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Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
The field has moved into the 8th level of play with under 200 players remaining from the starting 142.
The are each aiming to stay alive until the end of Level 10 and join the 97 who advanced last night. The person they are all chasing is local Elliott Zaydman who bagged up 287,000 to lead that field.
The average stack is hovering around 75 big blinds so they have plenty of room to maneuver.
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Level 7: Blinds 250/500/75 ante
Registration has officially closed for the Championship Event with 341 entrants in the second and final flight. That brings the total entrants up to 601 for a nice, even $2,000,000 prize pool.
Tournament staff are crunching the numbers and payout information will be posted when it’s available.
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Level 7: Blinds 250/500/75 ante
With registration now closed, the serious chase for the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open begins with some of poker’s elite still alive.
Among them are last season’s WPT Champion Kevin Stammen, Will Failla, David Levi, Jared Jaffee, Matt Affleck, Tristan Wade, Matt Glantz, Allen Kessler and Vanessa Selbst along with many more.
One superstar who made an unfortunate exit was WPT Season IX Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger who was knocked out shortly after returning from the dinner break.
Final registration numbers will be posted shortly.
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Level 7: Blinds 250/500/75 ante
Tournament players are back in their seats with full bellies ready to run up their stack.
Registration has closed for the Championship event with the unofficial number standing at 342 for the final starting flight. We are awaiting on official confirmation once all accounting has been completed.
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Level 7: Blinds 250/500/75 ante
The dinner break is halfway done and we know the big stacks when they return. East Coast grinder Mike Dentale with a handful of players behind him in the 100,000 chip club.
Top five:
Mike Dentale – 140,275
Stephen Lateano – 135,050
Jason Helder – 124,125
Preecha Taepakdee – 118,700
Erik Christensen – 118,300
Other notables:
Ray Prieto – 103,625
Jarod Ludemann – 101,625
Joe Gibbons – 90,075
Luke Brereton – 89,575
Cliff Gladstone – 80,600
Keven Stammen – 78,950
Darryll Fish – 70,075
Steven Bennett – 68,475
Jared Jaffee – 63,625
Steven Karp – 56,600
Brian Hastings – 56,150
Akradiy Tsinis – 50,975
Debra Dorcy – 49,625
Tristan Wade – 42,075
Andy Frankenberger – 39,325
Chance Kornuth – 38,100
Matt Glantz – 35,850
Allen Kessler – 29,025
Matt Affleck – 28,650
Shaun Deeb – 25,350
Natasha Barbour – 21,100
Will Failla – 18,500
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Level 7: Blinds 250/500/75 ante
Players are off on their dinner break leaving just 90 minutes for anyone to get themselves down the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood for some action.
The desk will close when they return for Level 7 and we’ll know the official number not long afterwards.
Dinner break counts to come shortly.
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Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
The tournament board moved over 300 for the last flight of the Championship and is now sitting at 315. That brings the combined field so far up to 564 with 97 already advancing to Day 2.
Vanessa Selbst added another entry to the prize pool as she took another seat after the break. She’s joined by another re-entry in Keven Stammen a few seats around.
There are still two hours to get in the game and get a piece of the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The registration desk will close for the Championship at 8pm after the dinner break.
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Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Among the big stars in today’s field, there are two other players worth watching as the Championship moves forward.
Jason Helder went on the second break as the leader and this isn’t the first time he’s done that. Helder’s résumé shows more than $1.4 million in career earnings but the big number that jumps out is his $1,000,000 score just a few months ago.
Arkadiy Tsinis is also playing today and some at his table may not realize they are sitting with a WSOP bracelet winner (plus a bonus WSOP-C ring). Tsinis is a regular on the circuit and a nice run here would put him over $1,000,000 in career earnings.
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Level 5: Blinds 150/300/50 ante
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Level 5: Blinds 150/300/50 ante
Players returned to Level 5 and moving right along as the tournament information board gets just a little closer to 300 entrants for the day.
Players can late register or re-enter over the next two levels plus the 90-minute dinner break.
Jason Helder is the early leader after more than tripling his 30,000 starting stack with Preecha Taepakdee and Luke Brereton not far behind.
Top ten:
Jason Helder – 96,175
Preecha Taepakdee – 91,050
Luke Brereton – 90,525
Zachary Haas – 83,225
Tyler Thren – 81,000
Jeff Gilbralter – 79,100
Kevin Holder – 76,350
Dani Dayan – 75,525
Cliff Gladstone – 75,450
Sean Winter – 75,200
Other notables:
Michael Chiapetta – 61,400
Darryll Fish – 60,875
Jean Gaspard – 60,250
Jonathan Borenstein – 60,225
Ory Hen – 53,400
Steven Karp – 47,725
Joe Gibbons – 45,875
Allen Kessler – 43,425
Ari Engel – 41,450
Matt Glantz – 41,125
Nick Yunis – 40,275
Dennis Phillips – 38,650
Tristan Wade – 37,575
Arkadiy Tsinis – 34,825
Matt Affleck – 34,000
Angela Prada-Moed – 31,850
Victor Figuero – 28,250
Brian Hastings – 25,925
Mike Leah – 25,400
Ronnie Bardah – 23,075
Micah Raskin – 20,225
Chance Kornuth – 16,350