$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24:  12,000/24,000/4,000 ante

After short-stacked Kent Taepakdee busted in 22nd place on the first or second half after dinner, James Salmon hit the rail in 21st place when he ran into the A-A of Nigel Murray.

Kent Taepakdee  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($2,075)
James Salmon  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($2,075)

Then Gil Morgensztern and chipleader Lisa Teebagy saw a flop of , and Morgensztern shoved the cutoff for 243,000 with (ace high). Teebagy called with (pair of queens), and Morgensztern needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Teebagy won the pot with her pair of queens to eliminate Morgensztern in 20th place.

Lisa Teebagy  –  2,825,000  (118 bb)
Gil Morgensztern  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($2,075)

Shortly after that, Denis Cyr hit the rail in 19th place, and the field was down to the final two tables.

Denis Cyr  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($2,075)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Phil Hernz
Seat 2.  Daniel Bouchard
Seat 3.  Ory Hen
Seat 4.  Armando Gutierrez
Seat 5.  Dominique Mosley
Seat 6.  Kenneth Watson
Seat 7.  Nigel Murray
Seat 8.  Lola Massad
Seat 9.  John Liu

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Oneil McCalla
Seat 2.  Gunther Rowohlt
Seat 3.  Zack Goodman
Seat 4.  Matt Wilkins
Seat 5.  Lisa Teebagy
Seat 6.  Jorge Rivera
Seat 7.  Christopher Nomikos
Seat 8.  Steven Bennett
Seat 9.  Kent Taepakdee

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 925,000 (39 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $2,449, and the next pay jump is $3,735 for 15th place.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24:  12,000/24,000/4,000 ante

The players return from dinner to begin Level 24. With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 755,000 (31 big blinds). Here are their official chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Daniel Bouchard  –  452,000
Seat 3.  Ory Hen  –  2,129,000
Seat 4.  Armando Gutierrez  –  499,000
Seat 5.  Dominique Mosley  –  279,000
Seat 6.  Kenneth Watson  –  1,146,000
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Lola Massad  –  504,000
Seat 9.  John Liu  –  527,000

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  James Salmon  –  148,000
Seat 2.  Phil Hernz  –  900,000
Seat 3.  Matt Wilkins  –  280,000
Seat 4.  Nigel Murray  –  1,904,000
Seat 5.  Gil Morgensztern  –  379,000
Seat 6.  Armando Palacio  –  859,000
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Steven Bennett  –  294,000
Seat 9.  Oneil McCalla  –  402,000

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Denis Cyr  –  171,000
Seat 2.  Gunther Rowohlt  –  1,210,000
Seat 3.  Zack Goodman  –  420,000
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Lisa Teebagy  –  2,639,000
Seat 6.  Jorge Rivera  –  489,000
Seat 7.  Christopher Nomikos  –  885,000
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Kent Taepakdee  –  84,000

1st:  $95,433
2nd:  $55,610
3rd:  $34,030
4th:  $28,013
5th:  $22,825
6th:  $18,675
7th:  $14,940
8th:  $11,205
9th:  $7,885
10th-12th:  $5,188
13th-15th:  $3,735
16th-18th:  $2,449
19th-22nd:  $2,075

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23:  10,000/20,000/3,000 ante

When the field reached the final 27 players, they redrew for random seats at the final three tables.

Ory Hen has been on a heater this level, and it started on the turn of a board showing . Hen checked the big blind, the UTG+1 player bet 140,000, and Hen check-raised all in for 522,000. His opponent called with for a set of sixes, but Hen turned over for an ace-high flush.

The river card was the , and the flush held up for Hen to win the pot and double up in chips. (His opponent was knocked down to less than a single big blind, and busted two hands later in 26th place.)

Ory Hen  –  1,240,000  (62 bb)

At the next table, chipleader Lisa Teebagy took out another player, this time by cracking pocket aces.

Alfonso Perez got it all in on the turn of a board showing . Perez had for an overpair, and he needed to hold against Teebagy’s (queen-high flush draw).

The river was the , completing Teebagy’s flush to send Perez to the rail in 25th place.

Lisa Teebagy  –  2,375,000  (119 bb)
Alfonso Perez  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($2,075)

Oneil McCalla also had a premium hand cracked, but this time it was pocket kings.

Gil Morgensztern got it all in preflop with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against McCalla’s . The board came , and Morgensztern made an ace-high flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gil Morgensztern  –  435,000  (22 bb)
Oneil McCall  –  95,000  (5 bb)

Then there was a classic race at Table 16, with Gunther Rowohlt all in preflop for 477,000 with against the of Tom Clements.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Rowohlt to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gunther Rowohlt  –  990,000  (50 bb)
Tom Clements  –  227,000  (11 bb)

A few moments later, Sebastien Kos and Ory Hen were battling over a board of . Kos got it all in on the turn with for two pair, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Hen’s (pair of kings).

The river card paired the board with the , counterfeiting Kos’s two pair to give the pot to Hen. Kos was eliminated in 24th place.

Ory Hen  –  2,000,000  (100 bb)
Sebastien Kos  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($2,075)

Moments after Kos was eliminated, Clements was sent to the rail in 23rd place.

Tom Clements  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($2,075)

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 755,000 (381 big blinds).

