$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

The Championship field is off on another 15-minute break as tournament staff color off the black chips. There are less than 150 players remaining leaving some work to do before getting into the money with the average stack still around 50 big blinds.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

After a flop of , the player in the cutoff bets 15,000, and Mukul Pahuja moves all in from the button for about 70,000.

The cutoff tanks for a long time before he folds, showing one card — the . Pahuja takes the pot.

Mukul Pahiuja  –  95,000  (40 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Matt Affleck was all in preflop with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s .

The board came , and the pocket tens held up to win the pot and eliminate Affleck from the tournament.

Matt Affleck  –  Eliminated

$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.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Stuart Paterson was all in from the hijack for about 35,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Adam “Roothlus” Levy in the big blind.

The board came , and Levy won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Paterson from the tournament.

Adam “Roothlus” Levy  –  110,000  (46 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  Eliminated

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Matt Affleck was all in from the hijack for nearly 20,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the cutoff’s .

The board came — Affleck flopped a gutshot straight draw and paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Matt Affleck  –  42,500  (18 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

We still have a chance for a back-to-back champion in this event but Chris Bolek will have to grind his stack back into contention.

The 2014 champ began the day with 150,000 and dropped a third of that by the first break and soon found himself with only 12,000 remaining. Bolek found a more-than-double up when his flopped trip Queens and turned a boat.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 14:  1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Level 13 comes to an end, and Level 14 begins with increased blinds of 1,200-2,400 and a 400 ante. With about 170 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 135,000 (56 big blinds).

The final 72 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,108. We expect the Money Bubble to burst before the end of the day.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:15 am).

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 13:  1,000/2,000/300 Ante

With the board showing on the turn, Bruce Kramer bet 15,000 from middle position, and Dan Shak moved all in from the cutoff for about 58,000.

Kramer tanked for a while before he folded, saying, “If you have the ace, I’m dead.” Shak showed for trip aces as he took the pot.

Dan Shak  –  140,000  (70 bb)
Bruce Kramer  –  68,000  (34 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship

We’re happy to have the Poker Night in America gang back in town this series and their full production crew. The Championship final table will meet up with them on Wednesday but they are taping their popular cash games until then.

The buy-in (and invitation) can be steep for some but we offered up a cost-effective way for some of our regulars to jump in. Ten players sat down for a $1,010 Sit n Go where it was winner-take-all and a seat in the cash game with the $10,000.

Seat 1: Trevor Doughty
Seat 2: TJ Shulman
Seat 3: Cornel Cimpan
Seat 4: Greg Marcus
Seat 5: Michael Kane
Seat 6: Asher Conniff
Seat 7: Eric Piderit
Seat 8: Micah Raskin
Seat 9: William Benson
Seat 10: Michael Lipman

It moved along quickly and it was Greg Marcus outlasting everyone else to earn a seat in the big, televised, live-streamed cash game.