$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 22: Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

The 2 players have been shifting chips around heads-up, but are still battling it out. Here are updated chip counts as they go on their 15 minute break:

Ian O’ Hara – 830K
Derrick Simon – 667K

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 32: Blinds 80k/160k/20k ante

Hanowski lost a big pot against Colman without a showdown and soon had to take a stand. He open-shoved his final 2,450,000 and was called by John Dolan.

Hanowski:
Dolan:

After counting down the stacks, Dolan had Hanowski slighty covered putting the German in danger. The dealer ran out a drama-free and Hanowski was the first knocked off the final table, finishing in 6th place for $324,269.

Mike Leah – 13,945,000
Dan Colman – 10,400,000
Shawn Cunix – 10,015,000
John Dolan – 6,000,000
Joe Kuether – 4,370,000

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 32: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

Dan Colman opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Shawn Cunix called on the button to the flop. Colman check/called a 250,000 bet before Cunix the turn.

Colman checked/called 500,000 from Cunix this time and check again after the river. Cunix shoved for 2,330,000 and Colman quickly called. Cunix confidently table which was far superior to Colman’s . Cunix doubles up and Colman drops back a bit.

Players are off on their first break of the day.

Mike Leah – 13,745,000
Dan Colman – 8,330,000
Shawn Cunix – 7,010,000
Joe Kuether – 5,850,000
Martin Hanowski – 5,245,000
John Dolan – 4,720,000

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Level 6: 150/300/ 25 ante

Players are just coming back from their 10 minute break. Now at blinds of 150/300/ 25 ante. There are 311 entries so far. This is the last level where people can enter or re-enter the event. Angel Vu was just seen exiting the tournament area after busting out, but has quickly re-entered and sat right back down. That is the beauty of re-entry tournaments…multiple chances at making the big bucks.

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 32: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

John Dolan moved his short stack in several times over the first few hands then found a caller about 30 minutes into play.

Mike Leah opened to 240,000 from the button and Dolan moved all-in for 2,740,000 with against Mike Leah’s . Leah took the lead in the race on the flop but Dolan hit his saving card on the river to lock up his double.

Mike Leah – 12,270,000
Dan Colman – 10,115,000
Joe Kuether – 6,670,000
Martin Hanowski – 6,370,000
John Dolan – 5,720,000
Shawn Cunix – 3,755,000

$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 32: Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

Players have unbagged their chips for the last time and one of the final six players will take home $1.4 million for the title. The final table features players who dominated the tournament at various times during play and each earned their seat in front of the live audience at Paradise Live.

Mike Leah leads the pack to start the final table after a great run on Day 4. The Canadian pro has nearly $5 million in combined online and live career earnings. Right behind him is Dan Colman, winner of the 2014 Big One for One Drop event for the second biggest WSOP payout in history.

Those two have a little distance on the other four players but they cannot be discounted. Poker pro Joe Kuether has an impressive number of results to his credit including $2.2 million in career tournament earnings and a runner-up finish in the 2014 WSOP National Championship.

Shawn Cunix joins Colman as the other player at the final table with a major title. The Ohio resident captured the 2012 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for just under $500,000. John Dolan knows a little something about high pressure final tables as a member of the 2010 WSOP November Nine.

The wildcard today will be Martin Hanowski. He is the least known at the final table but the German national final tabled the WSOP $3,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament this summer. Hanowski spent most of this tournament among the leaders and deserves his spot at this final table.

Chip Counts:
Mike Leah – 15,455,000
Dan Colman – 10,230,000
Joe Kuether – 7,090,000
Martin Hanowski – 5,210,000
Shawn Cunix – 4,870,000
John Dolan – 2,045,000

Seat 1: Martin Hanowski – 5,210,000
Seat 2: Joe Kuether – 7,090,000
Seat 3: Dan Colman – 10,230,000
Seat 4: Shawn Cunix – 4,870,000
Seat 5: Mike Leah – 15,455,000
Seat 6: John Dolan – 2,045,000

1: $1,446,710
2: $1,047,638
3: $748,313
4: $548,763
5: $424,044
6: $324,269
7: $249,438
8: $199,550
9: $149,663
10-12: $99,775
13-15: $77,326
16-18: $59,865

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Level 4: 100/ 200

We’ve got 251 runners so far and still growing in the last event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open series. Blinds have just gone up to 100/ 200.

A few of the familiar faces in today’s event are (winner of Event 18), Angel Vu, and Elliot Zaydman.