$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 2: 75/150/25 Ante
The players return from their first break to begin Level 3, with increased blinds of 75-150 and a 25 ante.
The field size is up to 231 entries, and registration remains open until the end of the dinner break, around 8:00 pm
A scan of the field during the break revealed five players with at least 65,000 in chips, creating our first unofficial leaderboard of the tournament:
1. William Parker – 98,450 (656 bb)
2. Krysztof Stybaniewicz – 74,075 (494 bb)
3. Dimitry Agrachov – 71,475 (477 bb)
4. Eric Lazarus – 67,175 (448 bb)
5. Michael Massri – 65,150 (434 bb)
Parker’s quick rise to the top primarily came from a single hand, when he was part of a three-way preflop all in and cracked A-A and J-J with A-K suited — Parker made a flush to bust both players. And now he’s knocking on the door of 100,000 in chips.
Here are some of the notable players further back in the field.
Darryll Fish – 57,000 (380 bb)
Ory Hen – 55,300 (369 bb)
Matt Affleck – 49,575 (331 bb)
Matt Waxman – 46,550 (310 bb)
Dan Shak – 41,175 (275 bb)
John Dolan – 38,050 (254 bb)
Aaron Massey – 32,050 (214 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 31,800 (212 bb)
Kelly Minkin – 31,350 (209 bb)
Joe Kuether – 31,000 (207 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 30,575 (204 bb)
Jennifer Tilly – 30,000 (200 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 29,925 (200 bb)
Natasha Barbour – 29,650 (198 bb)
Adam Levy – 29,250 (195 bb)
TK Miles – 27,375 (183 bb)
Ari Engel – 25,525 (170 bb)
Jason Mercier – 25,150 (168 bb)
Matt Salsberg – 24,625 (164 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 23,225 (155 bb)
Jonathan Duhamel – 22,450 (150 bb)
Cornel Cimpan – 20,400 (136 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 19,175 (128 bb)
Stewart Newman – 17,675 (118 bb)
Kane Kalas – 13,875 (93 bb)