$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 342
Average Stack: 855,000 (53 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Jared Jaffee was in the big blind facing off against Bryan Picciolo. The board was and action was on Piccioli who put out a bet of 200,000 — enough to put Jaffee all-in. After a minute or two, Jaffee plopped a few chips in the pot and flipped over for top pair. Piccioli was caught with second best flipping over for a pair of eights.

The river fell the and Team Member Jaffee earned the double.

Jared Jaffee – 561,000 (35 bb)
Bryan Picciolo – 328,000 (20 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 342
Average Stack: 855,000 (53 bb)

Jon Turner, who’s been short as of late, got all-in preflop holding against Dietrich Fast’s . Turner was at risk and drawing slim.

A flop caused Turner to stand and gather his thing. The turn and river didn’t change anything in the hand and Turner hit the rail 17th good for $41,070. Fast, meanwhile, sits on a stack of 1,265,000 chips.

Dietrich Fast – 1,265,000 (79 bb)
Jon Turner – Eliminated in 17th place ($41,070)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 342
Average Stack: 805,000 (50 bb)

Anthony was in the small blind and at risk against Giuseppe Pantaleo in late position. Pantaleo held the advantage in the counts and in the hands as with to Zinno’s .

The flop smacked Zinno, falling improving him to two pair. The turn and the river didn’t change a thing and Zinno doubled through Pantaleo.

Anthony Zinno – 686,000 (42 bb)
Giuseppe Pantaleo – 445,000 (37 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 342
Average Stack: 805,000 (50 bb)

Players returned from their second break of the day after Level 19 finished out with little fanfare or activity. Adrian Meteos has taken over the lead but Chino Rheem is still among the big stacks.

Table 7
Seat 1: Adrian Mateos – 1,768,000 (111 bb)
Seat 2: Giuseppe Pantaleo – 1,216,000 (76 bb)
Seat 3: Adam Levy – 755,000 (47 bb)
Seat 4: Anthony Zinno – 372,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Empty
Seat 6: Aditya Prasetyo – 501,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Lyle Vincent – 984,000 (62 bb)
Seat 8: Ben Zamani – 489,000 (31 bb)
Seat 9: Richard Leger – 1,039,000 (65 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1: Justin Zaki – 532,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: William Benson – 635,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Chino Rheem – 1,505,000 (94 bb)
Seat 4: Jonathan Little – 1,132,000 (71 bb)
Seat 5: Dietrich Fast – 923,000 (58 bb)
Seat 6: Jared Jaffee – 416,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Jon Turner – 298,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Bryan Piccioli – 707,000 (44 bb)
Seat 9: Noah Bronstein – 331,000 (21 bb)

Adrian Mateos – 1,768,000 (111 bb)
Chino Rheem – 1,505,000 (94 bb)
Guiseppe Pantaleo – 1,216,000 (76 bb)
Jonathan Little – 1,132,000 (71 bb)
Richard Leger – 1,039,000 (65 bb)
Lyle Vincent – 984,000 (62 bb)
Dietrich Fast – 923,000 (58 bb)
Adam Levy – 755,000 (47 bb)
Bryan Piccioli – 707,000 (44 bb)
William Benson – 635,000 (40 bb)
Justin Zaki – 532,000 (33 bb)
Aditya Prasetyo – 501,000 (31 bb)
Ben Zamani – 489,000 (31 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 416,000 (26 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 372,000 (23 bb)
Noah Bronstein – 331,000 (21 bb)
Jon Turner – 298,000 (19 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Total Entries: 54

The High Roller event had a $1 million guaranteed prize pool but that is in the rearview mirror. Much like the other tournaments this series, they had enough players in the game early to blast past the guarantee.

With 54 players so far, the prize pool has reached $1,350,000 with registration open until 9:45pm.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 342
Average Stack: 805,000 (63 bb)

After being shortstacked by Anthony Zinno and then losing a big one to Richard Leger’s set, David Paredes, who won the 2015 WPT Borgata Championship, met his fate at the hands of Leger. Leger opened from middle position and Paredes shoved from the small blind. Leger called and Paredes was racing for his tournament life.

Paredes:
Leger:

The flop fell improving Leger to a pair and earning him the lead. Paredes mucked his cards when the turn fell the and the river the . Leger’s pair was good and he busted Paredes 18th.

Richard Leger – 965,000 (80 bb)
David Paredes – Eliminated in 18th place ($41,070)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 342
Average Stack: 760,000 (63 bb)

Brent Roberts was eliminated from the Finale by Adrian Mateos. Mateos’ stack grew to 1,640,000 while tournament staff combined the event to the final two tables. Roberts, meanwhile, earned $33,955 for his 19th-place finish.

Adrian Mateos – 1,640,000 (136 bb)
Brent Roberts – Eliminated in 19th place ($33,955)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 342
Average Stack: 720,000 (57 bb)

Chino Rheem and Qasem Jamhour got the last of Jamhour’s chips in preflop. Rheem held and lead the of Jamhour. The dealer burned and turned an board. Rheem’s pair of aces was good and he earned the bustout.

Chino Rheem – 1,420,000
Qasem Jamhour – Eliminated in 20th place ($30,955)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 342
Average Stack: 684,000 (57 bb)

Anthony Zinno raised to 25,000 and David Paredes three-bet to 75,000 only to see a four-bet shove from Zinno for 268,000.

Paredes called after a short think with and he was behind for the knockout. Zinno’s tournament hopes took a hit on the flop and he was down to two outs after the turn.

One of those popped the river when the dealer put out the to give Zinno the double and get a “whoop” from Eddy Sabbat on Zinno’s rail.

David Paredes – 600,000 (50 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 570,000 (48 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 342
Average Stack: 684,000 (57 bb)

James Hughes got his last less than 100,000 chips in the pot preflop versus Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Team Member Justin Zaki.

Zaki:
Hughes:

The runout fell and Zaki’s queens held. Hughes busted 21st earning $33,955.

Justin Zaki – 775,000 (64 bb)
James Hughes – Eliminated in 21st place ($33,955