$1,650 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’Em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Day 1 of Event 16 is in the books and Robert Black is leading the way headed into Day 2 tomorrow with past event champion Daren Stabinski, WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold and November Niner Chino Rheem still alive in the hunt for the title.  The tournament drew 110 entries and 11 players will come back tomorrow.

Black nailed a huge hand against Long Nguyen late in the night to vault into the chip lead bagging 372,000.  Daren Stabinski will once again find himself in the hunt for another Seminole Hard Rock title but will have to chase down Black with 247,800 chips.  Chino Rheem is in a tight group in the next tier of chip stacks while Jamie Gold, Richard Leger and Sean Giesbrecht will try to fight back as the short stacks.

Play resumes tomorrow at 3 PM with a top prize of $44,863 on the line.

Here are the chip counts for the remaining 11 players:

Robert Black – 372,600
Daren Stabinski – 247,800
Chino Rheem – 144,800
Long Nguyen – 144,100
Dan DiZenzo – 141,200
Eracles Panayitou – 100,600
Rachel Kranz – 63,200
Ray Qartomy – 59,100
Jamie Gold – 23,000
Richard Leger – 16,200
Sean Giesbrecht – 10,400

Table 1
Seat 1: Dan DiZenzo – 141,200
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Chino Rheem – 144,800
Seat 5: Robert Black – 372,600
Seat 6: Long Nguyen – 144,100
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Jamie Gold – 23,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Richard Leger – 16,200
Seat 2: Rachel Kranz – 63,200
Seat 3: Eracles Panayitou – 100,600
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Sean Giesbrecht – 10,400
Seat 6: Ray Qartomy – 59,100
Seat 7: Daren Stabinski – 247,800
Seat 8: Empty