$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 16: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

With 25 players remaining, the field begins hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. The average chip stack is about 105,000 (44 big blinds).

Here are updated chip counts:

Joe Serock  –  202,000  (84 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  196,000  (82 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  182,000  (76 bb)
Matt Stout  –  180,000  (75 bb)
Jose Litvak  –  170,000  (71 bb)
Larry Klur  –  164,000  (68 bb)
Jamie Avila  –  145,000  (60 bb)
Amelio Amato  –  140,000  (58 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  66,000  (28 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  63,000  (26 bb)
Angel Vu  –  56,000  (23 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  44,000  (18 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 15: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

Event 16 is down to the final five tables (30 players), and the final four tables will finish in the money (24 players), guaranteed at least $2,190 each.

Tom Dobrilovic is now tied with Joe Serock for the chip lead. Former chipleader Alberto Rodriguez was all in from the button for about 30,000 with A-Q, but Dobrilovic had A-K in the small blind. The board blanked out for Rodriguez, and that took Dobrilovic up to about 192,000, tying him for the lead with Joe Serock.

Here are the current chipleaders:

1.  Tom Dobrilovic  –  192,000  (96 bb)
2.  Joe Serock  –  192,000  (96 bb)
3.  Larry Klur  –  170,000  (85 bb)
4.  Stuart Paterson  –  161,000  (81 bb)

Former chipleader Ari Engel has also been eliminated.

With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 87,600 (44 big blinds).

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 14: 800/1,600/200 Ante

In the final minutes of Level 13, former WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock was all in from the small blind for 59,500 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against chipleader Ari Engel’s in the big blind.

The board came — Engel turned a spade flush draw, but improved no further. Serock won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips and contend for the chip lead himself.

Joe Serock  –  123,000  (77 bb)
Ari Engel  –  94,000  (59 bb)

In a blind-vs.-blind hand that extended into the break, Tom Dobrilovic was in the small blind, facing an all-in bet of about 30,000 from the big blind on a board of . Dobrilovic thought for a while before he called, and his opponent had  for a queen-high bluff (missed straight draw). Dobrilovic turned over for a flopped eight-high straight to win the pot, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

Tom Dobrilovic  –  105,700  (66 bb)

The players took their 10-minute break, and in the opening minutes of Level 14, the UTG+1 players was all in preflop for 13,500 with against the of Darryll Fish in the big blind.

The board came , and the UTG+1 player paired his king on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Darryll Fish  –  66,000  (41 bb)

Here are updated chip stacks for some of the notables still alive in this field:

Alberto Rodriguez  –  127,700  (80 bb)
Joe Serock  –  123,000  (77 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  105,700  (66 bb)
Ryan Tepen  –  102,500  (64 bb)
Larry Klur  –  94,600  (59 bb)
Ari Engel  –  94,000  (59 bb)
Marshall White  –  79,500  (50 bb)
Jose Litvak  –  70,900  (44 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  67,000  (42 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  66,000  (41 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  58,000  (36 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  50,200  (31 bb)
Jamie Avila  –  50,000  (31 bb)
David Diaz  –  48,000  (30 bb)
Angel Vu  –  47,000  (29 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  33,000  (21 bb)
Matt Stout  –  31,000  (19 bb)

With 39 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 67,000 (42 big blinds). The final 24 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,190.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 13: 600/1,200/200 Ante

With 54 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 48,700 (41 big blinds). The final 24 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,190.

Here are updated counts for some of the notables still in the field:

Ari Engel  –  126,000  (105 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez  –  112,000  (93 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  88,500  (74 bb)
Larry Klur  –  81,000  (68 bb)
Jose Litvak  –  79,000  (66 bb)
Ryan Tepen  –  67,000  (56 bb)
Jamie Avila  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Joe Serock  –  63,000  (53 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  62,000  (52 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  62,000  (52 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  54,000  (45 bb)
David Jackson  –  44,000  (37 bb)
David Diaz  –  39,000  (33 bb)
Michael Beasley  –  32,000  (27 bb)
Angel Vu  –  31,000  (26 bb)
Matt Stout  –  19,000  (16 bb)
Dermot Blain  –  7,000  (6 bb)
Will Failla  –  6,000  (5 bb)

2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)

August 12th, 2015

Total Entries:  219
Total Prize Pool:  $219,000

1st:  $50,497
2nd:  $34,164
3rd:  $22,338
4th:  $17,849
5th:  $13,403
6th:  $10,315
7th-9th:  $7,709
10th-12th:  $5,125
13th-15th:  $3,592
16th-18th:  $2,672
19th-24th:  $2,190

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Shortly after the dinner break, Will “The Thrill” Failla got his short stack of 9K all in with against his opponent’s A-x, and the board came — his opponent out-flopped him by pairing his ace, but Failla turned a five-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Will Failla  –  19,200  (24 bb)

Ory Hen was all in from the small blind for about 18,000 with against Hunter Cichy in the big blind for 18,600 with .

The board came , and Cichy won the pot with a full house, jacks full of nines, to eliminate Hen from the tournament.

Hunter Cichy  –  38,000  (48 bb)
Ory Hen  –  Eliminated

Anthony Lombard moved all ion under the gun for about 10,000 with Q-Q, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the K-Q of his opponent (UTG+1)

The board came J-10-x-x-A, and his opponent rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Lombard from the tournament.

Anthony Lombard  –  Eliminated

A player was all in from the button with against the of Jose Litvak in the cutoff.

