$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 144 of 1,804 Average Stack: 125,000 (29 big blinds)
Marc Levy arrives late to unbag his big stack
We’re used to seeing players arrive late to tournament restarts, especially those with big stacks. Marc Levy took it a little further than most and was the last to take a seat an hour into play. But it wasn’t his original seat because that table was distributed around the room.
Table 14 was already dealing with Ty Akbasli’s chip leading stack, now it has to contend with Levy as well.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 153 of 1,804 Average Stack: 118,000 (29 big blinds)
Ty Akbasli (left) eliminates James Hughs (leaving)
The rich get richer and the field gets shorter.
Ty Akbasli was at an early-break table and moved over to the middle of the room, he was getting active not long after unracking his chips.
James Hughs open-shoved under the gun for 35,500 and it folded around the Akbasli in the big blind. He took a minute to think before saying “let’s gamble”.
Hughs was ahead with against Akbasli’s live and stayed that way on the flop. Akbasli added a gutshot draw and promptly popped it on the turn to leave Hughs drawing dead short of the money.
James Hughs – Eliminated Ty Akbasli – 510,000 (128 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 183 of 1,804 Average Stack: 98,500 (33 big blinds)
Ty Akbasli upbags in leading chips
Cards are in the air and Day 2 is underway. We expect a lot of quick exits at the start before action slows when they approach the bubble.
We lost a player on the second hand of the tournament and it was just as leader Ty Akbasli was getting to his table.
“The shortest stack is going in,” Hagai Stein half-joked.
He began the day with only 17,000 and had his best friend Akbasli at the other end of the table with the biggest. Stein was in the big blind and prepared to get them in when John Ho open-shoved his stack from under the gun.
It folded to Stein and he peeped the for the call. He had only one overcard with against Ho’s and was eliminated early as the board ran .
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 183 of 1,804 Average Stack: 98,500 (33 big blinds)
Ty Akbasli comes back for Day 2 with the chip lead
Six flights of Event 5 drew more than 1,800 entrants over the two starting days but only 183 were able to make it through the first 14 levels of the tournament. Those players return today for Day 2 and we are scheduled to play down to a champion later today.
They created a prize pool worth $216,480 and the last 108 players will earn a piece. Those who min-cash will take home $346 while the eventual champion banks nearly $50,000.
Ty Akbasli bagged up the biggest stack of all the starting flights and returns as the only player over 400,000. He’s followed by Marc Levy with 323,000 with Olvenso Savoie, Evan Young, Joseph Lachovic rounding out the top five.
Also still alive for the title are Wally Maddah, Zo Karim, Carlos Loving, Johanssy Joseph, Kim Stone, and WSOP bracelet winner Joe Ebanks.
Players are finding their new seats, unbagging their chips, and they will be underway in a moment.
$350 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) Level 2: 50/100 Total Entries: 84
John Depersio (Parkland, FL)
“We have leg room for miles!”
Players are having a good time early in the Six-Max event, laid back, stretched out, and relaxed.
There are 84 players in the freezeout with 100 needed to hit the $30,000 Guarantee. Some of those in early include Daren Stabinski, Francis Margaglione, Nigel Murray, and WSOP Circuit winner John Depersio.
Four hours remain in late registration and we can begin to predict how fast it will play down.
$350 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) Level 1: 25/50
The next new event on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown schedule is ready to go in the ballroom and it should be a tournament with plenty of action. Event 7 is a $350 buy-in tournament played in a six-max format and players have one entry at their disposal.
Unlike most tournaments these days, Event 7 players are limited to their first buy-in and cannot re-enter if they bust their stack. That will slow down the normal fast-moving pace of shorthanded poker but not by much.
The tournament has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and each player starts with a 10,000 starting stack. They will play 30-minute levels throughout the day and we’ll have a new champion before the night is through. Late registration is open until the start of Level 7 at 4:30pm.
Players are finding their seats and cards are set to fly.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration available until start of Level 9; No Re-Entries
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
As the 2016 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown hits the one week mark, the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry wraps up all of its starting flights.
There were six flights over two days that drew 1,804 entries and a prizepool of over $218,000. There are 183 players that survived the six flights and come back for Day 2 on Wednesday afternoon with Ty Akbasli leading the way.
Akbasli bagged 405,000 on Day 1E and is the only player in the tournament over the 400,000 mark.
When cards get in the air on Wednesday, the money bubble will be at the forefront of everybody’s thoughts. The top 108 players will earn at least a min-cash of $346, but they all have their sights set on the $49,957 first place prize money.
The tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner on Wednesday.
Along with the conclusion of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, there are two single day tournaments that run alongside it. Here’s a look at Wednesday’s schedule: