Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
End of Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 1,222
Average Stack: 655,000 (54 big blinds)

The remaining 56 players are in the midst of their first, 15-minute break of the day. Here’s a look at the updated results through 57th place:

Today’s eliminations:

57th: FERNANDO DIAZ – $9,855
58th: DEREK ECENARRO – $9,855
59th: JOSEPH DRORY – $9,855
60th: MICHAEL KRASIEN – $9,855
61st: CHRISTIAN SOTO-VASQUEZ – $9,855
62nd: FREDERIK JENSEN – $9,855
63rd: SAMUEL PHILLIPS – $9,855
64th: ROBERT KUHN – $7,791
65th: VLADISLAV MEZHERITSKY – $7,791
66th: RYAN TEPEN – $7,791
67th: ALEXANDER QUEEN – $7,791
68th: ROBERT BANKS – $7,791
69th: MARVIN RETTENMAIER – $7,791
70th: SHEDDY SIDDIQUI – $7,791
71st: MICHAEL LAAKE – $7,791
72nd: LONG TRAN – $7,791
73rd: STEWART NEWMAN – $6,856
74th: TANNER MILLEN – $6,856

Yesterday’s eliminations:

75th : LUIS SANTONI – $6,856
76th : XIAOYAN WANG – $6,856
77th : JASON WHEELER – $6,856
78th : BARRY HUTTER II – $6,856
79th : JEREMY JOSEPH – $6,856
80th : MILLARD HALE III – $6,856
81st : ALEXANDER TURYANSKY – $6,856
82nd : SHANNON SHORR – $6,583
83rd : ELLIOTT ZAYDMAN – $6,583
84th : YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO – $6,583
85th : JUSTIN BOND – $6,583
86th : JOSEPH COUDEN – $6,583
87th : LIAM HE – $6,583
88th : FRASER SHORT – $6,583
89th : CAMILO MANRIQUE HUIZI – $6,583
90th : BRENT ROBERTS – $6,583
91st : ALEXIS GAVIN – $6,544
92nd : CHAN EARL PELTON – $6,544
93rd : SAMUEL TAYLOR – $6,544
94th : SHAWN BUCHANAN – $6,544
95th : JAVIER GOMEZ ZAPAT ERO – $6,544
96th : ANDREW SPEARS – $6,544
97th : RYAN RIESS – $6,544
98th : DERRICK SIMON – $6,544
99th : NICHOLAS PETITTI – $6,544
100th : JONATHAN BRODY – $6,505
101st : AMIR LEHAVOT – $6,505
102nd : NATHAN BJERNO – $6,505
103rd : JORGE CUESTA – $6,505
104th : JAN ZIEGLER – $6,505
105th : EVAN DOLLINGER – $6,505
106th : CHARLES ALEXANDER – $6,505
107th : ALEXANDER ROCHA – $6,505
108th : RYAN LAPLANTE – $6,505
109th : CHARLES TOWNSEND – $6,466
110th : BRIAN ALTMAN – $6,466
111th : THOMAS MARCHESE – $6,466
112th : YARON WASSERMAN – $6,466
113th : KEVIN ANDRIAMAHEFA – $6,466
114th : CHENG LIU – $6,466
115th : TYLER JACKSON – $6,466
116th : PRABHU MOGULLA – $6,466
117th : JOSEPH ELPAYAA – $6,466
118th : NITHIN EAPEN – $6,350
119th : UPESHKA DESILVA – $6,350
120th : JOHN DOLAN – $6,350
121st : WENDY FREEDMAN – $6,350
122nd : PHONG NGUYEN – $6,350
123rd : BRIAN PHILUS – $6,350
124th : ANGELO SPINAZZOLA – $6,350
125th : JOEL TUSHNET – $6,350
126th : STEVEN BENNETT – $6,350
127th : JULIO FERNANDEZ – $5,687
128th : MICHAEL ORTIZ – $5,687
129th : JEAN CHRISTOPHE FERREIRA – $5,687
130th : ANDREW WHITAKER – $5,687
131st : JORGE RIBEIRO – $5,687
132nd : HIREN PATEL – $5,687
133rd : DANIEL DEENZO – $5,687
134th : NICOLAS YUNIS – $5,687
135th : RANDY OHEL – $5,687
136th : ALEXANDER HABER – $5,064
137th : ANDRE CROOKS – $5,064
138th : TIMOTHY WEST – $5,064
139th : NEIL BLUMENFIELD – $5,064
140th : ROBERT EDELSTEIN – $5,064
141st : JONATHAN JAFFE – $5,064
142nd : JEAN-MANUEL ESTRALA – $5,064
143rd : SHEA SMITH – $5,064
144th : TAYLOR VONKRIEGENBERGH – $5,064
145th : CLAUDIO KALILI – $4,791
146th : GLENN BECKER – $4,791
147th : TALESH PATEL – $4,791
148th : YUNG HWANG – $4,791
149th : EDWARD MALLON – $4,791
150th : DIMITRY AGRACHOV – $4,791
151st : STEPHEN LEAHY – $4,791
152nd : KURT LICHTMAN – $4,791
153rd : BRANDON SCHWARTZ – $4,791

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 1,222
Average Stack: 632,000 (44 big blinds)

Joseph Drory opened from early position and the button, small blind and Carlo Rodriguez in the big blind all called. The flop fell and it checked to Drory. He bet 45,000. The button folded as did the player in the small blind. Rodriguez called and they saw the turn.

