It was busy on Friday and the Event Center was packed all day long. Event 1 ran nearly 900 entries through its second two flights and the Seniors Event drew one of the biggest crowds in that tournament’s history.
Flights C and D combined to push the Event 1 entry count up to 1,522 and put the tournament on the cusp of making its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. They cruised through both flights and Brian England took the overall chip leader in the early morning hours.
His 368,000 barely outchipped Kyle Carino’s 362,000 and all the counts are tight at the top of the table. The nine biggest stacks are over 300,000 and another handful are not that far off.
We had 126 more players punch their ticket for Day 2 ono Sunday to push the total to 210 and a lot more are set to join them from the Saturday sessions. You can find the top ten list below with a link to the full up to date chip counts.
Top ten stacks (so far):
- Brian England – 368,000
- Kyle Carino – 362,000
- Adam Mann – 360,000
- Rodney Moret-Rojas – 346,000
- Denis Cyr – 346,000
- David Poces – 329,000
- T.K. Miles – 323,000
- Habibollah Jahangard – 323,000
- Jason Bral – 320,000
- Javier Zarco – 299,000
Event 1 chip counts through Flight D
The Seniors Event awarded the second trophy of the series and the tournament drew huge. The 160 entries were the biggest Senior Event since last year’s Showdown tournament which featured a smaller buy-in.
They quickly played down and were on the money bubble when they took a dinner break only six hours after the start of the tournament. Action slowed at the final table as the big money approached but soon it was David Albertson up against former November Niner Neil Blumenfield for the title.
Despite beginning heads up play with a 3-to-1 chip lead, Blumenfield fell short of capturing his first SHRP win and settled for second place. That top honor went to Alberton and he took home his first trophy along with $12,900 plus a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.
Seniors Event results:
1st: David Albertson – $12,900 + Showdown trophy
2nd: Neil Blumenfield – $8,369
3rd: Lisa Teebagy – $4,932
4th: Michael Dreese – $3,000
5th: Lenny St. Germain – $2,316
6th: Ebrahim Figueroa – $1,920
7th: Jerry Silva – $1,668
8th: Robert Matin – $1,498
9th: Kelley Slay – $1,290
10th: Vittario Iemolo – $1,128
11th: Joseph Grossman – $1,128
12th: Kelly Slay – $1,128
13th: Philip Camerlengo – $972
14th: Zoltan Czinkota – $972
15th: David Guiffreda – $972
16th: Wally Maddah – $821
17th: Matthew Weiss – $821
18th: David Zionts – $821
19th: Joseph Boulais – $672
20th: Andreas Balcon – $672
Images courtesy of Eric Harkins and IMPDI. If you would like to place a custom picture order from your time at Showdown, you can find his booth in the hallway outside the Event Center.