Seat 1: Tom Thomas  –  476,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon  –  720,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3: Jacquelyn Scott  –  612,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4: Alex Foxen  –  935,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5: Faraz Jaka  –  580,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6: Charles Gomez  –  997,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7: Paul Balzano  –  684,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8: Jack Duong  –  2,317,000  (95 bb)
Seat 9:  Darryl Ronconi  –  573,000  (24 bb)

Jack Duong leads the way with a massive chip lead, more than twice the chips of his closest opponent, Charles Gomez . Jason Koon, who is the reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open champion made his second consecutive SHRPO final table, on his 32nd birthday. Happy Birthday to him!

Alex Foxen, who has been taking the poker world by storm lately final tabled our Event 5 $360 Black Chip Bounty earlier this week. Our leading lady at the table is Jacquelyn Scott, who won her first WSOP bracelet in 2015, when she took down the Ladies Event.

Seminole Hard Rock team member Faraz Jaka is came into the final table as the shortest stack and managed a triple-up when his pocket aces held against pocket jacks and ace king.

The final table contestants will return at noon with 36 minutes left in level 24, which is 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante to try to win their share of the remaining prize pool. The money at the trophy are up for grabs tomorrow when we start this “Big 4” final table in the Hard Rock Live Arena.

1st: $204,600
2nd: $143,340
3rd: $92,150
4th: $61,550
5th: $47,350
6th: $39,250
7th: $32,950
8th: $26,700
9th: $20,460