$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Jeffrey Hurwitz was all in preflop on the button and Sanjay Gehi called on late position. The two players then revealed their hands.
Gehi: 
Hurwitz: 
Board: 
Hurwitz was out in 36th place and took home $12,817. Gehi stacked up 915,000 after the hand.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
William Benson was all in preflop on the small blind and Walter Fisher had him covered on the button. The two players then tabled their hands.
Benson: 
Fisher: 
Board: 
Benson doubled up on the hand to survive with just over 900,000 and Fisher was down to 1.2 million after the hand.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Anthony Zinno moved all in preflop for 188,000 from late position and Jason Koon called on the hijack. The two players then tabled their hands.
Zinno: 
Koon: 
Board: 
Zinno doubled up to survive with over 400,000 and Koon was down to 277,000 after the hand.
Got about a million chips in this thing…46 left #whosmyvalentine
— Jared Jaffee (@jaredjaffee21) February 9, 2015
Have 558k with 46 players left in #WorldPokerTour #SHRPO event in Hollywood, FL. Average 670k. Blinds 10k/20k. — Shannon Shorr (@ShannonShorr) February 9, 2015
Lose QQ vs 10s Aipf. Got crumbies left with 5 min left of 16k
— Zo Karim (@PakmanMMA) February 9, 2015
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Day 2 has come to a close in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open and 78 players remain from the 361 that returned from the three starting flights. The chip leader at the end of play is Brian Altman with 1,282,000.
Here is a look at the other top stacks at the end of play.
Joelle Guarino – 1,149,000
Mark Dube – 1,112,000
Nenad Medic – 839,000
Nathan Tuthill – 826,000
Amir Babakhani – 720,000
Joshua Kay – 712,000
Vinny Pahuja – 702,000
Yaron Wasserman – 697,000
Rob Wazwaz – 682,000
Zo Karim – 642,000
The notables that fell before the money bubble burst included Marvin Rettenmaier, Matt Waxman, Jordan Cristos, Keven Stammen, Tony Ruberto, Will Failla, Tony Dunst, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Cornel Cimpan, Eric Afriat, Darren Elias, and last year’s winner James Calderaro.
The money bubbled burst late today when 100 players remained. Josh Arieh was the unlucky bubble boy. Notable cashes included Shawn Cunix (99th – $6,573), Patrick Eskanbdar (94th – $6,573), Blair Hinkle (84th – $6,901), and Tyler Patterson (82nd – $6,901).
The field will return at noon ET on Monday to continue the march down to the final table. Tune back in at that time for more live coverage of this championship event.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Two more players were eliminated during the final hands of the night in the WPT Championship event. They are Benjamin Eilers (80th – $7,559) and Yue Wang (79th – $7,559).
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
It looks like the last player to bust in the money on Day 2 is Gregory Anda, who exited the tournament in 81st place and took home $7,559 in prize money.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
The field was just informed that they will play six more hands before the end of Day 2 in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Stay tuned for chip counts and a summary of the day.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Here is a look at the players that busted at the $6,901 payout level in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
90: Stephen Ma – $6,901
89: Sam Phillips – $6,901
88: Jie Gao – $6,901
87: John Holley – $6,901
86: Badih Bounahra – $6,901
85: Samantha Cohen – $6,901
84: Blair Hinkle – $6,901
83: Donald Todd – $6,901
82: Tyler Patterson – $6,901