$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 8:  300/600/75 Ante

Peter Walsworth raised under the gun to 1,100, the UTG+1 player called, and Noah Schwartz reraised from the button to 4,400. Walsworth reraised to 7,100, but that was less than a min-raise, so he was forced to reraise to 7,700. The UTG+1 player folded, and Schwartz called.

The flop came , Walsworth bet 5,000, and Schwartz called. The turn was the , Walsworth checked, Schwartz moved all in for a little more than 12,000, and Walsworth called with for a full house, kings full of aces. Schwartz turned over , and he was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Walsworth won the pot with his full house to eliminate Schwartz from the tournament.

Peter Walsworth  –  70,000  (117 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 7:  250/500/75 Ante

After a flop of , the big blind checked, and Tom Nguyen (UTG+1) bet 1,200. Matt Stout called from middle position, and the big blind folded. The turn was the , Nguyen bet 2,200, and Stout called.

The river was the , Nguyen checked, Stout bet 4,500, and Nguyen tanked for a while before he called. Stout showed to win the pot with a pair of tens, and Nguyen mucked.

Matt Stout  –  39,000  (78 bb)

Nguyen was eliminated a few minutes later.

Tom Nguyen  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 7:  250/500/75 Ante

Noah Schwartz was eliminated in the final hand before the dinner break, making him one of the final players to re-enter the tournament before registration closed.

Unfortunately for Loni Harwood, she was eliminated shortly after the dinner break, when the re-entry option is no longer available.

Noah Schwartz  –  29,000  (58 bb)
Loni Harwood  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 6:  200/400/50 Ante

In the final hand before the dinner break, Noah Schwartz limped UTG+1 for 400, the cutoff limped, the button limped, the small blind completed, and Andy Frankenberger raised from the big blind to 3,000. Schwartz moved all in for 16,500, and one of the limpers said, “I knew it!”

Everyone folded the action to Frankenberger, who tanked for a while before he called with . Schwartz turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Frankenberger rivered a club flush to win the pot and eliminate Schwartz. Fortunately for Schwartz, he can re-enter until the end of the dinner break, and we expect to see him back in the field.

Andy Frankenberger  –  69,900  (175 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 6:  200/400/50 Ante

Joe Kuether just tripled up in a three-way all-in situation, where he held against and on a board of .

Kuether won the main pot with two pair, aces and jacks, while the player with the pocket eights won a much smaller side pot.

Joe Kuether  –  43,500  (109 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 6:  200/400/50 Ante

With the final board showing on the river, Jared Jaffee was all in under the gun for 8,700, and his opponent tanked for a long time in middle position before he called.

Jaffee showed , but his opponent turned over to win the pot with a pair of aces. Jaffee was eliminated, but is still free to re-enter up until the end of the dinner break.

Jared Jaffee  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante

Vanessa Rousso bagged up chips yesterday on Day 1A, and some of her friends from the 17th season of “Big Brother” showed up to cheer for her in this Championship event.

So lucky @MelProceOuellet @_LizNolan @JuliaNolan_ & @JudasDraven came 2 root me on @HardRockHolly @shrpo main event! pic.twitter.com/tgOikqrab9

— Vanessa Rousso (@VanessaRousso) November 28, 2015

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 5:  150/300/50 Ante

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 150-300 and a 50 ante. The tournament clock shows 370 entries so far (for a two-day total of 704), and registration remains open until the end of the dinner break (about 8:00 pm).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (about 6:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (about 12:15 am).

Here is the unofficial leaderboard from the break, with every player who had at least 75,000 at the break:

1.  Zhenjie Hou  –  104,425  (348 bb)
2.  Jose Salazar  –  96,800  (323 bb)
3.  George Dolofan  –  95,275  (318 bb)
4.  Karl Manouchakian  –  87,500  (292 bb)
5.  Nick Yunis  –  86,625  (289 bb)
6.  Eyal Revah  –  84,425  (281 bb)
7.  Sergh Baranov  –  83,650  (279 bb)
8.  Luke Brereton  –  79,000  (263 bb)

And here are some of the notables further back in the pack:

Phil Laak  –  72,875  (243 bb)
Ty Akbasli  –  71,675  (239 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  62,775  (209 bb)
Matt Salsberg  –  57,800  (193 bb)
Andy Frankenberger  –  53,150  (177 bb)
Jennifer Tilly  –  48,650  (162 bb)
Ralph Massey  –  48,450  (162 bb)
David Farber  –  48,325  (161 bb)
T.J. Shulman  –  44,700  (149 bb)
Ray Ruszkowski  –  42,875  (143 bb)
Matt Stout  –  40,850  (136 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  39,325  (131 bb)
Phil Hui  –  37,950  (127 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  37,475  (125 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  34,500  (115 bb)
Erica Lindgren  –  31,425  (105 bb)
John Dolan  –  29,750  (99 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  29,675  (99 bb)
Will Failla  –  28,025  (93 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  27,075  (90 bb)
John Racener  –  26,150  (87 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  25,125  (84 bb)
Tristan Wade  –  23,725  (79 bb)
Joe Kuether  –  20,675  (69 bb)
David Tuthill  –  17,125  (57 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 4:  100/200/25 Ante

Erica Lindgren raised under the gun to 700, and the big blind called. The flop came , the big blind checked, Lindgren bet 1,100, and the big blind called. The turn was the , and the big blind bet 2,000. Lindgren called.

The river was the , the big blind bet 2,500, and Lindgren tanked for a while before she called. The big blind showed to win the pot with two pair, queens and threes, and Lindgren mucked.

Erica Lindgren  –  29,500  (148 bb)

After a flop of , Matt Glantz checked the cutoff, Harrison Gimbel bet the button, and Glantz called, making the pot worth a little more than 16,000. The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and Glantz bet 14,100. Gimbel thought for a bit before he folded, and Glantz took the pot.

Matt Glantz  –  37,500  (188 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  29,500  (148 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 3:  75/150/25 Ante

After a flop of , Nancy Birnbaum checked the cutoff, the button bet 2,000, and Birnbaum called.

The turn card was the , Birnbaum checked, the button bet 6,000, and Birnbaum moved all in. The button called all in for 18,575 with (set of jacks). Birnbaum turned over (pair of kings), but she was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and the button won the pot to double up in chips.

Nancy Birnbaum  –  2,400  (16 bb)