$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
Players are now off on their 90-minute dinner break and the last chance for players to get in the game. The combined entrant count has moved over 1,000 players are more expected to sign up before the desk closes.
They will return at 8pm when we’ll have official number and payouts once they are calculated.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante
Darryll Fish has been all over the map today. The first two levels saw him drop down to 5,000 but he’s managed to build it back up over 70,000 at the second break.
Andrew Miller wasn’t able to maintain his six-digit stack and dropped back to the pack as William Parker and Paul Beresford hit the 100k mark.
William Parker – 115,525
Paul Beresford – 100,800
Andy Philashak – 98,625
Grant Hinkle – 96,625
Ronny Beda – 94,475
Andrew Miller – 93,800
Peter Loprimo – 90,600
Jose Reyes – 83,400
Mark Weisser – 81,275
Richard Alsap – 80,600
Other notables:
Darryll Fish – 73,750
Steven McKoy – 73,200
Erik Cajelais – 71,200
David Bell – 65,300
Raminder Singh – 64,750
Garth Fudens – 61,900
Mukul Pahuja – 49,225
David Levi – 45,900
Loni Harwood – 44,700
Matt Waxman – 44,525
Richard Seymour – 38,125
Matt Affleck – 33,200
Carter Gill – 32,950
Marsha Wolak – 31,900
Tim West – 25,500
Esther Taylor-Brady – 23,750
Tony Dunst – 20,625
Kyle Bowker – 13,800
David Tuthill – 13,775
David Inselberg – 13,200
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
Players are on their second break of the day with 319 in 1C so far, making for a combined field of 967 with two full levels and the dinner break remaining to get in the game.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
Former November Niner Chino Rheem is all over the place during the Championship. He was the chip leader at different points during both 1A and 1B with plus 100k stack each time yet failed to bag chips at the end of the day.
Rheem is taking his final shot today for a piece of the big seven-digit prize pool.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
Just as tournament staff announced the blinds going up in 1C, the 290th entrant hit the field today to put the combined field over the $3,000,000 guarantee.
Every entry is now putting the prize pool further over the big number with just under five hours remaining in registration and re-entry.
One of those firing another bullet is 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship winner Blair Hinkle. He quietly left his old table, hit the registration desk, then on to a new table. Mohammad “Sheddy” Shiddiqui and Manny Minaya were other early eliminations after the first break.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150/25 Ante
Players are back from the first break and Andrew Miller is the first player over 100,000. He lead the early portion of the final flight as we near the magic number of entrants to surpass the guarantee. There are 279 currently registered with 290 to start putting icing on the $3,000,000 cup cake.
Andrew Miller – 115,050
Ronny Beda – 91,225
Tayfun Akbasli – 84,000
Will Parker – 68,500
Stephen Graner – 67,275
Scott Wright – 67,200
Waylon Frey – 65,000
Sorinel Lupasci – 64,725
Seth Gilson – 64,300
Walter Fisher – 58,475
Other notables:
Ian O’Hara – 55,625
Blake Bohn – 54,725
Scott Efron – 54,675
David Diaz – 42,575
Cornel Cimpan – 39,425
Matt Affleck – 38,300
Richard Seymour – 37,000
Tony Ruberto – 36,400
Ory Hen – 35,700
Mohammad Siddiqui – 34,425
Tim West – 33,175
Marsha Wolak – 27,250
Carter Gill – 25,075
Esther Taylor-Brady – 23,975
Mike Dentale – 23,700
David Inselberg – 22,650
Kyle Bowker – 20,850
Blair Hinkle – 18,575
Tony Dunst – 15,475
Darryll Fish – 5,450
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 75/150
Players are getting ready to head off on their first break of the day as the entrant count goes over 250 in early action.
More names popping up include Darryll Fish, Anthony Spinella, Mark Herm, Erik Cajelais, Kyle Bowker, the Hinkle Brothers (Blair and Grant), and former NFL great Richard Seymour.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 75/150
Marsha Wolak has the dual notoriety of being a Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular and a professional player with past success.
The Pompano Beach, FL resident can be found at the tables during all the major series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and she’s a great ambassador for South Florida poker.
Wolak participated in the first televised Ladies Night cash game here in December when Poker Night in America was in town during the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N Roll Poker Open” and she competed against some of the top female players in the world. Her top poker accomplishment to date was a WSOP bracelet victory in the 2010 Ladies Event, adding to her $400,000 in career earnings.
Wolak is back in action today and looking to boost that total.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 75/150
The field is leveling up with 211 entrants showing on the clock with another five set to join in just a few minutes as the final Championship Qualifier is wrapping up.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100
Table 36 has an interesting lineup for a field 200 entrants deep this early. The 1, 2, and 3-seats are occupied by David Inselberg, Esther Taylor-Brady, and Matt Affleck.
The three have combined career tournament earnings over $2.6 million including WPT final tables for Taylor-Brady and Inselberg. Affleck’s success is more focused on the WSOP where he’s cashed 16 times for $676,000 since 2009.