The Mega Satellite that began at noon ($575) is down to 62 players from the starting field of 600. Play has slowed down considerably recently, as only 60 will secure a seat into the Main Event. Among the players remaining are Alex Bolotin, Rex Clinkscales, and Pedro “Pete” Rios.
Also going on is an $1,120 Mega Satellite into the Main Event that attracted 55 players. That tournament is about three hours in and 11 players from the remaining 32 will lock up a seat. Still in the hunt over there is David Fox, Mike Beasley, David Paredes, Bill Mullins, Tyler Patterson, and Joe Ebanks.
Event 17 ($300 NLHE – $25K Guaranteed) began with 233 entries Monday night and only 14 made it to Day 2 on Tuesday. Start-of-Day-2 chip leaders David Shaw and Nashaat Antonious bowed out in 10th and 9th place, respectively, which eventually paved the way for a deal between the final seven players. In the end, Massachusetts grinder Luis Vazquez earned his fourth career tournament victory and the first-place prize of $12,002.
Here are the final results for the Day 2 players:
1st: Luis Vazquez – $12,002 2nd: Delbert Tingler – $10,000 3rd: Alex Ortiz Vazquez – $4,887 4th: Nolan Burton – $4,887 5th: Manuel Gomez Rivera – $4,887 6th: Eduart Bajrami – $4,887 7th: Akiva Pearlman – $4,997 8th: David Yeazell – $1,515 9th: Nashaat Antonious – $1,090 10th: David Shaw – $848 11th: Georges Boyadjian – $848 12th: Marco Falchi – $848 13th: Mansoor Kader – $727 14th: Harold Mahaffey – $727
There were 204 entrants in Event #18 ($240 PLO Double Stack – $10K Guaranteed). Action is currently in Level 4 and 144 players remain. Among the names in the field are Sam Barnhart, Ashly Butler, Kyle Bowker, Sam Grizzle, Wald Maddah, Zo Karim, Jean Gaspard, John Holley, and Chris Bell.
The $575 Mega Satelite into the Main Event is down to 100 players, 60 of whom will win a seat. Still in the field are Marsha Wolak, Jerry Wong, Rex Clinkscales, Alex Bolotin, Stu Paterson, John Beauprez, and Scott Baumstein.
Meanwhile, Event #17 ($300 NLHE – $25K Guaranteed) is down to seven players with Luis Vazquez holding the chip lead. First place is $16,964.
Event #17 ($300 NLHE – $25K Guaranteed) began Monday night and only has 14 players left from its starting field of 233 entries. Here are the chip counts entering play today.
1. David Shaw – 345,000 2. Nashaat Antonious – 265,000 3. Alex Vazquez – 214,000 4. David Yeazell – 177,500 5. Luis Vazquez – 133,500 6. Georges Boyadjian – 110,500 7. Akiva Pearlman – 110,000 8. Delbert Tingler – 110,000 9. Marco Falchi – 107,000 10. Nolan Burton – 94,000 11. Manuel Gomez – 86,500 12. Eduart Bajrami – 79,500 13. Mansoor Kader – 39,000 14. Harold Mahaffey – 25,000
Event #18 ($240 PLO Double Stack – $10K Guaranteed) began a short while ago, but currently most of the action in the ballroom is for the $575 Mega Satelite into the Main Event. There were 600 entrants and action is in Level 7 now, with about 220 players remaining.
You can now watch back your favorite moments from Event #7 on YouTube. The first video below is of the final table, and the second video is a playlist of all of the videos throughout the event. Enjoy!
There were five events that played down to a winner on Monday, including the massive field 3,389-entrant $560 no-limit hold’em event that generated a prizepool of nearly $1.7 million. Here’s a look at the final table finishers, along with photos of the winners.
The blinds are at 600,000-1,200,000 with a 200,000 ante.
Hand #184 – Darren Rabinowitz min-raises to 2,400,000, and Ray Piccin calls. The flop comes , Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 2,600,000, and Piccin check-raises all in.
Rabinowitz folds, and Piccin takes the pot.
Darren Rabinowitz – 21,000,000 (17 bb) Ray Piccin – 63,000,000 (52 bb)
Hand #186 – Two hands later, Darren Rabinowitz limps for 1,200,000, Ray Piccin moves all in, and Rabinowitz snap-calls with . Piccin turns over , and Rabinowitz needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Piccin wins the pot — and the tournament — with two pair, kings and jacks.
Darren Rabinowitz finishes as the runner-up, earning $190,125.
Ray Piccin wins Event 7 ($560 NLHE), earning $291,087 and a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open trophy.
Congratulations to Ray Piccin!
Ray Piccin, Winner of Event 7 ($560 NLHE)
1st: Ray Piccin – $291,087 2nd: Darren Rabinowitz – $190,125 3rd: Neville Darrell – $124,630 4th: Jon Cohen – $104,635 5th: Bryan Campanello – $85,150 6th: Ben Zamani – $66,935 7th: Johnny Miller – $49,140 8th: Wendy Freedman – $33,045 9th: Sam Barnhart – $23,725
Level 42 begins with increased blinds of 600,000-1,200,000 and a 200,000 ante. So far, heads-up play has favored Ray Piccin, who started with a 3-to-1 disadvantage, and now he’s reversed it so he has more than a 2-to-1 chip lead.
Darren Rabinowitz – 26,000,000 (21 bb) Ray Piccin – 58,000,000 (48 bb)
The blinds are at 500,000-1,000,000 with a 150,000 ante. Action is heads-up for the title (and a $291,087 first prize) between Darren Rabinowitz and Ray Piccin.
Hand #152 – Darren Rabinowitz min-raises from the button to 2,000,000, and Ray Piccin calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 1,600,000, and Piccin calls.
The turn is the , Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 3,300,000, and Piccin moves all in. Rabinowitz folds, and Piccin takes the pot — and the chip lead.
Darren Rabinowitz – 40,030,000 (40 bb) Ray Piccin – 44,000,000 (44 bb)
, Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 2,600,000, and Piccin check-raises all in.
. Piccin turns over 
, and Rabinowitz needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
, and Piccin wins the pot — and the tournament — with two pair, kings and jacks.
, Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 1,600,000, and Piccin calls.
, Piccin checks, Rabinowitz bets 3,300,000, and Piccin moves all in. Rabinowitz folds, and Piccin takes the pot — and the chip lead.