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Event 9: Raymond Ross Eliminated by Alex Rocha

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 2,923

Alex Rocha raised all in from the cutoff for 239,000 and Raymond Ross called all in from the big blind for about 70,000.

Rocha: Ac2s
Ross: 8d6d

The flop fell Js10h8c, giving Ross the lead with a pair of eights. The turn was the Kd, giving Rocha outs to Broadway. Sure enough, the river was the Qs, giving Rocha an ace-high straight to eliminate Ross.

Alex Rocha – 340,000 (17 bb)
Raymond Ross – Eliminated in 109th Place ($2,061)

Event 9 Flight F: Sonny “Sky” Lee Leads the Pack into Day 2

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 132/664

                                                                  Sonny “Sky” Lee

Flight F of Event 9 drew 664 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,923 entries, the exact same number as last year. Bagging the biggest stack in Flight F was Sonny “Sky” Lee with 424,500, good for the overall chip lead entering Day 2

Only 132 lasted until night’s end, meaning that 549 players will be returning tomorrow at 1pm for Day 2. The top 250 players make the money, with first place set at $254,205.

The day 2 table and seat draw, as well as a complete list of chip counts, will be posted at about 3:30am.

Event 9 Flight F: Zoltan Czinkota Eliminated by Chris Remmerden

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 160/664

The player under the gun limped in, Chris Remmerden raised all in from the cutoff for 51,400, Zoltan Czinkota called all in from the button for 10,400, and the initial limper called with 8s8d to put both players at risk.

Remmerden was behind with 10s3d, while Czinkota was in dire straits with 8c7h.

The board came down As7s4s10d5d, giving Remmerden a pair of tens to eliminate Czkinkota and double through the third player. The following hand, Remmerden eliminated that player to further chip up.

Chris Remmerden – 190,000 (79 bb)

Event 9 Flight F: Nancy Birnbaum Lays One Down

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 180/664

The player in the hijack raised to 5,000 and Nancy Birnbaum called from the cutoff.

They checked to the turn of a 3h6d8h10h board where Birnbaum bet 8,000. Her opponent check-called.

The river was the 4s and action was checked to Birnbaum again. She bet 9,000, her opponent check-raised to 31,000, and Birnbaum mulled it over for a bit before she folded.

Nancy Birnbaum – 44,000 (22 bb)

Event 9 Flight F: Defending Champ Ruslan Dykshteyn Takes One Out

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 243/664

Following the turn of a board that read AdKs6d7c with 11,600 in the pot, the player in the small blind shoved for 11,300. The player in the big blind folded, defending champion Ruslan Dykshteyn raised to about 50,000 from early position, and a player in middle position folded.

Dykshteyn tabled 7s7h, while his opponent showed a flush draw with Kd5d.

The river was the 6s, giving Dykshteyn sevens full of sixes to score the elimination.

Ruslan Dykshteyn – 154,000 (128 bb)

Event 9: Payouts

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Registration closed for Event 9 and it drew a combined 2,923 entries over six starting flights. They created a prize pool of $1,461,500 to well surpass the $1,000,000 Guarantee. The last 250 players will earn a piece with a min-cash earning $1,228, but all are aiming for the $254,205 top prize plus the guitar pick trophy, custom-framed winner’s photo, and a seat in the $10,000 WPT Finale/$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship freeroll.

2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 9
$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 2,923
Prize Pool: $1,461,500
March 23 – 26, 2017

Event 9 Flight F: A Few Chip Counts from Around the Room

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 297/664

James Calderaro – 192,000 (192 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 105,000 (105 bb)
Michael Tait – 95,000 (95 bb)
Josh Beckley – 87,000 (87 bb)
Frankie Flowers – 85,000 (85 bb)
Nigel Murray – 80,000 (80 bb)
Mike Beasley – 75,000 (75 bb)
John Holley – 74,000 (74 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky – 74,000 (74 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 70,000 (70 bb)
Joseph Cappello – 55,000 (55 bb)
Sorel Mizzi – 55,000 (55 bb)
Zo Karim – 52,000 (52 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic – 50,000 (50 bb)
Jean “Prince” Gaspard – 51,000 (51 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 48,000 (48 bb)
TK Miles – 44,000 (44 bb)
Michael Laake – 43,000 (43 bb)
Jackie Scott – 42,000 (42 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 36,000 (36 bb)
Christian Harder – 35,000 (35 bb)
Will Failla – 32,000 (32 bb)
Ray Stephens – 30,000 (30 bb)
Evan Dollinger – 26,000 (26 bb)
Jack Duong – 25,000 (25 bb)
Farid Jattin – 24,000 (24 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 16,000 (16 bb)
Michael Johnson – 15,000 (15 bb)

Event 9 Flight F: Registration Closed; Final Numbers Being Verified

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Flight F Entries: 664

Registration for Event 9 has closed, and Flight F has drawn 664 entries. That would set the total field size at 2,923, the same number of entries as last year’s event.

We will share the official numbers and prize pool once they are made available.

Event 9 Flight F: Christian Harder Doubles Up

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 Ante
Flight F Entries: 640

Following the river of a board that read 8c8h5hKh6h with about 13,000 in the pot, Christian Harder was all in for 7,175 from the button. The player in the big blind called after a little while with 9h5c, but Harder had the better flush with AhAd to win the pot and double up.

Christian Harder – 27,000 (45 bb)