Level 12 has ended and play continues with increased blinds of 800-1,600 and a 200 ante for Level 13. With 243 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 634, the average chip stack is about 78,000 (48 big blinds). This will be the last level of the night.
More Chip Counts
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
| Irv Gotti | 230,000 |
| Matt Waxman | 145,000 |
| Daniel Weinman | 130,000 |
| Jake Schwartz | 130,000 |
| Philipp Gruissem | 123,000 |
| Justin Conley | 115,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 80,000 |
| Jesse Martin | 74,000 |
| Jonathan Little | 72,000 |
| Scott Baumstein | 71,000 |
| Christian Harder | 66,000 |
| Jason Koon | 53,000 |
| Shannon Elizabeth | 53,000 |
| Isaac Haxton | 45,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 42,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 41,000 |
| Will Failla | 31,000 |
| Barry Wiedemann | 29,000 |
| Tony Dunst | 27,000 |
| Todd Terry | 25,000 |
Anthony Gregg Eliminated
Anthony Gregg was all in preflop for 13,400 from the big blind and both the cutoff and button call. The three players then flipped over their cards.
Gregg: 
Button: 
Cutoff: 
Board: 
Gregg was eliminated on the hand and his two opponents chopped up his chip stack.
Bustout Bonanza
Busted bullet one QQ v KK #bullet2tomorrow
— Kyle Julius (@KJulius10) August 23, 2013
I have busted from Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open – $10,000,000 Guarantee Championship #SHRPO #mystack will be playing again tomorrow
— Shawn Cunix (@CunixShawn) August 23, 2013
Booo lost AKs vs QJ aipf..bullet #2 tomorrow or the next day #SHRPO
— Joey Weissman (@JoeyWeissman) August 23, 2013
Kyle Julius Eliminated By Amir Lehavot
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Kyle Julius raises to 2,500 from under the gun and 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner Amir Lehavot three-bets on the button. Action folds back to Julius who four-bet shoves for about 25,000. Lehavot calls and turns over 
, ahead of Julius’ 
. The board runs out 
, no help to Julius, ending his Day 1A.
Amir Lehavot – 115,000 (95 bb)
Kyle Julius – Eliminated
Noah Schwartz Busts a Player
The big blind is all in with 
against Noah Schwartz in the small blind with 
.
The board comes 
, and the pocket jacks hold up for Schwartz to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.
Noah Schwartz – 155,000 (129 bb)
A Few More Chip Counts
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
| John Hennigan | 154,000 |
| Chino Rheem | 145,000 |
| Jon Aguiar | 130,000 |
| Eddy Sabat | 115,000 |
| David Paredes | 106,000 |
| Micah Raskin | 100,000 |
| Amir Lehavot | 90,000 |
| Ray Qartomy | 83,000 |
| Isaac Baron | 73,000 |
| Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 72,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 70,000 |
| Paul Volpe | 63,000 |
| Scotty Nguyen | 62,000 |
| Kevin Saul | 57,000 |
| Erick Lindgren | 51,000 |
| Randy Dorfman | 49,000 |
| David Benefield | 34,000 |
| Mike Leah | 27,000 |
| Kyle Julius | 25,000 |
| Mohsin Charania | 17,000 |
Matt Waxman Busts a Player
Late in the last level, with the board showing 
on the turn, a player moves all in with (pair of kings), and Matt Waxman tanks for a while before he calls with 
(pair of kings, higher kicker).
The river card is the 
, and Waxman wins the pot with his queen kicker to eliminate his opponent.
Matt Waxman – 165,000
Level 12 Begins w/ 297 remaining from 634
The players return from their final break of the day to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 600-1,200 and a 200 ante. With 297 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 634, the average chip stack is about 64,000 (53 big blinds).
The chipleader at the break appears to be Jason Andrews with 260,000 (216 big blinds).
Kenney Chipping Up
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Bryn Kenney opens to 2,200 from middle position and Ben Hamnett three-bets to 5,100 from the cutoff. The players on the button and in the small blind call, as does Kenney, and a 
flop follows. All four players check to see the 
turn where the player in the small blind bets 8,100. Only Kenney calls, which lands the on the river. The player in the small blind fires 11,200, Kenney calls immediately, and his opponent shows 
. Kenney, though, tables 
for a set to win the pot.
Bryn Kenney – 145,000 (145 bb)