$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,00 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 349

Timothy West raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Pat Lyons moved all in for about 480,000 from middle position.

Action folded back around to West, who called. West was the player at risk, all in for 217,000 and in great shape to double up with his against Lyon’s .

The board ran out and West’s kings held up to double through Lyons.

Tim West – 453,000 (75 bb)
Pat Lyons – 270,000 (45 bb)

 $1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Players Remaining: 10 of 119

The $1,100 turbo no limit hold’em is down to its final 10 players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

With one more elimination, the final nine players will get credit for making a final table. There are a couple minutes left in the current level before the blinds jump to 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Here is the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final 10:

Seat 1: Alexander Haber – 267,000
Seat 2: Nick Pupillo – 68,000
Seat 3: Greg Baird – 219,000
Seat 4: Upeshka De Silva – 72,000
Seat 5: Sameer Aljanedi – 145,000
Seat 6: Tim Reilly – 103,000
Seat 7: Sam Phillips – 220,000
Seat 8: Harry Cullen – 50,000
Seat 9: Arkadiy Tsinis – 112,000
Seat 10: Santigao Nadal – 174,000

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st: $35,102
2nd: $21,718
3rd: $12,971
4th: $8,330
5th: $6,307
6th: $5,236
7th: $4,522
8th: $3,987
9th: $3,511
10th: $3,094

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Jake Bazeley opened to 13,000 in middle position, and Anton Astapau three-bet shoved for 113,000 effective in the small blind. Bazeley called all in for that amount to put himself at risk.

Bazeley:
Astapau:

The board ran out , and Bazeley won the pot with a pair of queens to double up.

Jake Bazeley – 240,000 (40 bb)
Anton Astapau – 291,000 (49 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Action folded around to the blinds where Ryan Riess raised to 20,000 in the small and Keven Stammen three-bet to 70,000 in the big. Riess four-bet shoved with the larger of the two stacks, and Stammen called all in for about 280,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Riess:
Stammen:

Riess won the flip as the board ran out to give him the big pot with a pair of aces. With it comes the chip lead for Riess and the end of the road for Stammen, who was eliminated with 50 players remaining.

Ryan Riess – 750,000 (125 bb)
Keven Stammen – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 306

Registration closed on the first flight of the $150 buy-in/$50,000 Event 26 field and it drew 306 entries to put it very close to the guaranteed prize pool with one more flight to go.

They only need another 111 entries in tomorrow’s flight to push it over $50,000 and continue building higher.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 349

Start-of-day chip leader David Laka has been nursing a short stack for a couple levels, and he’s found a couple spots to put his remaining chips to work.

In one recent hand, Laka moved all in for 30,000 first in from the cutoff, and Mark Sandness re-shoved for 151,000 in the small blind. Dietrich Fast considered for a long while before surrendering his big blind, leaving Laka heads-up for his tournament life.

Laka:
Sandness:

The board ran out , and Laka doubled up with a pair of kings.

It looks like he won a few pots in between that one and the most recent one he played, because he started what would be his final hand with 110,000 chips. He moved all in for that amount under the gun, and Stephen Chidwick re-shoved behind him, getting heads-up with a chance for the knockout.

Laka:
Chidwick:

The board ran out , and Chidwick’s kings held to earn him the pot. Laka was eliminated less than 10 spots out of the money.

Stephen Chidwick – 295,000 (49 bb)
Mark Sandness – 121,000 (20 bb)
David Laka – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 349

Matthew Haugen raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Josh Kay three-bet to 48,000 from early position. Action folded to Ryan Van Sanford on the button, who four-bet to 110,000.

Action folded back to Kay, who moved all in for about 160,000. Van Sanford called.

Kay was in the lead with his against Van Sanford’s .

The flop was and Van Sanford flopped Broadway to take the lead. The turn was the , however, which gave Kay an unbeatable royal flush. The river was an irrelevant and Kay doubled up.

Josh Kay – 360,000 (60 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 190,000 (31 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 349

Joining this heads-up pot on the turn, the board showed , and there was just over 80,000 in the pot. Matt Haugen was first to act out of position, and he bet 50,000. Jake Cody called, and the river was the . Haugen bet 100,000, and Cody quickly called.

Haugen showed for just a pair of fours, and Cody tabled to win the pot with his pair of aces.

Jake Cody – 560,000 (93 bb)
Matt Haugen – 402,000 (67 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 349

At 440k going to 3000/6000-1000. 54 people remain in the $10k @wpt @shrpo

— Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) April 4, 2017

KQ>AA. 349 entries, 53 left paying 44. We have 561k going to 3k-6k/1k #SeatOpen #RunningPure

— Cliff Josephy (@JohnnyBaxPoker) April 4, 2017

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 119

With registration just closed and only 26 players remaining, there are several well-known pros near the top of the counts.

Upeshka De Silva had the biggest of the stacks with 90,000, but Sorel Mizzi was on his direct left and right on his heels with 86,000. Other notables still in the field are Joe Mckeehen with 71,000, Tim Reilly with 67,000, Alex Rocha with 52,000, Kane Kalas with 45,000 and Adrian Mateos with 40,000.

McKeehen is looking to win his second SHRPO title of the series. He took down the $2,200 eight-max no limit hold’em last week for over $104,000.

With the turbo structure of the event, it won’t take too long before this event reaches a final table.