The board came — the button flopped a set of sevens, but Litvak rivered a ten-high straight to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Jose Litvak  –  110,000  (138 bb)

Shortly after that, the blinds increased to 500-1,000 with a 100 ante, and Litvak was contending with Alberto Rodriguez (127,000 in chips) for the chip lead. Then Litvak was involved in another all-in situation, and if he won, he’d take the chip lead.

Litvak had , and he’d claim the chip lead if it held up against his opponent’s for 27,700, but the board came , and his opponent paired his king on the turn to win the pot and double up, knocking Litvak back below 100K in chips.

Alberto Rodriguez  –  127,000  (127 bb)
Jose Litvak  –  80,000  (80 bb)

With 65 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 40,500 (41 bb). The official prizepool has been released, and it’ll be posted here in the updates soon.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 400/800/100 Ante

At the dinner break, here are the official chip counts for some of the notables in the field on their dinner break:

Alberto Rodriguez  –  97,700  (122 bb)
Ari Engel  –  67,200  (84 bb)
Ryan Tepen  –  62,700  (78 bb)
Jeffrey Trudeau Jr.  –  50,400  (63 bb)
Jamie Avila  –  47,100  (59 bb)
David Jackson  –  41,900  (52 bb)
Joe Serock  –  36,900  (46 bb)
Carlos Jerez  –  35,100  (44 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  34,800  (44 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  32,800  (41 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  26,700  (33 bb)
Ory Hen  –  26,000  (33 bb)
Blain Dermot  –  24,900  (31 bb)
Louis Leo IV  –  23,700  (30 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  17,500  (22 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  12,100  (15 bb)
Ryan Franklin  –  11,900  (15 bb)
Dylan Wilkerson  –  11,000  (14 bb)
Anthony Lombard  –  7,000  (9 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 10: 300/600/75 Ante

A player was all in from the cutoff for , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the  of Darryll Fish (UTG+1).

The board came , and Fish paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Darryll Fish  –  51,000  (85 bb)

A player was all in for 16,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Jamie Avila’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Avila to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Jamie Avila  –  58,000  (97 bb)

Here are updated chip counts for the notables in the field before the dinner break:

Alberto Rodriguez  –  101,000  (168 bb)
Ari Engel  –  88,000  (147 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  61,000  (102 bb)
Jimmy Tran  –  53,000  (88 bb)
Angel Vu  –  52,000  (87 bb)
Chris Hunichen  –  48,000  (80 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  43,000  (72 bb)
David Diaz  –  42,000  (70 bb)
Ryan Tepen  –  42,000  (70 bb)
Joe Serock  –  41,000  (68 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  37,000  (62 bb)
Jean “Prince” Gaspard  –  37,000  (62 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  36,000  (60 bb)
Ory Hen  –  36,000  (60 bb)
Hunter Cichy  –  32,000  (53 bb)
David Jackson  –  30,000  (50 bb)
Larry Klur  –  30,000  (50 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  29,000  (48 bb)
Alex Rocha  –  28,000  (47 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  27,000  (45 bb)
Will Failla  –  24,000  (40 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  23,000  (38 bb)
Dermot Blain  –  22,000  (37 bb)
Matt Stout  –  22,000  (37 bb)
Daniel Buzgon  –  19,000  (32 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  18,000  (30 bb)
Zo Karim  –  15,000  (25 bb)
Jonathan Delong  –  11,000  (18 bb)
Michael Laake  –  9,500  (16 bb)
Anthony Lombard  –  7,000  (12 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  6,000  (10 bb)

With 90 players remaining and the blinds increasing to 400-800 and a 100 ante after dinner, the average chip stack is about 29,000 (36 big blinds).

The players will return from dinner around 6:12 pm ET.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 9: 250/500/75 Ante

Two players in today’s event have recent history with big money on the line. This summer’s World Series of Poker awarded the first-ever bracelet for an online event and the tournament drew 905 players.

Everyone who entered the event played the first day online and action stopped once it hit the final six players. They came to the Rio two days later to play live for the title.

The last two in that tournament are here today.

Anthony Spinella defeated Hunter Cichy heads up to capture the bracelet for just under $200,000 while Cichy took home $116,000.

They both entered Event 16 but only one is still around. Cichy came back from break with 33,000 but Spinella hit the door shortly after getting his picture snapped.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 8: 200/400/50 Ante

The player count moved up to 214 during the break with registration open for three more levels plus the 40-minute dinner break.

David Jackson lost a chunk of his stack to drop in the counts while Ari Engel continues to climb. Mohammed Tarkamani is the only other player over 50,000 with a big gang trying to chase them down.

Ari Engel – 54,275 (136 bb)
Mohammed Tarkamani – 51,000 (128 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez – 46,200 (116 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 45,850 (115 bb)
Nick Yunis – 43,450 (109 bb)
Anthony Velaquez – 39,850 (100 bb)
Angel Vu – 36,975 (92 bb)
Ryan Tepen – 35,625 (89 bb)
Hunter Cichy – 33,175 (83 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 32,950 (82 bb)
Alex Rocha – 27,350 (68 bb)
David Jackson – 26,550 (66 bb)
Marshall White – 26,150 (65 bb)
Joe Serock – 25,100 (63 bb)
Michael Laake – 19,250 (48 bb)
Dermot Blain – 19,125 (48 bb)
Ory Hen – 19,125 (48 bb)
Mike Beasley – 18,300 (46 bb)
Tommy Vedes – 17,025 (43 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 15,400 (39 bb)
Will Failla – 14,775 (37 bb)
David Diaz – 12,875 (32 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 12,750 (32 bb)
Xuan Liu – 11,650 (29 bb)
Dan Buzgon – 10,025 (25 bb)
Tim Burt – 7,000 (18 bb)