2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Day 2: Mike vs. Mike; Sexton Eliminated by Mizrachi

April 16, 2016 @ 12:58PM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 432 of 1,222
Average Stack: 84,000 (70 big blinds)

Mike Sexton (middle position) and Michael Mizrachi (big blind).

A shortstacked Mike Sexton opened the action from middle position and it folded all the way around to Michael Mizrachi in the big blind.

“How much you got there, Mikey?” Mizrachi asked.

After eying Sexton’s stack, Mizrachi slid in a pile of chips that had Sexton covered. After a minute or two in the tank, Sexton called risking his tournament life.

Mizrachi:
Sexton:

The board ran out officially busting the face of the WPT while Mizrachi raked the pot.

Michael Mizrachi – 142,000 (118 bb)
Mike Sexton – Eliminated

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Championship Day 2: McKeehen Moves Up

April 16, 2016 @ 12:35PM by AlCantHang

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 459 of 1,222
Average Stack: 80,000 (67 big blinds)

Joe McKeehen began Day 2 with a top 25 returning stack and the reigning WSOP Main Event champ is moving it higher in early action.

We caught up to the action with the board reading and McKeehen playing from the big blind up against Alexander Haber. They both checked the turn and McKeehen led out for 7,500 after the river to put Haber in deep thought mode.

He checked his cards several times before finally giving up and folding queens face up. McKeehen scooped the pot and moved up to 185,000 while Haber dropped among the short stacks in the room.

Joe McKeehen – 185,000 (154 bb)
Alexander Haber – 39,600 (33 bb)

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Championship Day 2: Shuffle Up and Deal

April 16, 2016 @ 12:09PM by AlCantHang

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 488 of 1,222
Average Stack: 75,000 (63 big blinds)

Steven Hensley unbags his chips for Day 2

Most players are in their seats and Tournament Director Tony Burns kicked off Day 2 with a few announcements that put cards in the air.

They’ll play two levels before taking their first break of the day.

Championshi-Day-2-1 — Tournament Director Tony Burns kicks off Day 2

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Championship Day 2: Hensley Leads the Restart

April 16, 2016 @ 12:00PM by AlCantHang

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 488 of 1,222
Average Stack: 75,000 (63 big blinds)

Day 2 of the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is ready to go with 488 players returning of the huge 1,222 starting field.

Only 153 of them will get a piece of the $3,910,400 prize pool so they have some work to do. The field should hit the money bubble later this evening and we’ll see the pace slow as it approaches.

Steven Hensley held the chip lead at the end of Day 1 and his 398,500 has a clear lead on second place Long Tran with 295,900 at the restart.

Four WSOP Main Event winners made it through to Day 2 with the current champ restarting with a top 25 stack. Ryan Riess, Greg Merson, and Jamie Gold all bagged up chips last night but 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen put 176,300 chips away for today.

Michael Laake leads the pack among Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members with newest members Loni Harwood and Chance Kornuth making it as well. We have November Niners, WPT Champions Club members, and local regulars all in contention this afternoon.

The average stack (and median stack for those statistically inclined) is deep to give Championship players plenty of room to make moves. It will be a while before they even sniff the money bubble and they’ll have to play solid to get there.

Cards will fly at noon and they are scheduled to play ten more hour-long levels before the survivors return tomorrow to play down to the final table six.

Top ten returning players:

Steven Hensley – 398,500 (332 bb)
Long Tran – 295,900 (247 bb)
David Farber – 290,000 (242 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 265,000 (221 bb)
Sam Panzica – 241,800 (202 bb)
Michael Kraischko – 224,700 (187 bb)
Seville Hale – 221,700 (185 bb)
Jason Bral – 217,100 (181 bb)
Craig Darnell – 214,500 (179 bb)
Ryan Tepen – 210,600 (176 bb)

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Championship Returning Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments

April 16, 2016 @ 1:55AM by AlCantHang

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship

The 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship drew 1,222 entrants with 488 returning for Day 2 at noon.