Fourth street was the and Rodriguez lead for 140,000. After a bit of thought, Drory shoved having Rodriguez covered. Rodriguez check and re-checked his hole cards before he called.

Rodriguez: for a 10-high flush
Drory: for top pair with an ace-high flush draw

The river completed with the — a safe card for Rodriguez — and Rodriguez stood in celebration. He earned the full double while Drory was left crippled. Drory busted 59th the very next hand.

Carlo Rodriguez – 840,000 (70 bb)
Joseph Drory – Eliminated in 59th place ($9,855)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 1,222
Average Stack: 539,000 (44 big blinds)

Marvin Rettenmaier began the day as one of the shortstacks and it took him less than a level to put his chips at risk. He shoved from early position and Enos Smith called from his direct left. It folded around and Rettenmaier was at risk against Smith.

Smith:
Rettenmaier:

The board fell and Rettenmaier never improved. He busted with 69th earning $7,791 while Smith scooped his chips.

Enos Smith – 1,325,000 (110 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated in 69th place ($7,791)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 69 of 1,222
Average Stack: 531,000 (44 big blinds)

Sheddy Siddiqui was the Day 3 leading member of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker team but he ran into early bad luck.

He was heads up with Andrzej Rogowski to the flop when four bets got all the chips in the middle. Siddiqui’s top pair was drawing super-thin against Rogowski’s flopped set , then drawing dead after the turn.

Not the result he wanted and the local favorite picked up $7,791 for his 70th place finish.

Andrzej Rogowski – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – Eliminated in 70th place ($7,791)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 73 of 1,222
Average Stack: 502,000 (41 big blinds)

Robert Brown, who began the restart with 126,000 chips, got the last of his shortstack all-in holding against the of Robert Banks. Brown was in a world of hurt, but the runout fell improving to a pair on the river and earning him the full double through Banks.

Like Brown, Banks also doubled on the very next hand. Justin Young was caught “with his hand in the cookie jar” and his was no good against Banks’ .

Robert Brown – 275,000 (22 bb)
Robert Banks – 220,000 (18 bb)
Justin Young – 1,480,000 (123 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 74 of 1,222
Average Stack: 495,000 (41 big blinds)

After a few announcements from Tournament Director Tony Burns, cards are in the air for Day 3 of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 74 of 1,222
Average Stack: 495,000 (41 big blinds)

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship drew 1,222 entrants but only 74 are still around with a chance to put their name on the WPT Champions Cup. It will be a long day but we should have the final table six before the night is through.

Several players took their time on top of the chip counts on Day 2 but it’s Andrey Plotnikov who returns to Day 3 with the chip lead. He’ll restart the Championship with almost 1.8 million with Brian Yoon his closest competitor with 1.5 million.

We have five Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members still alive for the title. Sheddy Siddiqui leads the five with Mukul Pahuja, Michael Laake, John Racener, and Stewart Newman also in contention.

The Championship switches up to 90-minute levels giving them plenty of room to maneuver with the average stack hovering around 40 big blinds. It will be a test of skill for players to make it through the long day and book their seat at the WPT final table.

Players are taking their seats, unbagging their chips, and cards will soon be in the air.

Top ten returning stacks:

Andrey Plotnikov – 1,793,000 (149 bb)
Brian Yoon – 1,468,000 (122 bb)
Justin Young – 1,466,000 (122 bb)
Robert Kuhn – 1,447,000 (121 bb)
Kevin Chan – 1,350,000 (113 bb)
David Shmuel – 1,173,000 (98 bb)
Matthew Haugen – 1,137,000 (95 bb)
Phil Hui – 1,106,000 (92 bb)
Tim Reilly – 1,030,000 (86 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 920,000 (77 bb)

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The 21st of 30 primary events on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is minutes away from kickoff in the ballroom. The $350 buy-in no limit hold’em tournament features 12,000-chip starting stacks and 30-minute levels throughout. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 (about 4:30 p.m.).

Additional details:

12PM: Event 21 – $350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion

Event 21 Structure Sheet

We will touch base with you again when registration closes and the prize pool is finalized.

Good luck, players!