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Event 22 Day 2 Starting Chip Counts

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$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

$1,000,000 Guarantee Event 22 drew 502 players with 97 advancing to Day 2.

FIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
ERACLESPANAYITOUTOMS RIVERNJ446,000
KANELAIHGHLNDS RANCHCO337,000
PAULHYDENTAMPAFL283,500
CASEYYONTZCOLUMBUSOH253,500
SCOTTBAUMSTEINNEW YORKNY245,000
FABRIZIO JAVIERGONZALEZ CATALDIPOTEVEDRA MARIN232,500
MUKULPAHUJACOCONUT CREEKFL220,500
ANTHONYMARCHTAMPAFL206,000
JAMESLADEIRAFORT LAUDERDALEFL201,000
JONATHANBORENSTEINTEANECKNJ192,500
DAVIDDIAZBARTLETTTN188,000
VIKTORLAVIRAMOH-GOCH187,500
NIKOLAISEARSMUSKEGONMI179,000
ANDREWHINRICHSENCAMBERWELL170,500
JUSTINZAKITIERRA VERDEFL161,500
SETHDAVIESBENDOR157,000
CRAIGVARNELLAURORACO157,000
MIGUELCHAJTURFORT LAUDERDALEFL145,500
JACQUELYNSCOTTFORT LAUDERDALEFL144,500
LANCEGARCIAKATYTX143,000
DARRYLRONCONINAPERVILLEIL142,500
MICHAELMORTONDAVIEFL140,000
ANDREDYONISIOMISSION VIEJOCA135,500
CRAIGBERGERONFARMINGTON HILLSMI133,500
RAJESHVOHRALAKE WORTHFL132,000
RONALDSORCIPARKLANDFL131,000
ALEXANDERKEATINGSARATOGACA130,000
CHRISTOPHERHUNICHENCLAYTONNC129,500
DANIELFUHSSAN DIEGOCA123,000
ROBERTZLATKISSORLANDOFL122,000
RAFAELMARCONDES REISKENTWA120,500
FILIPPKHAVINSAINT PETERSBURGFL119,000
SAMANTHAABERNATHYLAS VEGASNV118,000
TIMOTHYCHANGLAS VEGASNV116,000
RAYANCHAMASROXBOROQC115,500
JONATHANHILTONCHATTANOOGATN114,000
ThomasSheetsNORFOLKVA114,000
JEANNETTEMENDEZSCOTTSDALEAZ110,500
DANIELCLEMENTEWESLEY CHAPELFL109,500
NIGELMURRAYMIAMI GARDENSFL107,000
ROBERTMELOHOWARD BEACHNY104,500
PETERWALSWORTHSARASOTAFL103,500
MICHAELDENTALEBROOKLYNNY102,000
JONATHANMARKSWESTONFL102,000
KENNETHEINIGERLAS VEGASNV91,500
JamesLenaghanMOBILEAL87,500
zoltanczinkotaDAVIEFL85,500
LOISBOVITPLANTATIONFL82,500
EDDIETURNERLUTZFL82,500
ALEXANDERROCHABRIGANTINENJ82,000
CHARLESFLEURYDANIA BEACHFL79,500
MATTHEWGLANTZLAFAYETTE HLPA79,000
WILLIAMCOOLEYSANTA ROSA BEACHFL78,000
NICHOLASSCHULMANMANHATTANNY78,000
LUISROBLEJOMIAMIFL75,500
SCOTTANDERSONCANDORNC71,000
RichardWhitebrookMIAMI BEACHFL70,500
RYANVAN SANFORDCOLO SPGSCO70,000
RICHARDKANEBRANDONFL69,500
XUANLIUTORONTOON69,000
MICHAELLAAKEBOCA RATONFL66,500
JONATHANDUHAMELBOUCHERVILLEQC66,000
DAVIDPOCESBOCA RATONFL65,000
GLENNLAFAYERIDGEFIELDCT64,000
DEANBARANOWSKILEWISVILLETX63,500
RYAND'ANGELOENDWELLNY63,500
DANIELSUIEDHALLANDALEFL62,500
MATTHEWSHAFMANWEST ORANGENJ61,000
RAJAEEWAZWAZBROOKLYN PARKMN58,500
MICHAELARONPALM BCH GDNSFL56,000
KENNETHWATSONMontego Bay54,500
LEROYJONES JRHOLLYWOODFL52,000
LEOWOLPERTHENDERSONNV51,000
MARKBRYANORANGECA49,000
CHRISTOPHERBOLEKBOCA RATONFL48,500
ERICBLAIRLAS VEGASNV48,000
JASONLEETAVENTURAFL47,700
MICHAELLEWINDELRAY BEACHFL47,000
RONITCHAMANIJOHANNESBURG44,500
PHILIPRIGBYLONDON44,000
ALEXANDERFITZGERALDSAN JOSE43,000
SCOTTHARTPARKLANDFL43,000
BRETTLIMONCELLISHOREHAMNY40,000
TRISTANWADEBOYNTON BEACHFL40,000
TSIONVAZANAN MIAMI BEACHFL39,500
ARDITKURSHUMIDELRAY BEACHFL39,000
GARYBOLDENCHESTERFIELDMO38,500
BRYNKENNEYLONG BEACHNY36,000
LINPINGRICHMOND HILLON32,000
KENNETHSMARONPHILADELPHIAPA29,500
SAMUELPHILLIPSWEST PALM BCHFL28,500
JOHNRACENERTAMPAFL25,500
HAROLDLAMHIALEAHFL22,500
WALTERBUSSBRUSSELS22,000
KENNETHBRUNOATLANTISFL18,500
MOHAMEDMAGHRAOUIBRANDONFL10,500
SYEDSHAHDELRAY BEACHFL2,000
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Event 22: Panayitou Leads After Day 1

