$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Start of Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Most of our attention was focused on Day 2 of the Championship while Event 10 was filling with a nice lineup of pros and local regulars. The $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty tournament easily surpassed its $100,000 guarantee and built up a nice $162,200 prize pool.

Play was halted last night with 16 players remaining and in the money. Sebastian Kos comes into Day 2 with the lead but 15 quality players looking to chase him down.

They are making their way into the ballroom and we’ll kick things off in a few minutes.

Table 1
Seat 1: Daren Stabinski – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Haim Toorgeman – 204,500 (68 bb)
Seat 3: Zach Goodman – 91,500 (31 bb)
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Andreas Ioakimides – 158,000 (53 bb)
Seat 6: Eugene Curzio – 215,000 (72 bb)
Seat 7: Gerald Aiello – 40,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Keating – 196,000 (65 bb)
Seat 9: Stepan Gusak – 53,000 (18 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Sebastian Kos – 238,000 (79 bb)
Seat 2: Richard Rice – 114,500 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Joe Serock – 87,500 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Lavann Williams – 56,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Gil Morgensztern – 73,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 161,500 (54 bb)
Seat 7: Alberto Rodriguez – 68,500 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Paul Stanechewski – 106,000 (35 bb)
Seat 9: Empty

Sebastian Kos – 238,000 (79 bb)
Eugene Curzio – 215,000 (72 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – 204,500 (68 bb)
Alex Keating – 196,000 (65 bb)
Joe Kuether – 161,500 (54 bb)
Andreas Ioakimides – 158,000 (53 bb)
Richard Rice – 114,500 (38 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – 106,000 (35 bb)
Zach Goodman – 91,500 (31 bb)
Joe Serock – 87,500 (29 bb)
Gil Morgensztern – 73,000 (24 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 71,000 (24 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez – 68,500 (23 bb)
Lavann Williams – 56,000 (19 bb)
Stepan Gusak – 53,000 (18 bb)
Gerald Aiello – 40,000 (13 bb)

Payouts:
1st: $48,600
2nd: $26,730
3rd: $15,390
4th: $12,960
5th: $9,720
6th: $8,100
7th: $6,480
8th: $4,860
9th: $3,645
10-12th: $3,240
13-15th: $2,835
16-18th: $2,430

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Start of Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Table 1
Seat 1: Daren Stabinski – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Haim Toorgeman – 204,500 (68 bb)
Seat 3: Zach Goodman – 91,500 (31 bb)
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Andreas Ioakimides – 158,000 (53 bb)
Seat 6: Eugene Curzio – 215,000 (72 bb)
Seat 7: Gerald Aiello – 40,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Keating – 196,000 (65 bb)
Seat 9: Stepan Gusak – 53,000 (18 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Sebastian Kos – 238,000 (79 bb)
Seat 2: Richard Rice – 114,500 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Joe Serock – 87,500 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Lavann Williams – 56,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Gil Morgensztern – 73,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 161,500 (54 bb)
Seat 7: Alberto Rodriguez – 68,500 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Paul Stanechewski – 106,000 (35 bb)
Seat 9: Empty

Sebastian Kos – 238,000 (79 bb)
Eugene Curzio – 215,000 (72 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – 204,500 (68 bb)
Alex Keating – 196,000 (65 bb)
Joe Kuether – 161,500 (54 bb)
Andreas Ioakimides – 158,000 (53 bb)
Richard Rice – 114,500 (38 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – 106,000 (35 bb)
Zach Goodman – 91,500 (31 bb)
Joe Serock – 87,500 (29 bb)
Gil Morgensztern – 73,000 (24 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 71,000 (24 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez – 68,500 (23 bb)
Lavann Williams – 56,000 (19 bb)
Stepan Gusak – 53,000 (18 bb)
Gerald Aiello – 40,000 (13 bb)

2015 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open”
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee

November 29th-30th, 2015

Total Entries:  162
Total Prizepool:  $162,200

1st: $48,600
2nd: $26,730
3rd: $15,390
4th: $12,960
5th: $9,720
6th: $8,100
7th: $6,480
8th: $4,860
9th: $3,645
10-12th: $3,240
13-15th: $2,835
16-18th: $2,430

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 200/400/50 Ante

While it’s not the Championship Event, quite a few of the top players have found another home in the $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty and many are doing everything they can to keep their wits about them.  Jared Jaffee and Darin Stabinski are taking the liberty of getting massages while taking on their opponents to help them stay relaxed.

And they should be with so many terrific players in the event.  Joe Kuether, Ory Hen, Joe Serock, Abbey Daniels, Jonathan Duhamel, Barry Hutter, Kelly Minkin, Derrick Simon and Raymond Ruszkowski are all among the remaining 82 players in the tournament as action continues.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 75/150/25 Ante

Here are the chip leaders after the first break in Event 10 with 123 entries in the field so far:

Richard Rice – 49,075
Paul Balzano – 37,200
Lavann Williams – 34,400
Mark Lewin – 33,525
Said Abuquartoumy – 32,275
Tristan Wade – 33,275
Stepan Gusak – 32,820

Other notables:
Scott Efron – 18,600
David Diaz – 17,175
Kelly Minkin – 17,075
Ralph Massey – 9,400
Derrick Simon – 8,650
Elliott Zaydman – 6,600
Evan Teitelbaum – 6,175

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/75

Just because there are a couple hundred players aiming for the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship title, that doesn’t mean the rest of the players are twiddling their thumbs up in the hotel room.

We have a nice group of players in the $350 Big Stack Event 9 and now see some big names taking part in the new $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty event in the other corner. More than a few players have taken a seat in that game after dropping out of the Championship including Sheddy Siddiqui, Scott Efron, and 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel.

This big buy-in tournament is set to run as a two-day event with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. There are 80 entrants in early going and late registration/re-entry is available until 9pm this evening.