Championship Day 1: Tough Table Gets Tougher

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Total Entries: 1,149

There’s not really an easy table in this room, but Table 39 has been intimidating to even walk past, let alone play at. The two newest members of the SHRP Team, Loni Harwood and Chance Kornuth, are both seated there, along with Maria Ho, Casey Kaplan, Abraham Korotki, and Aaron Overton.

“What is this table?” Ho said quietly, wide eyed and shaking her head.

The seat between Harwood and Kornuth has been a revolving door so far, with at least three different players coming and going over the course of the day.

Jason Mercier was indeed in that seven seat for a short while, but it sounds like Kornuth is responsible for his (and the cupholder’s) recent absence.

Things aren’t really getting any easier over there. Mercier’s former seat is now occupied by none other than Mike Sexton, who is working on his second entry this evening. “I think Jason is in for three or four,” he said as he sat down, initially unaware he was taking Mercier’s place.