Just a quick reminder that the printed schedule for this evening’s satellites into this weekend’s $2 Million Guaranteed Championship contained an error — the 7:00 pm satellite is listed as a Turbo, but it’s not. The turbo satellite is at 9:00 pm.

Here is the information on this evening’s satellites:

7PM: Event 36 – $385 Mega Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into the $2,000,000 Guaranteed Championship
• Players begin with 7,500 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 36 Structure Sheet

9PM: Event 37 – $200 Turbo Mega Championship Satellite (1-in-21)

• 2 seats guaranteed into the $2,000,000 Guaranteed Championship
• Players begin with 7,500 in tournament chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 37 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22:  8,000/16,000/2,000 ante

The field is knocking on the door of the final three tables, when everyone will redraw for new seats. At that point we will begin tracking everyone in the field.

The chipleader appears to be Lisa Teebagy, with 1,420,000 (89 big blinds). We’ll get a full round of official chip counts at the dinner break, which should be at 7:25 pm.

Lisa Teebagy  –  1,420,000  (89 bb)

John Holley, fresh off his victory in Event 7, was just eliminated from Event 5. Nigel Murray opened the button in front of him, and Holley looked down in the big blind to find Q-Q. Unfortunately for him, Murray held A-A. The best hand held up, and Holley was eliminated in 30th place.

John Holley  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($1,785)

With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 593,000 (37 big blinds).

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 ante

Flight 1D comes to an end with 51 players remaining from a field of 283, which means the average chip stack is about 111,000 (37 big blinds at the start of Day 2).

The chipleader is Jorge Rivera with 364,500 (122 bb). He added to his stack on the final hand, when a player shoved into his . The board came , and Rivera won the pot with his king kicker.

Here are the three players with at least 200,000 in chips

1.  Jorge Rivera  –  364,500  (122 bb)
2.  Daniel Lisitsyn  –  309,000  (103 bb)
3.  David Maddox  –  245,000  (82 bb)

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1:00 pm. The seat draw will be posted soon.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 ante

The final starting field of Event 5 is in their final level, and with about 70 players remaining from 283 entries, the average chip stack is about 78,600 (33 big blinds).

When this level comes to an end, we will scout out the chipleaders and post them here in the blog. The full list of official chip counts, along with the full seat draw for Day 2, will be released overnight and posted by morning.

For those players that make it thru today, Day 2 begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1:00 pm.

$350 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21:  5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Shortly after the blinds increased to 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante, John Holley and Engelberth Varela got it all in after a flop of .

Holley was the shorter stack, all in for 148,000 with for a pair of sevens. Varela had for a pair of deuces, and Holley needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Holley won the pot with his pair of sevens to double back into the chip lead.

John Holley  –  351,000  (44 bb)
Engelberth Varela  –  169,000  (21 bb)

It was only a few minutes later that Holley limped from the button for 10,000, Varela moved all in, and Holley snap-called with . Varela turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Varela flopped an open-ended straight draw, but never caught up to Holley’s flopped set of tens. Varela was eliminated, finishing as the runner-up in second place.

Engelberth Varela  –  Eliminated in 2nd Place  ($3,588)

With that pot, John Holley won the title, the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” trophy, and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

Congratulations to John Holley!

1st:  John Holley  –  $5,304
2nd:  Engelberth Varela  –  $3,588
3rd:  Sean Siegenthaler  –  $2,340
4th:  Lou Stadler  –  $1,872
5th:  Alain Rodriguez  –  $1,404
6th:  Brandon Berkenfeld  –  $1,092

$350 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20:  4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

After the blinds increased to 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante. John Holley raised from the button to 20,000, Engelberth Varela moved all in for 198,000, and Holley called with . Varela turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Varela paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Engelberth Varela  –  398,000  (50 bb)
John Holley  –  122,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Varela moved all in from the button, and Holley called all in for 114,000 with . Varela turned over , and Holley needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Holley paired his eight on the flop, turned two pair, and rivered a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Engelberth Varela  –  290,000  (36 bb)
John Holley  –  230,000  (29 bb)

The next big hand had Holley all in for 175,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Varela’s .

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Holley to win the pot and double back into the chip lead.

Engelberth Varela  –  168,000  (21 bb)
John Holley  –  352,000  (44 bb)

Varela dropped a bit from there before getting it all in for 136,000 with , and he was a dominating favorite against Holley’s .

The board came — Holley paired his ten on the flop, but Varela paired his king on the turn to stay alive and double up in chips.

Engelberth Varela  –  274,000  (34 bb)
John Holley  –  246,000  (31 bb)

With that, the two players were nearly even in chips.

$350 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19:  3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

John Holley raised from the button to 16,000, Sean Siegenthaler moved all in from the small bind for 63,000, and Holley called with . Siegenthaler turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Holley paired his eight on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Siegenthaler in third place.

Sean Siegenthaler  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($2,340)

And these were the chip counts at the start of heads-up play, along with the prizepool:

Engelberth Varela  –  195,000  (33 bb)
John Holley  –  325,000  (54 bb)

1st:  $5,304
2nd:  $3,588

3rd:  Sean Siegenthaler  –  $2,340
4th:  Lou Stadler  –  $1,872
5th:  Alain Rodriguez  –  $1,404
6th:  Brandon Berkenfeld  –  $1,092