All posts by Brittany Paige

Event 1: Braulio Puello Chipping Up

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 3,173

Braulio Puello

Braulio Puello opened to 50,000 from UTG+1, middle position and the big blind both called. The flop came 9d2d2s, big blind checked, Puello bet 110,000 and middle position called.

Both players checked the Ad on the turn. The 3s hit the river, middle position checked and Puello bet. His opponent leaned back and asked “how much?”. The answer was 365,000, and the player in middle position folded saying “nice hand”.

Braulio Puello  –  1,270,000

Event 1: Top Stacks From Around the Room

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/12,000/3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 3,173

Raj Vohra

Raj Vohra sits atop the list of our chipleaders, with Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake and Ana Freitas in contention as the race heats up.

Top stacks:

Raj Vohra – 1,756,000 (146 bb)
Michael Laake – 1,596,000 (133 bb)
Ana Freitas – 1,302,000 (109 bb)
Paulo Treu – 1,267,000 (106 bb)
Carmelo Maldonado – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Alex Ivan – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Reinaldo Troconis – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Troconis Reinaldo – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Matthew Humphrey – 1,100,000 (68 bb)
Jia Liu– 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Julio Ruiz – 1,040,000 (86 bb)

Event 1: Quan Chau Eliminated by Michael Laake

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 3,173

 

Michael Laake

Quan Chau moved all in for his last 220,000 from the button, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake called from the small blind.

Chau turned over Js8c and needed help against Laake’s KcJc. The board ran out 2c2h5d6h6c and Laake’s king high held eliminating Chau in 145th place.

Michael Laake  –  1,550,000
Quan Chau  –  Eliminated in 145th place  ($1,587)

Event 1: Michael Laake Building Towers

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 3,173

Michael Laake

Jake Schwartz opens to 26,000 from UTG and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake calls from the small blind. The flop comes Kh10c9c and both players check.

The 3c comes on the turn, Laake bets 27,000 and Schwartz calls. The Ks hits the river, Laake bets 65,000 and Schwartz  calls. Laake flips over  KdQs for the winning trip kings. Schwartz groans saying “It felt like a value bet”

Michael Laake  –  1,335,000
Jake Schwartz  –  300,000

Event 1: Luke Vrabel Eliminated by Sheddy Siddiqui

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 225 of 3,173

Sheddy Siddiqui (left) and Luke Vrabel (right)

Luke Vrabel moves all in from UTG for 108,000, Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Sheddy Siddiqui calls from the big blind. Vrabel turns over Ad10s and is behind against Siddiqui’s AsKh.

The board comes 6dQs5h9cKs giving Siddiqui the winning pair of kings eliminating Vrabel in 238th place.

Sheddy Siddiqui  –  1,110,000
Luke Vrabel  –  Eliminated in 238th Place ($1,142)

Event 1: Sheddy Siddiqui Among the Chip Leaders

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 250 of 3,173

Sheddy Siddiqui

Three players are all in on a flop of Kd2sQc with Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Sheddy Siddiqui having his opponents covered.

Sheddy Siddiqui  –  AhAd
Jeffrey Morzella  –   KsQd
Daniel Pearlman  –   KcJc

The board runs out As,2c giving Siddiqui the winning full house, eliminating his opponents. Morzella stands up and exclaims “I came to win, not get 250th!”

Sheddy Siddiqui  –   980,000
Jeffrey Morzella  –   Eliminated in 249th Place ($1,142)
Daniel Pearlman  –   Eliminated in 250th Place ($1,142)