cardplayer Life-style Combined Sport Competition X at Resorts World Las Vegas, which kicked off on Presidents’ Day and ran by way of Feb. 20.
The $300 buy-in occasion drew 36 runners for a prize pool of $9,000. Missouri grinder Gary Bolden gained the inaugural Omaha 8 and Stud 8 occasion for $3,395, whereas Arizona’s Michael Moon completed runner-up for $2,098.
Different gamers who cashed the occasion embody David Edgett, Glenn Engelbert, James Matz and Bennett Koo.
Miami John Commemorative O/E Outcomes
Supporting the Combined Sport Group
Although the competition and O/E match had been scheduled out weeks upfront, Cardplayer Life-style founder Robbie Strazynski knew he needed to modify the match identify after Cernuto’s passing on on Feb. 10. It was a becoming occasion to dedicate to Cernuto because the blended recreation legend gained the first-ever Combined Sport Competition O/E occasion in March 2023 by defeating Ari Engel, a youthful however equally spectacular blended recreation expertise.
“It was form of cool watching the current, or previous, and the longer term battling in opposition to one another,” Strazynski informed PokerNews in an interview. “John emerged victorious. I assume it was serendipitous now that we’re speaking a pair years later.”
Strazynski first met Cernuto in an internet recreation throughout the pandemic and once more just a few years later when he confirmed as much as the fourth annual Combined Sport Competition in Las Vegas and gained the match.
He was again on the subsequent competition together with his daughter and informed Strazynski how a lot he appreciated his efforts to develop the sport.
“He was simply actually variety to me, very nice and I really feel like he form of raised the prominence of what we’re doing right here with this competition,” Strazynski mentioned.
Leaving His Mark
Cernuto is the Hendon Mob all-time money chief and virtually all of his cashes are within the blended recreation realm. That features his closing poker outcome: a third-place end within the July 2024 Huge O Bounty occasion on the Venetian for $14,962.
“In the event you needed to identify individuals who have been synonymous with blended video games, his identify would completely be within the combine, so to talk,” mentioned Strazynski. “He was within the blended recreation streets till the tip.”
Strazynski credited Combined Sport Competition common Chuck Martin with the concept of dedicating the occasion to Cernuto. Strazynski drew applause as he made remarks throughout the match and informed PokerNews that every one future O/E occasions on the competition shall be named after the three-time World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner.
The Combined Sport Competition X at Resorts World Las Vegas additionally included a $300 H.E.R.O.S. match and Girls’s Wednesday money video games in partnership with the Girls Worldwide Poker Sequence (LIPS).
Simply throughout the road, Kathy Chang gained a $400 Restrict H.O.R.S.E. occasion on the Wynn for $6,287 on Feb. 19 and devoted the victory to Cernuto.
*Lead picture courtesy Cardplayer Life-style
Connor Richards
Editor & Reside Reporter U.S.
