Championship Day 1B: Dinner Time Counts

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Start Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante

Shawn Nguyen
Shawn Nguyen

Players still have another 30 minutes left on their dinner break and the entrant count has clicked up over the last hour to 414. We should get a few more before we close registration.

Shawn Nguyen is the chip leader coming back from break and he’s setting himself up for another nice Championship run. The last time we saw Nguyen with a ton of chips, he was on the way to the 2015 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship televised final table.

1. Shawn Nguyen – 138,650 (277 bb)
2. Carlos Gerrero – 111,275 (223 bb)
3. Allauddin Khan – 108,200 (216 bb)
4. Robert Wesley – 102,225 (204 bb)
5. Luke Brereton – 101,475 (203 bb)
6. Eyal Revah – 98,900 (198 bb)
7. Hunter Cichy – 84,350 (169 bb)
8. Harrison Gimbel – 79,875 (160 bb)
9. Jason Gooch – 76,050 (152 bb)
10. Barry Hutter – 75,275 (151 bb)

Other notable players:
Vinny Pahuja – 71,350 (143 bb)
Matt Salsberg – 52,250 (105 bb)
Jennifer Tilly – 51,575 (103 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 48,150 (96 bb)
Nick Yunis – 45,175 (90 bb)
Matt Glantz – 44,075 (88 bb)
Tim Burt – 42,200 (84 bb)
Ray Ruszkowski – 41,675 (83 bb)
Joe Kuether – 41,550 (83 bb)
Will Failla – 39,650 (79 bb)
John Dolan – 35,950 (72 bb)
Tristan Wade – 35,800 (72 bb)
Michael Laake – 30,550 (61 bb)
Phil Laak – 30,325 (61 bb)
Kyle Bowker – 28,000 (56 bb)
Erica Lindgren – 26,075 (52 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 24,150 (48 bb)
Joe Serock – 19,650 (39 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 18,950 (38 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 13,350 (27 bb)
George Dolofan – 11,325 (23 bb)