Event 1: Shulman Leads; Salmon and Campillo Closing

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 189
Average Stack: 352,000 (29 bb)

James Salmon (Davie, FL)
James Salmon (Davie, FL)

TJ Shulman was indeed the chip leader as the break rolled around, only a few chips short of becoming the first player over 1 million. James Salmon and Ronald Camillo are the two other players over 900,000 with Raminder Singh not far behind.

Salmon has Event 1 history here in the past. He won the opening event of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown over 1,200 other entrants.

Top and notable stacks:

TJ Shulman – 984,000 (82 bb)
James Salmon – 930,000 (78 bb)
Ronald Camillo – 924,000 (77 bb)
Raminder Singh – 883,000 (74 bb)
Gedeminas Kiuberis – 824,000 (69 bb)
David Price – 742,000 (62 bb)
Vasilii Leshchenko – 721,000 (60 bb)
Andrew Kay – 714,000 (60 bb)
Kevin Ho – 666,000 (56 bb)
Scott Giesse – 652,000 (54 bb)
Lazaro Rodriguez – 652,000 (54 bb)
Arthur Peacock – 651,000 (54 bb)
Mohd Eid – 643,000 (54 bb)
Brandon Berkenfeld – 627,000 (52 bb)
Roberto Alberro – 615,000 (51 bb)
Olvenso Savoie – 615,000 (51 bb)
Johnny Tang – 614,000 (51 bb)
Kent Taepakdee – 607,000 (51 bb)
Richard Hutchings – 600,000 (50 bb)
Chad Freedman – 458,000 (38 bb)
Jason Young – 428,000 (36 bb)
Jean “Prince” Gaspard – 418,000 (35 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 341,000 (28 bb)
Steven Bennett – 198,000 (17 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 166,000 (14 bb)
Matt Affleck – 154,000 (13 bb)
Luke Brereton – 149,000 (12 bb)

Richard Campillo (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Robert Campillo (Pembroke Pines, FL)