$200 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em ($50K Guaranteed) Blind Level 15: 1500/3K/ 500 ante Total entries: 362 Places Paid: 36 Players left: 45 Average Stack: 80K (27bb)
The remaining 45 Players are currently returning from a 10 minute color-up break. They’ll be at blinds of 1500/3k/ 500 ante. 9 more player eliminations until they make the money.
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event Blinds 150k/300k/50k ante
On a board of Mukul Pahuja check-raises all-in and James Mackey snap calls all in with Pahuja drawing dead.
Mackey Pahuja
Mackey’s trip 5s gets him an all-in double up of 8.55 million and vaults him into the chip lead, while Pahjua drops into third place. Updated Chip Counts
James Mackey 23.5M (78 bb) Eric Afriat 19.5M (65 bb) Mukul Pahuja 10.4M (35 bb)
$200 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em ($50K Guaranteed) Blind Level 13: 1K/2K/ 300 ante Total entries: 362 Places Paid: 36 Players left: 62 Average Stack: 58K (29bb)
Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) has his opponent all-in and at risk of elimination. He’s behind with his AJ vs the AK of his opponent. However, Gagne catches a Jack on the flop to bust his opponent shy of the money.
Gagne now has about 85K (43bbs) in his stack, and hopes that his rungood will continue.
$200 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em ($50K Guaranteed) Blind Level 13: 1K/2K/ 300 ante Total entries: 362 Places Paid: 36 Players left: 63 Average Stack: 58K (29bbs)
The remaining 63 players in today’s Event 20 NLH Trophy event are on their 40 minute dinner break, returning at 7:20PM. When they come back they’ll be at Level 13 of play: 1k/2k/ 300 ante. Here are some of the top chip stacks:
Name – Hometown – Stack Oneil McCalla (Miramar, FL) – 276K (138bbs) – Chip Leader David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) – 164K (82bbs) Avi Hakmon (Plantation, FL) – 148K (74bbs) Micheal Wetcher (Weston, FL) – 113K (57bbs) David Nowling (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – 110K (55bbs)
$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Jacob Bazeley and Eric Afriat see a flop of .
Afriat bets 300k Bazeley raises to 1.3 million Afriat makes it 2.8 million Bazeley moves all in for 6.1 million total and Afriat snap calls.
Afriat: (two pairs) Bazeley: (over pair)
Turn:
River:
Bazeley busts with pocket Aces as Afriat flops the winning two pairs.
“Brutal, what are you going to do,” says Bazeley who earns $371,931.
Bazeley says he didn’t have enough chips to get away from the hand (~30 bb) and the result was unavoidable.
“It’s a draw heavy board when you get raised there. He doesn’t necessarily have a set or two pairs. It’s an unavoidable spot and 99.9% of pros go broke there.”
Bazeley is 31-years-old and adds to his $1.3 million in career recorded live tournament earnings. He has a business degree from Christian Brothers University where he played Division II basketball.
“Fourth place pays pretty well in this profession.” he said. “I love it here and definitely will be back,” he says of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Tough bust hand but super happy!! Thanks everyone for the support along the way #4thenati#muchlove
$200 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Blind Level 11: 600/1200/ 200 ante Total entries: 362 Places Paid: 36 Players left: 99
Back in the Grand Ballroom, the blind level has just gone up to 600/1200/ 200 ante for the next 30 minutes in today’s $50k Guarantee one-day event. 99 players remain, with an average stack of 37K (31bbs). Payouts and prizepool will be posted shortly.