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$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Eracles Panayitou rolled up another 120,000 chips on the final level of play to leave him a chip lead of over 100,000 by the time play ended this evening.

Kane Lai barreled to second place as he added another 84,000 chips on his final level finishing with 337,000.  Paul Hyden finished third with 283,000 followed by Casey Yountz at 253,500 and Scott Baumstein at 245,000.

Overall, 502 players took part in tonight’s tournament and 97 of them will return tomorrow at noon to try to reach the final table of Event 22.

Here are the top ten chip stacks headed into Day 2:

Eracles Panayitou – 446,000
Kane Lai – 337,000
Paul Hyden – 283,500
Casey Yontz – 253,500
Scott Baumstein – 245,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez – 232,500
Mukul Pahuja – 220,500
Anthony March – 206,000
James Ladeira – 201,000
Jonathan Borenstein – 192,500

Best of luck to everyone who made Day 2!

Eracles Panayitou
Eracles Panayitou
Kane Lai
Kane Lai
Paul Hyden
Paul Hyden
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Event 22: Sean Shah Down to 1 Big Blind on Final Hand

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$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

In the final hand of the night, Sean Shah moved all in from the button for 43,700, and the big blind called all in for 41,800 with As6d. Shah turned over Jd9d.

The board came AdJc4sQs7c, and the big blind won the pot with a pair of aces to double up in chips, knocking Shah down to 1,900 — less than a single big blind — with no more hands left to play tonight.

When the chips were colored up, Shah won the race to trade his four black 100 chips for a single 500 chip. So he finished the night with 2,000. Shah knew he had chips left, but wandered away from the table as if he might forfeit his stack. We’ll have to wait and see if he returns tomorrow for Day 2.

Sean Shah  –  2,000 (<1 bb)

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Event 22: Final Level

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$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

We’ve hit the final level of play here on Day 1.  It’s been an incredibly competitive evening as we are now down to 126 players remaining.

