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

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 300 ante. With 225 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 102,000 (51 big blinds).

The final 72 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,108. There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (about 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:15 am).

A scan of the field revealed eight players with at least 250,000 in chips:

1.  Shawn Nguyen  –  422,900  (211 bb)
2.  Staffan Lind  –  421,600  (211 bb)
3.  Danny Shiff  –  322,600  (161 bb)
4.  Ryan Fair  –  301,900  (151 bb)
5.  Nipun Java  –  292,600  (146 bb)
6.  David Farber  –  286,600  (143 bb)
7.  James Calderaro  –  273,300  (137 bb)
8.  Nick Yunis  –  254,000  (127 bb)

Last night, Staffan Lind finished second in chips, behind by just a little more than a single big blind. Now Lind finds himself second in chips by a little less than a single big blind. But he’s still well ahead of the rest of the pack.

Here are some of the notables further back in the pack:

Adam Managhan  –  242,100  (121 bb)
John Dollinger  –  220,600  (110 bb)
Phil Laak  –  219,700  (110 bb)
John Racener  –  218,400  (109 bb)
Raymond Millard  –  216,900  (108 bb)
Zhenjie Hou  –  215,200  (108 bb)
Bryan Byars  –  213,100  (107 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  212,300  (106 bb)
Dan Ishaki  –  211,200  (106 bb)
Yves Fequiere  –  204,600  (102 bb)
Chauncey Monk  –  203,400  (102 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  201,100  (101 bb)
Mohsin Charania  –  195,500  (98 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  183,000  (92 bb)
Vinny Pahuja  –  180,200  (90 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford  –  151,800  (76 bb)
Esther Taylor-Brady  –  150,400  (75 bb)
Mark Herm  –  132,600  (66 bb)
Matt Stout  –  116,500  (58 bb)
Erik Christensen  –  116,300  (58 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  105,500  (53 bb)
Chris Bolek  –  101,200  (51 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  95,900  (48 bb)
Erica Lindgren  –  75,800  (38 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  61,600  (31 bb)
Allen Kessler  –  49,000  (25 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  40,700  (20 bb)
Ory Hen  –  27,300  (14 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 12:  800/1,600/200 Ante

Players are off on their first break of the day with ~220 players remaining. Still no hurry in the game with average stack hovering around the 50 big blind mark.

We’ll track down the stacks with the biggest change over the first two levels and return with some numbers.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 12:  800/1,600/200 Ante

They’re having a good time at Table 14 as the field closes in on the first break of the day.

Plenty of entertaining players, such as the previously highlighted Jennifer Tilly/Matt Salsberg pairing, but the table also sports recently WPT Montreal runner-up Darryll Fish and defending Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Champion Chris Bolek.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 12:  800/1,600/200 Ante

Not every short stack hit the rail in the early parts of Day 2. We missed the action but caught the stacking as Erica Lindgren is bouncing back.

She began the day with one of the shortest returning stacks but has run her 11,600 over 60,000 during the first 90 minutes of play.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 11:  600/1,200/200 Ante

With deep stacks and slow levels, you won’t the regular run out the door normally associated with the start of a Day 2. No need to get frisky with small chips still in action.

We have lost a few shorter stacks in the first level and tables are breaking. The field is down to 243 players with Chance Kornuth, Natasha Barbour, and Tristan Wade among the early casualties.

I have been eliminated. I promise I’m going to win one of these big events @shrpo one day…

— Tristan Wade (@TristanCre8ive) November 29, 2015

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 11:  600/1,200/200 Ante

“Us Hollywood-types like to stick together,” Jennifer Tilly joked.

By the luck of the draw, she found herself sitting next to Weeds writer/producer/champion poker player Matt Salsberg. Naturally they must Tweet at each other and their myriad of fans.

They both kick off Day 2 with stack a bit under the average but plenty of room to maneuver.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

While most eyes are on the second day of the Championship event, we have a few players getting in a some other action as the series moves forward. We have two new events running today including the noon start of Event 9.

It’s a no-nonsense $350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. Event 9 is scheduled to play out today, a fine way to spend a Sunday afternoon slinging chips and watching football.

Players start with 15,000 stacks and have 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and a dinner break after Level 12.

They will play down to a winner and we will have a new Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Champion later this evening.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 11:  600/1,200/200 Ante

Day 2 of the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship is underway in the ballroom with 285 players all aiming for a piece of the $2,451,200 prize pool.

The big event drew 766 entrants to easily surpass its $2,000,000 guarantee and set us up for some big payouts at the end.

Ryan Fair finished the second flight with the biggest stack of all those returning but he has some competition right at his starting table. Sitting across from him is 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open final table member Shawn Nguyen with a top five stack of his own.

We expect a long, grinding day as they continue with the 60-minute levels and should hit the money bubble late in the day. They will play ten more levels today before bagging up for a return tomorrow.

Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
Championship Day 2 Seat Assignments
Championship Payouts