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Championship Day 1A: Kessler Cracks’em

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante

Opinions vary on the vocal Allen Kessler but you can’t deny he gets results. He is now among the chip leaders after cracking two big hands.

It was three-ways to the Td4c2h when the small blind player tossed out 5,000, a big bet in relation to the pot. UTG+1 raised to 13,000 and Kessler had to be holding strong when he put in a third bet to 25,000. The small blind called all-in and UTG+1 only had 3,000 more than the raise, they went in to finish building the huge pot.

Kessler flopped well with 2d2s for a big lead against AdAs and KcKs. The turn/river Qd9c was no drama for “Chainsaw” and he moved up to 92,000.

Championship Day 1A: Ory Hen Back in Action

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante

LHPO EV16 Ory HenOry Hen is one of our locals mixing it up in the Championship today and he’s been on a big roll the entire series. The Cooper City, FL resident was already a fixture in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker games but is standing out over the last few weeks.

Hen has cashed five times during the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open series with four final tables and just missing a fifth by single spot. Enough results to put him on top of the series Leaderboard with only a few events remaining.

He earned nearly $85,000 so far this series adding to his $800,000 tournament earnings for his career including a win in November during the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N Roll Poker Open”.

Championship Day 1A: Anthony Zinno Eliminated

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante

Anthony Zinno was all in preflop UTG+1 and three players called before the flop was dealt AsQdQh. The three live players each contributed 1,300 after the flop and the turn brought the Kd. Lawrence Paden bet 3,000 on the button and late position called but the hijack folded.

The river delivered the 4c and late position bet 10,000. Paden called and all three players tabled their hands.

Paden:  AhQh
Late Position: Jh10h
Zinno: Qc3c

Zinno was eliminated on the hand and Paden won the pot to grow his stack to 46,500.

Championship Day 1A: Four Snowmen

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150/25 Ante

We noticed former November Niner Chino Rheem was a recent edition to the field and he made an impact right off the bat.

The board was reading Qs8c8dTd when they lit the fireworks in a 5-way pot. Blake Bohn led out for 1,000, Rheem called the bet and Vendel Johnson raised to 2,500. Two other players folded before Bohn three-bet to 6,200. Rheem called once again before John four-bet shoved ~22,000 to get snap calls from both Bohn and Rheem.

Bohn was third best with his turned straight Js9h and Johnson’s top boat QhQc was also looking up at Rheem’s flopped quads 8s8h. Bohn couldn’t hit his river one-outer and just slid his cards into the muck before counting out another 29,550 to send over to Rheem. Bohn was left with a 6,500 but Johnson was gone for this entry.

The hand jumped Rheem up near 85,000 and the among the early leaders.

Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

Championship Day 1A: Notable Counts

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150/25 Ante

Players are back in their seat and the early front-runner is Noah Schwartz with 88,450. Timothy Burt isn’t far behind after knocking out Justin Zaki and the only other players over 80,000.

Notable counts:

Noah Schwartz – 88,450
Timothy Burt – 80,025
Chase Steeley – 75,400
Daren Stabinski – 72,725
Luis Bueno – 68,775
Timothy “TK” Miles – 68,325
Russell Dohan – 66,875
Chris Bolek – 66,450
Ian Davis – 66,250
Aleksandr Denisov – 61,275
Raymond Ruszkowski – 59,100
Michael Grenadier – 56,925
Vinny Pahuja – 55,625
Mark Gaudino – 53,100
Gaston Miculitzki – 51,125
Allen Kessler – 47,925
Dor Geller – 46,800
Cornel Cimpan – 43,025
Jonathan Duhamel – 30,400
Stuart Paterson – 29,475
Barry Hutter – 27,100
Ryan Van Sanford – 26,850

Championship Day 1A: Seat Open

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

With 300 big blinds at the start, it takes a special circumstance to get them all in the middle this early. Table 13 had one of them going down and it was easy to notice with Allen Kessler waving down anyone with a notepad.

There was a discussion going down between two players with the board reading Qh8h7c8c6h. The 6-seat saw his KsKh get cracked by 8s7h bu the conversation was about whether he was eliminated. Turned out he wasn’t technically all-in when the Yaron Wasserman called leaving his opponent with one small blind.

No special story to end the post, he was gone on the next hand and wouldn’t be hitting the care for another bullet.

Championship Day 1A: Moving Up

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

The entrant count jumped over 190 shortly after the start of play and we’re seeing that fine mix of pros and locals. Angel Vu, Adam Rouse, Daren Stabinski, and Luis Santoni are mixing it up with Allen Kessler, Tyler Patterson, Jeff Gross, and 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel.

Action will be deliberate in the early going with the deep stacks and slow structure. That will change as the day moves along.