Two more players trying to end up as tonight’s chip leader are Eracles Panayitou and Scott Baumstein.  Panayitou is at a whopping 326,600 chips while Baumstein is sitting on an impressive 242,700.   It is anybody’s race as we push through the final half hour of play.

Eracles Panayitou
Eracles Panayitou
Scott Baumstein
Scott Baumstein

 

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Championship Day 2: Rick Alvarado Leads the Final 43

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Day 2 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open comes to an end with 43 players remaining from the field of 907. The chipleader is Rick Alvarado (who lives in Las Vegas but is originally from Ontario, California), who is on a hot streak as he just won SHRPO Event 16 three days ago. You can read more about Alvarado’s victory by clicking here.

Rick Alvarado
Chipleader Rick Alvarado

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon in the same tournament room, with one-hour levels. When the field reaches the final three tables (27 players), the levels will increase to 90 minutes. Day 3 will play for as long as it takes to reach the final nine players for Tuesday’s televised final table.

Here are the official chip counts for the final 43 players, as the blinds will start tomorrow at 10,000-20,000 (3,000 ante).

1.  Rick Alvarado  –  2,011,000  (101 bb)
2.  Mark MacDonnell  –  1,495,000  (75 bb)
3.  Brian Phillis  –  1,385,000  (69 bb)
4.  Joseph Couden  –  1,369,000  (68 bb)
5.  Ari Engel  –  1,142,000  (57 bb)
6.  Chris Csik  –  1,100,000  (55 bb)
7.  Paul Volpe  –  997,000  (50 bb)
8.  Randy Pfeifer  –  986,000  (49 bb)
9.  Daniel Colman  –  966,000  (48 bb)
10.  Alberto Rodriguez  –  949,000  (47 bb)
11.  Lucas Fauth  –  910,000  (46 bb)
12.  Michel Bittan  –  856,000  (43 bb)
13.  Arman Sogomonian  –  785,000  (39 bb)
14.  Tim Seidensticker  –  733,000  (37 bb)
15.  Thayer Rasmussen  –  710,000  (36 bb)
16.  Joseph Cheong  –  709,000  (35 bb)
17.  Brannon Sawyer  –  692,000  (35 bb)
AVERAGE  –  633,000  (32 bb)
18.  Aditya Prasetyo  –  623,000  (31 bb)
19.  Cheng Liu  –  565,000  (28 bb)
20.  Jeff Griffiths  –  551,000  (28 bb)
21.  Anthony Maio  –  539,000  (27 bb)
22.  John Spadavecchia  –  527,000  (26 bb)
23.  Evan Panesis  –  474,000  (24 bb)
24.  Travell Thomas  –  425,000  (21 bb)
25.  Pablo Ortiz  –  419,000  (21 bb)
26.  Kristophner Bradshaw  –  399,000  (20 bb)
27.  William McKown  –  393,000  (20 bb)
28.  Karen Onheiser  –  370,000  (19 bb)
29.  Michael Yaw  –  359,000  (18 bb)
30.  Gordon Vayo  –  358,000  (18 bb)
31.  Joe Kuether  –  347,000  (17 bb)
32.  Luis Santoni  –  346,000  (17 bb)
33.  Ronald Fernandez  –  303,000  (15 bb)
34.  Vlad Mezheritsky  –  298,000  (15 bb)
35.  Harry Cullen  –  285,000  (14 bb)
36.  Daniel Buzgon  –  271,000  (14 bb)
37.  Neil Blumenfield  –  270,000  (14 bb)
38.  Omar Zazay  –  266,000  (13 bb)
39.  David Jackson  –  249,000  (12 bb)
40.  James Gilbert  –  200,000  (10 bb)
41.  Lawrence Moccia  –  199,000  (10 bb)
42.  Ronnie Bardah  –  197,000  (10 bb)
43.  James Salmon  –  174,000  (9 bb)

Here’s the remaining prizepool:

1st:  $1,000,000
2nd:  $575,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $180,000
6th:  $150,000
7th:  $125,000
8th:  $100,000
9th:  $75,000
10th-12th:  $50,000
13th-15th:  $40,000
16th-18th:  $35,000
19th-21st:  $32,500
22nd-24th:  $30,000
25th-27th:  $27,500
28th-36th:  $25,000
37th-43rd:  $22,500

Return to SHRPO.com tomorrow at 12:00 noon ET for continuing coverage as these players keep battling for the $1 million first prize.

