Event 1: One More Day to a Champ

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 3,107

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi headlines a big Day 3

Event 1 drew a massive crowd and it will take an extra day of poker to determine its champion. The six starting flights combined to put more than 3,000 entries in the game but only 13 players remain to play it down on a Monday afternoon.

The prize pool topped $900,000 and the last 300 players made some money for their efforts. But the lion’s share of the money is up top and we still have more than $550,000 to award today including the $160,136 first place prize.

Martin Culotta leads the way at the restart but all eyes will be on Florida poker legend Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. The three-time WSOP/two-time WPT winner has earned more than $15 million in his career including the $570 Six-Max title during last year’s series followed up by a third place finish in the WPT Tournament of Champions.

Mizrachi also made the 2010 WSOP November Nine final table and today he’s joined by fellow November Niner Neil Blumenfield. WSOP Circuit winner Ruslan Dykshteyn is also in the mix looking to add a third SHRP title to his résumé, the last coming this past summer when he captured the $1,100 Big 4 title during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Those are only a few of the talented players returning today and everyone has a chance to hoist the big glass guitar pick trophy. They’ll put cards back in the air at 2pm and we’ll be here the entire time followed the action.

Table 7
Seat 1: Orville Arthurs – 2,750,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Neil Blumenfield – 3,225,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 4,500,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: Brett Brulaleri – 4,350,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Lawrence Whyte – 4,025,000 (20 bb)
Seat 6: Joseph DiChiaro – 3,875,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Michael Mizrachi – 3,425,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 8
Seat 1: Steven Bennett – 5,750,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Martin Culotta – 9,425,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Agop Rustomoglu – 3,325,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Evan Toepel – 1,000,000 (5 bb)
Seat 8: Ben Sriqui – 8,525,000 (43 bb)
Seat 9: Henry Meacham – 7,725,000 (39 bb)

Martin Culotta – 9,425,000 (47 bb)
Ben Sriqui – 8,525,000 (43 bb)
Henry Meacham – 7,725,000 (39 bb)
Steven Bennett – 5,750,000 (29 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 4,500,000 (23 bb)
Brett Brulaleri – 4,350,000 (22 bb)
Lawrence Whyte – 4,025,000 (20 bb)
Joseph DiChiaro – 3,875,000 (19 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 3,425,000 (17 bb)
Agop Rustomoglu – 3,325,000 (17 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 3,225,000 (16 bb)
Orville Arthurs – 2,750,000 (14 bb)
Evan Toepel – 1,000,000 (5 bb)

Remaining Payouts:

1st: – $160,136
2nd: – $104,582
3rd: – $68,556
4th: – $57,557
5th: – $46,838
6th: – $36,818
7th: – $27,031
8th: – $18,176
9th: – $13,049
10th: – $8,389
11th: – $8,389
12th: – $8,389
13th: – $6,059