With the field starting at 100 players today, we will be tracking everyone in the field on the chip counts page. Click the Chip Counts link at the top of this page at any time to see the most recent chip counts.
The chip counts won’t be up-to-the-minute in a field this large, but it will give you a clear overview of the field.
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Billy Pilossoph shoves from UTG+1 for about 320,000 and Denis Gnidash three-bets all in for about 460,000 from the hijack. Zach Zaffos four-bets all in from the button and the blinds fold.
Pilossoph: 
Gnidash: 
Zaffos: 
The board runs out 
and Zaffos scores the double elimination.
Zach Zaffos – 1,910,000 (95 bb)
Denis Gnidash – Eliminated
Billy Pilossoph – Eliminated
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is hosting the inaugural World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event on Monday at Hard Rock Live. The top professionals in poker will be participating in this $100,000 buy-in event starting today at noon ET. We will bring you all of the action from this prestigious event in addition to the Live Updates from the $10 Million Guaranteed SHRPO Main Event. Just check back at the end of every level for a summary report, chip counts, and photos from the WPT Alpha8 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Players will begin with 100,000 in chips and the blinds start at 200-400 for the first 60-minute level. Tables will be seated eight-handed throughout the tournament. Play will continue on Day 1 until the final table is set or 1 a.m. which ever comes first. The final day will start at noon ET on Tuesday. Registration will be open through four levels today and players can re-enter as many times as they want.
Cards will be in the air shortly.
The remaining 100 players are beginning to enter the ballroom as Day 3 is almost set to get underway. Cards will be in the air in 10 minutes.
Day 2 comes to an end with exactly 100 players, and Justin Bonomo is the clear chipleader with a million more in chips than anyone else in the field. Here’s the top ten:
1. Justin Bonomo – 2,722,000 (136 bb)
2. Derrick Cutler – 1,669,000 (83 bb)
3. Ravi Raghavan – 1,652,000 (82 bb)
4. Neri Sanchez – 1,449,000 (72 bb)
5. Derrick Simon – 1,300,000 (65 bb)
6. Matt Giannetti – 1,264,000 (63 bb)
7. Darlene Lee – 1,235,000 (61 bb)
8. Bryan Morton – 1,222,000 (61 bb)
9. William Sharkey – 1,193,000 (59 bb)
10. Amir Lehavot – 1,171,000 (58 bb)
Click here for the full list of official chip counts, along with the prizepool and all the players who have finished in the money so far.
The schedule for Day 3 (Monday) is to play five 90-minute levels, with action starting at noon and ending around 8:30 pm — with no dinner break.
In what should have been a fairly straightforward hand, the preflop situation was drawn out for about 10 minutes as Mimi Luu (pictured) claims she didn’t know what to do.
Right around the time that the tournament staff stopped play and announced that each table would play six more hands, David “Doc” Sands raises UTG+1 to 34,000. Mimi Luu tells him, “I’m gonna do you a favor and raise 125.” She puts in 125,000, and the dealer tells her that is the amount of the raise, so she needs to add 34,000 to it, for a total of 159,000.
Tony Sinishtaj cold four-bets all in from the small blind for 990,000, and Sands folds. Luu gets flustered, and goes into the tank for nearly 10 minutes (though maybe it just seems that long), repeatedly saying things like “I can’t fold this hand,” and “I don’t know what to do.” She has about 355,000 behind if she folds, and spends most of her time in the tank loudly talking to nobody in particular.
Luu asks, “Do you have a strong hand? Do you have aces?” Sinishtaj seems very relaxed, like he could care less whether or not she calls. A little later she says, “If you have ace-king, you wouldn’t do that, right?” Sinishtaj says nothing, but still seems comfortable.
Luu turns to Doc Sands and says, “You would snap-call with this hand.” Sands laughs and says, “I’m inclined to believe you.”
Luu then continues to repeat, “I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do!” Another player at the tables says, “She needs a life coach right now.” Then she says, “I can’t fold this. I can’t fold this. I can’t fold this.” Nobody has called the clock, because the clock has already been stopped for the end of the day. Regardless of how long this hand lasts, the table will play six more hands.
Eventually, she grabs some chips and says, “Okay, I’m in!” She drops the chips to indicate a call, and Sinishtaj shows 
. Luu flips over , and she then begs the dealer for some help, saying, “Help me! You’ve gotta help me!” It seems she’s begging him to avoid a bad beat.
The board comes 
, and the pocket kings hold up for Mimi Luu to win the pot and double up in chips. When the river card hits, Luu celebrates by shouting, “Yes! Oh yes, baby!”
Luu then tells the table, “Thank you all for your patience. I worked so hard to get this deep.” She then turns to Sands and says, “I told you if you had my hand you’d snap call!” Sands replies, “And I told you you were right!”
Mimi Luu – 1,150,000 (71 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj – 465,000 (29 bb)
Actor Danny Masterson has been eliminated from SHR main. Too bad. I really enjoyed him in “That 70’s Show”er.
— matt salsberg (@msalsberg) August 26, 2013
Actor/DJ Danny Masterson has just been eliminated from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main event in 112th place. Masterson moved all-in with A-J and was called by Matt Glantz holding pocket threes. The board did not improve Masterson and he was eliminated in 112th place.
Congratulations to Danny and thanks again for performing at Passion Nightclub here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood last night!
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Bryn Kenney raises to 32,000 from UTG+2 and Andy Seth three-bets all in for about 280,000 from the next seat over. Action folds back to Kenney who calls after a few moments.
Kenney: 
Seth: 
The flop comes down 
to pair Kenney, but it also gives Seth a flush draw. However, the 
turn and 
river are no help to Seth, ending his run.
Bryn Kenney – 1,000,000 (62 bb)
Andy Seth – Eliminated in about 112th place ($14,544)
At the featured table, Danny Masterson found himself all in but facing the firing squad in the form of two bullets from Matt Glantz — pocket aces. Glantz doubles up, and Masterson is down to fewer than five big blinds.
Matt Glantz – 545,000 (34 bb)
Danny Masterson – 72,000 (4.5 bb)