$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with 1,000 ante | Payouts
Players Remaining: 5 of 159

Former SHRP champ Eric Piderit open-shoved for 129,000 and action folded around to Sean Shah in the big blind.

“The first one is good,” Shad said.

“I swear I’m not slowrolling,” he joked as he peeled his second card.

“Call!” Shah said. “Aces!”

Shah:
Piderit:

Piderit’s small pair was in trouble and never found a save as the board ran to send him out.

Sean Shah – 580,000 (58 bb)
Eric Piderit – Eliminated in 6th place ($2,377)

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with 1,000 ante | Structure
Players Remaining: 10 of 159

It took nearly 20 levels to get there, but the Event 5 Freeze-out event is down to its final table ten. Jonah Miller leads the way and the table included former SHRP champs Sean Shah and Eric Piderit.

The final table also has three former WSOPC champ in play; Mark Fink with four titles, Bob Chow with two, and Austin Reilly with one.

Seat 1: Stephen Bierman – 215,000 (36 bb)
Seat 2: Bob Chow – 186,000 (31 bb)
Seat 3: Eric Piderit – 189,000 (32 bb)
Seat 4: Jeffrey Higgins – 118,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Fink – 116,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Steven Disney – 99,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Jonah Miller – 225,000 (38 bb)
Seat 8: Austin Reilly – 206,000 (34 bb)
Seat 9: Angelo Castaldi – 153,000 (26 bb)
Seat 10: Sean Shah – 75,000 (13 bb)

Results so far:
11th: Denis Cyr – $930
12th: Christopher Norton – $930
13th: Christopher Perkins – $765
14th: Phil Hui – $765
15th: Michael Goldfarb – $765
16th: Sean Small – $640
17th: Daniel Pearlman – $640
18th: Stuart Greenbaum – $640

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 10: 400/800 with 100 ante | Structure
Players Remaining: 54 of 159

Registration closed on the Event 5 Freeze-out with 159 players taking part in the unique format. They combined to create a prize pool worth $47,700 and the last 18 players will share in a piece of it. A min-cash is worth $640 with everyone aiming for the $12,877 top prize along with the WSOP Circuit ring and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock WSOP Circuit
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 159
Prize Pool: $47,700
September 26-27, 2017

1st: $12,877
2nd: $7,959
3rd: $5,729
4th: $4,199
5th: $3,132
6th: $2,377
7th: $1,835
8th: $1,439
9th: $1,148
10th – 12th: $930
13th – 15th: $765
16th – 18th: $640

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 3: 75/150 | Structure
Players: 106

The World Series of Poker brand is one of the strongest in the industry and its presence at the Seminole Hard Rock attracts the area’s most experienced grinders along with South Florida first-timers. Florida’s Evan Teitelbaum goes down as the former while Mark Fink is the latter.

Teitelbaum claims three tournament victories at the Seminole Hard Rock including a $153,000 win during the 2015 Lucky Hearts Poker Open. In all, his earnings crack $750,000 over the course of nearly 100 reported cashes.

With $384,000 in reported earnings, Fink’s winnings come up a bit shy of Teitelbaum’s, but he’s one of the Circuit’s most accomplished players owning four gold rings. This mark’s Fink’s first visit to the Seminole Hard Rock and he’s just one tournament win away from joining an elite group of five-time Circuit champions.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 2: 50/100 | Structure
Players: 83

The freeze-out format of today’s 11am event won’t draw the crowds of its re-entry predecessors, but the format is an important part of any Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood series schedule. With the majority of no limit hold’em tournaments across the country permitting some form of re-entry, today’s freeze-out is a step back to pure poker. Even with just one entry per person, the field has steadily climbed since kickoff about an hour ago. Late in Level 2 the player count sits at 83. We’ll take a look at some of the notables in the action shortly.

$365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure

It’s 11am and we’re a go for Event 5 of the World Series of Poker Circuit at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Action is freshly underway in the $365 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out tournament and players are filing in to the ballroom for some one-entry poker. New entries take their seats to 10,000 starting chips and will log 30-minute levels to start before the late stages of play jump to 45 minutes. Open registration and re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 and that threshold hits at around 3:30pm.

Here are the details:

11AM: Event 5 Day 1 – $365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels 1-18 last 30 minutes; Level 19+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• This is a Freeze-Out tournamant, no re-entries permitted
• Day 1 will end after Level 21 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

With the Monster Stack and $580 restarts coming back at 1pm and 2pm respectively, much of our live reporting efforts will be concentrated there throughout the afternoon. We will hit the highlights for this $365 and pick it up more thoroughly in the evening after the restarts conclude.

Good luck, players!

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 5 Day 1 – $365 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels 1-18 last 30 minutes; Level 19+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• This is a Freeze-Out tournament, no re-entries permitted
• Day 1 will end after Level 21 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 5 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 3 Day 2 – $365 Monster Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 3 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 3 Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Event 3 Payouts

2PM: Event 4 Day 2 – $580 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 4 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 4 Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Event 4 Payouts

5PM: Event 6 Day 1 – $365 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels 1-18 last 30 minutes; Level 19+ last 45 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 6 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 26 – $90 Turbo Satellite to Event 5 (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into Event 5
• Players begin with 6,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 27 – $130 Nightly No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 27 Structure Sheet