$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 6: 150/300/50 Ante
Main Event players are on their second break of the day with 417 entrants in the game so far. Registration is open for more than three hours so we should see a regular increase until after dinner.
It’s time to find some more big stacks and see how our local are doing against some of the big guns.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 6: 150/300/50 Ante
If Seminole Hard Rock Poker pro Michael Laake matches his last tournament result, he’ll be a very happy man. He trekked across the state last month for the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship then walked away with the biggest prize and a guitar trophy.
Laake is back on his home turf and part of the field that reached 400 entrants in Level 6.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 6: 150/300/50 Ante
Seminole Hard Rock Poker pro Matt Stout took a long flight from Vegas to play in the WPT DeepStacks Main Event and he took his seat shortly after the first break.
Stout’s one of the favorites in the room and he also made the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” final table. Technically.
He took a tough beat late in the day and finished in tenth, far lower than where he anticipated.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 5: 100/200/25 Ante
It’s been less than two months since our last major final table and we highlighted the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” champion, Jake Bazeley, earlier in the day. There are two more players from that final table in today’s field with David Prociak (runner-up) holding a nice stack and Martin Carnero (fourth place) ready to make another big run.
They are part of a field which should hit 400 entrants before the next break for a great start to the Main Event.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 5: 100/200/25 Ante
Brian Reinhert has taken over Dmitry Agrachov’s lead, thanks to winning a nice pot off TJ Shulman when his 
paired the 
board. He moved over 85,000 and ready for a repeat performance from last week.
Reinhert played the WPT DeepStacks event last week at the Hustler Casino in California and finished third for a nice $50,000 payday. He’d be happy with a similar finish this week where the payout will be even larger. Reinhert is being railed by his friend (and fellow #WhyNotUs team member), three-time WSOP Circuit winner Nancy Birnbaum.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 4: 75/150/25 Ante
We found some early big stacks in the room but it was Dmitry Agrachov leading at the first break. He’s more than tripled his starting stack in the first two hours and Brian Reinert was his closest competitor.
Agrachov has some nice success including a runner-up finish the 2012 WPT Regional tournament at Seminole Coconut Creek and over $250,000 in career earnings.
Top and notable stacks:
Dmitry Agrachov – 81,225 (542 bb)
Brian Reinert – 74,250 (495 bb)
Jacob Baumgartner – 73,225 (488 bb)
Hans Gruber – 70,200 (468 bb)
Michael Newman – 67,900 (453 bb)
David Diaz – 60,875 (406 bb)
Tony Cheng – 60,025 (400 bb)
William McKown – 59,600 (397 bb)
Jonathan Marks – 59,325 (396 bb)
Marsel Backa – 53,125 (354 bb)
Thomas Macey – 52,150 (348 bb)
TJ Shulman – 44,725 (298 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 40,175 (268 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 34,550 (230 bb)
David Jackson – 33,650 (224 bb)
Ralph Massey – 33,450 (223 bb)
Matt Affleck – 31,225 (208 bb)
John Dolan – 28,725 (192 bb)
Joe Serock – 28,725 (192 bb)
David Prociak – 27,625 (184 bb)
Steven Karp – 27,300 (182 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 25,600 (171 bb)
Tristan Wade – 25,550 (170 bb)
Joe Kuether – 24,900 (166 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – 24,525 (164 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 23,625 (158 bb)
Zo Karim – 23,600 (157 bb)
Jonathan Duhamel – 14,775 (99 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 13,025 (87 bb)
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 3: 75/150
Main Event players are on their first break of the day and can take 15 minutes to relax, unwind, or throw some food in their belly.
We’ll take the opportunity to walk the field to find our early big stacks and notable counts.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 3: 75/150
Players are about to head off on their first break of the day with 345 entrants showing on the clock.
T.K. Miles is one of our early adopters and has some nice Seminole Hard Rock Poker results of late. He finished 15th in the 2015 Coco Poker Open Championship and fifth in the recent Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open for $46,000.
Both tournaments qualify for leaderboard points to make him our current Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year leader ahead of Jake Bazeley.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 3: 75/150
The opening flight topped 300 entrants during Level 2 and continues to grow as players get closer to taking their first break of the day. Still plenty of time to get in the game with late registration open until 7:30pm.
Tables 9 and 10 feature two players with similar experiences. John Dolan and Neil Blumenfield are part of a small group of players with WSOP Main Event final table experience and even smaller fraternity of those who played in the November Nine era.
John Dolan finished sixth at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table, won by the previously mentioned Jonathan Duhamel (technically also a November Niners) and Blumenfield took home third place money in 2015.
$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 2: 50/100
The last time we saw Jake Bazeley, he was posing for the picture below. He was our big winner during the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” after winning the Championship for more than $568,000.
Bazeley’s back and looking to duplicate that feat. He has the skill and the results to prove it, he’s earned more than $3 million in his live career (and another $3 million in the glory days of online poker). Besides the Championship win in December, Bazeley also won a WSOP Circuit ring along with three WSOP final table and two WPT final tables including the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.