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Championship Day 2: Penalty for Travell Thomas

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Travell Thomas and Marc Macdonnell
Travell Thomas (left) and Marc Macdonnell

In one of the final hands of the night, Travell Thomas was given a penalty for grabbing and revealing Marc Macdonnell’s mucked cards. It appeared to be a preflop raise or reraise by Macdonnell to take the pot, and Thomas picked up the cards to see what they were.

A floorperson was immediately called over, and Thomas was given a one-round penalty to finish out the night. His penalty will carry over to the beginning of play tomorrow as he must sit out the first several hands.

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Championship Day 2: Vinny Trinh Eliminated by John Spadavecchia

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

In one of the final hands of the night, Vinny Trinh moved all in from the button for 128,000, and John Spadavecchia called from the small blind with AdQd. Trinh turned over AhKd, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Qc9d3c7c8c, and Spadavecchia paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Trinh in 45th place.

John Spadavecchia  –  527,000  (33 bb)
Vinny Trinh  –  Eliminated in 45th Place  ($22,500)

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Event 22: Linear Thinking

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$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 Ante

Gregg Fund is taking a rather unique approach to his chip-stacking. Instead of spreading them out in a wall-style formation, Fund has them all in a straight line facing toward his opponents.  We’re not sure if we should call this a stair step, mountain range or battleship formation but either way it’s still impressive.  Though a lot of them are one hundred denomination chips, he still stands at 112,400 and looking for more as we continue on in Level 12.

Gregg Fund
Gregg Fund

Fund Chip Stack

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Championship Day 2: Anthony Zinno Eliminated on a Bad Beat by Alberto Rodriguez

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

After a flop of AcKdQd, Alberto Rodriguez checked the hijack, Anthony Zinno bet 77,000 from the cutoff, and Rodriguez check-raised to 180,000.

Zinno tanked for a while before he moved all in for 406,000. Then it was Rodriguez’s turn to tank, and he tanked for several minutes before he called with a similar chip stack and turned over AsQh for two pair. But Zinno turned over KsKc for a set of kings.

The turn was — the Ad.

The entire table reacted loudly as Rodriguez took the lead with a full house, aces full of queens. Only the case king could save Zinno now.

The river card was the 3s.

Rodriguez won the pot with his full house, and when the chip stacks were counted down, Rodriguez had Zinno covered by 11,000 (417K to 406K). Zinno was eliminated in 48th place.

Zinno has been on an incredibly hot run lately, winning two WPT titles earlier this year, winning the WPT’s Player of the Year award, and picking up his first WSOP bracelet this summer.

Rodriguez raised his arms in the air and shouted to a friend on the rail: “I did it! I beat the Zinno! I lucked out, but I beat him!”

Alberto Rodriguez  –  1,000,000  (63 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 48th Place  ($20,000)

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Championship Day 2: Michel Bittan Doubles Thru Joseph Cheong

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Michel Bittan
Michel Bittan

With the final board showing Js8h6sKh10h on the river, Michel Bittan moved all in from middle position for 195,000, and Joseph Cheong tanked for a while before he called.

Bittan said something along the lines of, “Should I go with the straight, or the flush?” as he turned over AhQh for an ace-high flush (and a meaningless ace-high straight). Cheong mucked, but since it was an all-in situation, the dealer flipped over his cards to reveal Kd6d for two pair, kings and sixes.

Michel Bittan  –  850,000  (53 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  645,000  (40 bb)

With 51 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 534,000 (33 big blinds).