Finale Day 2: Alex Turyansky Eliminated by Jared Jaffee

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 342

Jared Jaffee raised to 13,000 from middle position and Alex Turyansky moved all in for 29,000 from the cutoff. Lyle Vincent called from the big blind and Jaffee called as well.

Jaffee and Vincent could start a side pot with any further betting and the flop was 5s2c2d. Both players checked and the turn was the Th.

Vincent checked again and Jaffee bet 40,000. Vincent quickly folded and Jaffee was heads-up with Turyansky. Jaffee tabled KhTc and was in the lead against Turyansky’s QsJs.

The river was the Ah and Turyansky was eliminated as Jaffee chipped up. Turyansky is the first player eliminated in the money and picked up $16,525 for his run.

Jared Jaffee – 830,000 (138 bb)
Alex Turyansky – Eliminated

Finale Day 2: Tom Thomas and Asher Conniff Eliminated on the Bubble

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 342
Average Stack: 304,000 (51 big blinds)

With 45 players left and 43 spots paying, two players were eliminated at different tables. Tom Thomas was the first to fall in 45th place, and there was a big pot brewing simultaneously at Table 8.

Asher Conniff (who was down to 20,000 chips during the last level) opened to 13,000 under the gun, and Jonathan Little called on the button. The flop came QsQd7d, and Conniff check-called a bet of 15,000 from Little. He check-called another 25,000 after the 5c turn, and the river was the 5s. When Coniff checked for a third time, Little made a covering bet for about 70,000 effective.

“F***ing Jon,” Conniff lamented, spending a minute or two thinking through the spot. “I guess I’m going out on the bubble, huh Johnny?”

After another few seconds, Conniff called to put himself at risk. Little showed QcTc to win the pot with queens full, and Conniff was eliminated in 44th place.

The 43 remaining players are now in the money, each of them guaranteed to earn at least $16,525.

Jonathan Little – 540,000 (90 bb)
Asher Conniff – Eliminated
Tom Thomas – Eliminated

Finale Day 2: Stephanie Tang Eliminated by Adam Levy

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 342
Average Stack: 304,000 (50 big blinds)

Stephanie Tang moved all in from the small blind for about 80,000 and Adam Levy called in the big blind.

Levy showed AhQs and was in the lead against Tang’s Js7c. The board ran out Kd9d7sAc3c and Levy dragged the pot with a pair of aces.

Tang hit the rail just before the money and Levy continues to climb as the money bubble approaches.

Adam Levy – 605,000 (100 bb)
Stephnie Tang – Eliminated

Finale Day 2: Eddy Sabat Doubles Through Sergii Baranov

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 342
Average Stack: 285,000 (57 big blinds)

Eddy Sabat moved all in for 55,500 from the cutoff and Sergii Baranov called from the big blind.

Baranov showed AhTs and needed to spike an ace against Sabat’s KsKh. Baranov spiked it on the flop as it came AcJd9s, leaving Sabat drawing to two outs.

The turn was the 9h, changing nothing, but the river was the Kd and Sabat rivered a full house to double up. Sabat got up and high-fived an onlooker in celebration.

“I’m allowed to high five because it was only 55,000,” said Sabat with a smile.

Eddy Sabat – 118,000
Sergii Baranov – 595,000

Finale Day 2: Aditya Prasetyo Takes From Noah Schwartz

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 342
Average Stack: 274,000 (55 big blinds)

Aditya Prasetyo
Aditya Prasetyo

Adam Levy opened to 11,500 under the gun, and both Aditya Prasetyo and Noah Schwartz called, the latter from the cutoff. On the button, David Paredes three-bet to 35,000. Levy and Prasetyo called, and Schwartz asked, “What the f***?” before adding his call to the pot, as well.

All four players checked through the 6d3d3s flop, and the turn was the 5c. When Levy checked again, Prasetyo bet 45,000, and only Schwartz called. Heads up, the river was the 9s, and Prasetyo bet 90,000. Schwartz called quickly.

Prasetyo showed 5d5h, winning the pot with fives full.

Aditya Prasetyo – 665,000 (133 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 130,000 (26 bb)

Finale Day 2: Ryan Olisar Eliminated by Ian O’Hara

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 342

Ian O'Hara
Ian O’Hara

The cutoff raised to 12,000 and Ian O’Hara three-bet to 31,000 out of the small blind. Ryan Olisar moved all in for 113,000 out of the big blind and O’Hara called.

O’Hara showed KhQc and was in the lead against Olisar’s Ad7s. The board ran out 8d4s2cKs7h and O’Hara turned a king to eliminate Olisar.

Olisar won the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em prelim event, but falls just shy of the money in the finale. O’Hara moved over the 500,000 chip mark with the pot.

Ian O’Hara – 520,000 (104 bb)
Ryan Olisar – Eliminated

Finale Day 2: Bryan Piccioli Doubles Through Justin Zaki

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 342
Average Stack: 244,000 (49 big blinds)

Bryan Piccioli
Bryan Piccioli

Justin Zaki (big blind), Bryan Piccioli (under the gun), and Blake Bohn were involved in a three-way pot on a Qd9d7s flop. Zaki checked, and Piccioli bet 19,000. Bohn called in position, and Zaki check-raised to 58,000. Piccioli moved all in for 182,000, Bohn folded, and Zaki called with the covering stack.

Zaki: 9d9c (set of nines)
Piccioli: QsQc (set of queens)

The turn was the 2c and the river the 5c, and Piccioli doubled up with his superior set of queens.

Bryan Piccioli – 430,000 (86 bb)
Justin Zaki – 130,000 (26 bb)

Finale Day 2: Charlemagne Benjamin Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 342
Average Stack: 228,000 (45 big blinds)

Charlemagne Benjamin moved all in on the button for his last 74,000 and Stephanie Tang called out of the big blind.

Benjamin showed 8d8h and was flipping with Tang’s KcQs. Tang took the lead on a flop of QdQh4c, leaving Benjamin drawing to three outs. The turn was the 9c and the river was the Js and Benjamin hit the rail just shy of the money.

Benjamin is a local player who parlayed a win in a $125 satellite into the $1,050 satellite, which got him into the $10,000 finale.

Stephanie Tang – 180,000
Charlemagne Benjamin – Eliminated