The full payout structure for Event 3 ($240 turbo no-limit hold’em) has been released. The tournament attracted a total of 249 players and the top 27 will walk away with prize money.

1: $13,945
2: $8,217
3: $5,478
4: $3,810
5: $2,839
6: $2,191
7: $1,693
8: $1,245
9: $896
10-12: $697
13-15: $598
16-18: $523
19-27: $448

Moises Benchlouch survived the first day of Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em) with 212,100. He was 31st in chips with 697 players remaining as the field headed into Day 2.

But Benchlouch never showed up for Day 2.

His chip stack was slowly blinded down, but it made it thru the Money Bubble in good shape. When the field took their second break, Benchlouch still had about 72,000 in his stack.

But an empty chair can only go so far as the blinds increase, and Benchlouch’s stack was recently felted to finish in 197th place, earning $916.

Moises Benchlouch – Out in 197th Place ($916)

In other news, Zachary Kessler may be our most recent chipleader, but he hasn’t been able to get the best of David Diaz. Diaz doubled thru Kessler earlier today with A-9 beating A-Q.

A short while ago, Diaz and Kessler were battling each other over a board of Q-9-7-10-Q. Diaz bet 74,000 on the river, and Kessler called.

Diaz showed to win the pot with trip queens, and Kessler mucked.

David Diaz  –  680,000  (56 bb)
Zachary Kessler  –  1,085,000  (90 bb)

The full payout structure for Event 2 ($1,100 no-limit hold’em – $75,000 guaranteed) has been released and the top nine players will cash from the field of 98. Forty players are still in the hunt with the field currently on a dinner break.

Payout Structure:

1: $34,300
2: $19,600
3: $12,740
4: $8,820
5: $6,860
6: $5,390
7: $4,410
8: $3,430
9: $2,450

El Bust-out Face. 238th in @SHRThePokerRoom first event. Min-cashish. @wearefrends #ontothenextone #poker #sigh pic.twitter.com/2JYXEHFfwF

— Ebony Kenney (@Ebony_Kenney) August 11, 2013

Here is a look at some of the players in the field of Event 2 ($1,100 no-limit hold’em – $75,000 guaranteed) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Adam Levy

Barry Hutter

Chino Rheem

Chris Bell

John Gordon

Matt Giannetti

Matt Elsarelli

Michael Rocco

Sean Posner

Tony Ruberto

When the field took their second break of the day in Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em), there were 260 players remaining, with an average chip count around 260,000. (The similarity in those numbers is just a coincidence.)

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with more than a million in chips, while nobody else had more than 700,000. The blinds have increased to 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Zachary Kessler  –  1,325,000  (132 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  1,310,000  (131 bb)
Pedro Rios  –  1,150,000  (115 bb)

The average chip stack has only about 26 big blinds, so the field should continue shrinking rather quickly.

Action will continue today until the field reaches the final table (which seems unlikely) or 3:00 am EDT, whichever comes first.

Here are photos of the three chipleaders:

Zachary Kessler  –  1,325,000  (132 bb)

Angelo Miele  –  1,310,000  (131 bb)

Pedro Rios  –  1,150,000  (115 bb)

Cards got in the air for Event 5 ($240 no-limit hold’em with black chip bounties – $20,000 guaranteed) at 5 p.m. ET. Players begin with 6,000 in chips and blinds for the first 30-minute level are 25-50. Shuffle up and deal.

Registration is open for the first four levels and players may re-enter during that time. Play will continue until 3 a.m. or until the final table, whichever comes first. Play will resume at 3 p.m. on Monday, August 12. Bounties are part of the prize pool.

Registration has closed for Event 2 ($1,100 no-limit hold’em – $75,000 guaranteed) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the total number of players is 98. That makes for a $98,000 prize pool and the tournament series is now two for two on surpassing guarantees.

From the original entries just 51 players are still in action. Notables that entered the event include Matt Giannetti, Chris Bell, Sean Posner, Tony Ruberto, Adam Levy, Scott Zakheim, Chino Rheem, John Gordon, Matt Elsarelli, and Barry Hutter.

The prize pool should be released soon and we will provide that information for you at that time.

With 35 tables in play, the Money Bubble wasn’t likely to last long in Event 1 ($350 No-Limit Hold’em). As it turned out, hand-for-hand play wasn’t even necessary.

When the tournament staff announced for all the dealers to stop after the current hand, it took about 5-7 minutes for all the action to complete — with only 306 players remaining.

The players were expecting to start hand-for-hand play, but instead they heard this announcement: “Congratulations, players. You are all in the money!”

Here’s another look at the prizepool:

1st:  $138,952
2nd:  $103,970
3rd:  $79,615
4th:  $56,870
5th:  $39,265
6th:  $30,240
7th:  $23,020
8th:  $16,880
9th:  $12,095
10th-12th:  $9,766
13th-15th:  $7,630
16th-18th:  $6,409
19th-27th:  $5,392
28th-36th:  $4,578
37th-45th:  $3,866
46th-54th:  $3,357
55th-63rd:  $2,950
64th-72nd:  $2,645
73rd-81st:  $2,340
82nd-90th:  $2,136
91st-99th:  $1,933
100th-108th:  $1,628
109th-117th:  $1,526
118th-126th:  $1,424
127th-135th:  $1,322
136th-144th:  $1,221
145th-162nd:  $1,119
163rd-180th:  $1,017
181st-198th:  $916
199th-216th:  $814
217th-234th:  $712
235th-252nd:  $610
253rd-279th:  $509
280th-306th:  $407

Action in Event 1 will continue tonight until the field reaches the final table (unlikely) or 3:00 am EDT, whichever happens first.