$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 249

Jessica Hoy raised to 20,000 from middle position and James Giglia three-bet to 60,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Hoy, who moved all in and Giglia called.

Giglia was the one at risk, all in for 156,000, and showed . It was a race situation with Hoy showing .

The board ran out and Giglia doubled up with a full house.

James Giglia – 335,000
Jessica Hoy – 330,000

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 1,222
Average Stack: 412,000 (41 big blinds)

Rainer Kempe opened to 25,000 in the hijack, and Brent Roberts three-bet shoved for 208,000 on the button. Barry Hutter called all in for the same amount in the big blind, and Kempe folded to let the other two play for stacks.

Roberts:
Hutter:

The board ran out . Roberts took a temporary lead on the flop, but Hutter rivered the nut flush to earn the knockout, more than doubling up in the process.

Barry Hutter – 455,000 (46 bb)
Brent Roberts – Eliminated

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 249

Maury Barrett moved all in from the cutoff for 49,000 and Jason Falquecee called out of the big blind.

Barrett tabled and was in the lead against Falquecee’s . The board ran out and Barrett doubled up.

Maury Barrett – 110,000
Jason Falquecee – 530,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 20; 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 249

Sheraz Nasir moved all in for 47,000 from middle position and was called by Nalton Williams in the small blind and Jason Young in the big blind.

Young and Williams checked it down and opted not to create a side pot. The board ran out . Nasir showed , Williams tabled and Young took the pot with .

Nasir was eliminated in ninth place and took home $1,046 for his finish.

Jason Young – 260,000
Sheraz Nasir – Eliminated

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 94 of 1,222
Average Stack: 390,000 (39 big blinds)

The players have just returned from their final break of the evening, and Level 20 is the last one on the schedule for Day 2. The board shows 94 players remaining, and the average stack has dipped below 40 big blinds to start the new level.

The survivors will bag up for the night in an hour.

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 19; 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 249

We missed the action, but Jeremy Blevins was eliminated in 10th place. He took home $680 for his efforts and the remaining nine players are guaranteed $1,049 for their final table appearance.

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 249

The field of 249 players is down to its final 10 and they have re-drawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

With Jason Falqueece leading the field, everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $680, but they are all within reach of the $14,636 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final 10 players.

Seat 1: Joshua Rivera – 286,000
Seat 2: Maury Barrett – 90,000
Seat 3: Nalton Williams – 388,000
Seat 4: Jason Young – 191,000
Seat 5: Jeremy Blevins – 70,000
Seat 6: Jason Falquecee – 673,000
Seat 7: Richard Arruo – 99,000
Seat 8: Sheraz Nasir – 210,000
Seat 9: Jessica Hoy – 400,000
Seat 10: James Giglia – 95,000

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 105 of 1,222
Average Stack: 349,000 (44 big blinds)

Robert Kuhn opened to 17,000 in middle position, and Nathan Bjerno three-bet to 51,000 on the button. Kuhn four-bet to 122,000, Bjerno moved all in, and Kuhn called all in for 469,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Kuhn:
Bjerno:

The board ran out , and Kuhn doubled up. He was also responsible for the recent elimination of Alex Rocha, and his stack has now ballooned from about 220,000 to nearly a million over the last half hour or so.

Robert Kuhn – 958,000 (120 bb)
Nathan Bjerno – 45,000 (6 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 104 of 1,222
Average Stack: 352,500 (44 big blinds)

On the turn with the board reading , John Racener bet 19,000 out of the small blind and Ryan Laplante raised to 50,000 from under-the-gun.

Racener moved all in for 189,000 and Laplante quickly called. Racener showed , good for trip deuces and Laplante was drawing to two outs with his .

The river was the and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team member doubled up.

John Racener – 410,000
Ryan Laplante – 91,000

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 1,222
Average Stack: 291,000 (49 big blinds)

Justin Young opened to 13,000 under the gun, and Julio Fernandez three-bet to 35,000 a couple seats over. When the action folded back around to Young, he stuck in a four-bet, though it was never counted down. Fernandez instantly moved all in for about 220,000 total, and Young snap-called to put him at risk.

Young:
Fernandez:

The flop sent Fernandez spinning out of his chair in celebration, and he had his back turned to the table as the dealer put the out on the turn. Young re-took the lead with a set of aces, and the river sealed Fernandez’s elimination.

Justin Young – 495,000 (83 bb)
Julio Fernandez – Eliminated