Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out) Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Here are updated chip stacks for notable players from the break, including everyone with at least 600,000 in chips:
1. Rick Alvarado – 1,113,000 2. Joseph Cheong – 1,037,000 3. Marc Macdonnell – 962,000 4. Dan Colman – 948,000 5. Joseph Couden – 934,000 6. Joe Kuether – 875,000 7. C. Csik – 871,000 8. Randy Pfeifer – 838,000 9. Ari Engel – 769,000 10. Lucas Fauth – 757,000 11. Karen Onheiser – 745,000 12. Neil Blumenfield – 645,000 13. Kunal Patel – 619,000 14. Anthony Zinno – 605,000
Travell Thomas – 596,000 Alberto Rodriguez – 496,000 Luis Santoni – 491,000 Thayer Rasmussen – 487,000 David DiBernardi – 478,000 Paul Volpe – 471,000 Ronald Fernandez – 457,000 Jose Gonzalez – 448,000 Harry Cullen – 402,000 James Gilbert – 396,000 Michel Bittan – 367,000 David Jackson – 362,000 Brian Phillis – 358,000 John Spadavecchia – 356,000 Jeff Griffiths – 335,000 Daniel Buzgon – 307,000 Hunter Cichy – 265,000 James Salmon – 259,000 Vlad Mezheritsky – 239,000 Mike Linster – 221,000 Ronnie Bardah – 213,000 Jimmy Tran – 201,000 Gordon Vayo – 174,000 Danny Shiff – 151,000 Ryan Rivers – 148,000 Vinny Trinh – 136,000 Eddy Sabat – 122,000 Ryan Tepen – 120,000 Jose Silva – 51,000
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
As the final official number of entrants into Event 22 ends up at
502, we took a look around to find some of the top chip stacks in the room.
Among the leaders are Paul Hyden 149,100 at and Raj Vohra holding onto 142,300 and Cord Garcia with 125,100. We’ll see if these players can carry their early success into tomorrow’s Day 2.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out) Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a 2,000 ante. Play will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:45 pm ET.
With 67 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 406,000 (34 big blinds).
The field is in the money, so these players are all guaranteed at least $15,000. The next pay jump is for 63rd place, which is worth $17,500.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out) Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
With the board showing on the turn, James Gilbert checked the hijack, Joseph Cheong bet 100,000 from the cutoff, and Gilbert called.
The river card paired the board with the , Gilbert checked, Cheong bet 235,000, and Gilbert thought for a while before he called. Cheong showed to win the pot with a full house, sevens full of jacks, and Gilbert mucked.
Joseph Cheong – 760,000 (76 bb) James Gilbert – 438,000 (44 bb)
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out) Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
The flop read when Ari Engel bet 21,000 on the hijack. The big blind raised to 50,000 and Engel called. The turn was the and Engel bet 66,000. The big blind raised all in and Engel called all in for 305,000.
The big blind revealed K-Q but Engel held for a full house. The river fell and Engel doubled up to survive with 632,000.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out) Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Jose Silva moved all in from middle position for 30,000, and Kane Kalas called from the big blind with and a slightly larger stack. Silva turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Silva won the pot with his king to double up in chips and knock Kalas down to less than a single big blind.
Jose Silva – 74,000 (7 bb) Kane Kalas – 9,000 (<1 bb)
The next hand, Thayer Rasmussen raised UTG+1 to 25,000, Neil Blumenfield reraised from the hijack to 60,000, and Kalas called all in from the small blind for 8,000. Rasmussen called the 60,000, creating a side pot of 104,000. Any further betting would go into the side pot.
The flop came , Rasmussen checked, Blumenfield bet 65,000, and Rasmussen folded. Blumenfield took the side pot.
Kalas turned over for five high, and he’d need something runner-runner to stay alive against Blumenfield’s (pair of nines).
The turn was the , the river was the , and Blumenfield won the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Kalas in 69th place.
Neil Blumenfield – 755,000 (76 bb) Kane Kalas – Eliminated in 69th Place ($15,000)
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
As registration closed for Event 22, we saw an all-star cast roll up to the table to get their seating assignments. This field just got a lot tougher as Tristan Wade, Matt Waxman, Mohsin Charania, Chris Moorman, Bryn Kenney, “Miami Boss” Dan Suied, Xuan Liu, Alex Keating and Phil Laak all threw the hats into the ring at the last second.
The entry count has stopped for the moment at a massive 502 entries. We’ll have the official count and payouts shortly.