$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Staff announced a 15-minute break at the end of the level but things took a little longer to get moving. Both tables had hands that extended well into the break, long enough to cause them to pause the break time clock.

Brian Altman and Sergii Baranov were battling down to the river when Baranov bet 600,000 with the board reading . Altman raised to 1,700,000 and Baranov went into hibernation, six minutes later he mucked his cards.

The break clock was restarted and they are back underway.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Aleksandr Denisov and Sanjay Gehi were two of the shorter stacks and Gehi was moving them in early. They finally matched up with Denisov the one at risk with against Gehi’s .

The board ran out to give Gehi the pot and send Denisov out in 18th for $18,075.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Kelly Minkin took an aggressive approach against Brian Altman and it paid off. She three-bet from the button after Altman opened to 65,000 and they both saw the flop. Altman check-called a 125,000 bet and followed with a check-call of 210,000 after the turn.

The river slowed them both down and Altman confidently rolled over before Minkin tabled for the win to move her over 2,500,000.

Sanjay Gehi continues to put his short stack at risk without callers. He’s three-bet shoved twice more since his first hand move but no-one has looked him up to this point.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

The expected slow grind is upon us with 18 players realizing how close they are to a huge payday. Sanjay Gehi did get frisky on the first hand of play when he moved all-in over a Sergii Baranov open in a blind versus blind battle. Nothing became of it and they moved along.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

It was a quick pace on Day 3 of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, setting up a potentially long day for the remaining players.

It took less than seven hours of play to drop the field from 78 to 18 players. There were still 45 minutes left in the fifth level of the day when they paused the clock and bagged up their chips.

Mark Dube leads the way once again with Brian Altman not that far behind. Jared Jaffee and Justin Zaki are the two biggest named players remaining and it is anyone’s game at this point with the average stack near 60 big blinds.

They are scheduled to continue play until six players remain and they’ll return tomorrow to play on the WPT livestream.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,470,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 1,100,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 2,300,000
Seat 4: Bruce Kramer – 1,585,000
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,265,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruiz – 555,000
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 1,335,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 4,320,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,345,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Alexander Denisov – 570,000
Seat 2: Sergii Baranov – 2,980,000
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 535,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 4,020,000
Seat 5: Panagiotis Nifakos – 1,090,000
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,700,000
Seat 7: Kareem Marshall – 305,000
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 2,010,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,300,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 19 drew 543 players with 69 returning for Day 2.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

The elimination of Andy Philachack dropped the field to the last two tables and staff are completing a table draw with 18 remaining. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $18,075 for their efforts. Play also came to a close tonight with the elimination of Philachack.

19th: Andy Philachack (Garland, TX) – $14,789
20th: Emerson Ward (Miami, FL) – $14,789
21st: Alberto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) – $14,789
22nd: David Levi (Las Vegas, NV) – $14,789
23rd: Anthony Zinno (Boston, MA) – $14,789
24th: Dominique Mosley (Miami, FL) – $14,789
25th: Rajee Wazwaz (Brooklyn Park, MN) – $14,789
26th: Nenad Medic (Niagara Falls, ON) – $14,789
27th: Fernando Diaz (Miami, FL) – $14,789