First Name	Last Name	Count	Table	Seat
Jeremy	Stein	92,700	1	1
Larry	Leggett	61,200	1	2
Jonathan	Turner	126,900	1	3
Sheddy	Siddiqui	60,600	1	4
David	Felger	55,200	1	5
Julio	Fernandez	70,800	1	6
David	Prociak	29,500	1	7
Anton	Bojaj	43,500	1	8
Jason	Bral	217,100	1	9
DAvid	Malka	30,500	2	1
Stewart	Newman	48,500	2	2
Josh	Arieh	39,300	2	3
Steven	Bennett	90,400	2	4
Stuart	Paterson	17,000	2	5
Brian	Hawkins	70,300	2	6
Darren	Elias	40,000	2	7
Darryll	Fish	29,900	2	8
Michael	Katz	44,500	2	9
Neil	Blumenfield	58,900	3	1
Christian	Sato	27,200	3	2
John	Dolan	150,800	3	3
Dimitry	Agrachov	102,000	3	4
Phong	Nguyen	59,900	3	5
Ed	O'Connell	111,600	3	7
Tyler	Jackson	30,200	3	8
Justin	Kruger	25,900	3	9
Joel	Tushnet	17,600	4	2
Bradon	Shane	41,200	4	3
Artem	Maksimov	99,800	4	4
Edward	Muniz	46,200	4	5
Keven	Stammen	30,800	4	6
Jorge	Cuesta	147,800	4	7
Michael	Ortiz	56,300	4	8
Scott	Hart	84,100	4	9
Ryan	Rivers	174,800	5	1
Michael l	Noor	47,000	5	3
Michael	Tait	33,800	5	4
Mark	Herm	150,800	5	5
Josh	Villarreal	143,600	5	6
Paul	Tong	30,900	5	7
Angelo	Spinazzola	105,200	5	8
Scott	Efron	71,200	5	9
Jean-Christophe	Ferreira	32,400	6	1
Jeremy	Menard	91,800	6	2
Grayson	Ramage	89,800	6	3
Xiaoyan	Wang	82,900	6	4
Pratyush	Buddiga	101,100	6	5
Shawn	Buchanan	51,400	6	6
Raymond	Robenty	103,000	6	7
Nicholas	Petitti	133,000	6	8
Luis	Santoni	146,700	6	9
Dash	Dudley	61,700	7	1
Mark	Scacewater	62,400	7	2
Raymond	Roszkowski	92,500	7	3
Shea	Smith	72,800	7	4
Mohammed	Jaffar	63,900	7	5
Alexander	Lakhov	42,600	7	6
Bobby	Suer	161,900	7	7
Loni	Harwood	61,100	7	8
Davian	Santana	93,400	7	9
Michael	Dwyer	55,500	8	1
Scott	Baumstein	41,400	8	2
Moritz	Dietrich	107,600	8	3
Duey	Duong	61,000	8	4
Matt	Berkey	23,300	8	5
Quinn	Bruno	32,300	8	6
Evan	Dollinger	51,800	8	7
Fred	Goldberg	104,400	8	8
Adam	Adler	25,000	8	9
Justin	Kindred	41,100	9	1
David	Lee	17,600	9	2
Kevin	O'Donnell	206,200	9	3
Mike	Beasley	40,000	9	4
Dan	Weatherly	56,600	9	5
Timothy	Fisher	58,600	9	6
A.J.	Kelsall	19,500	9	7
Jean	Gaspard	24,600	9	8
Ian	Feller	37,700	10	1
Robert	Garlick	38,300	10	2
Paul	Stanechewsie	71,700	10	3
Derrick	Simon	67,400	10	4
Arig	Zinger	12,900	10	5
Andrew	Hawkins	57,600	10	6
Markus	Gonsalves	9,400	10	7
Rick	Kaplan	31,200	10	8
Yaroslav	Nakonechayy	62,000	10	9
Lucian	Cappello	69,300	11	1
Randy	Ohel	41,500	11	2
Jared	Jaffee	43,600	11	3
Marvin	Rettenmaier	168,700	11	4
Sam	Panzica	241,800	11	5
Philip	Consolo	42,000	11	6
Alexander	Queen	36,200	11	8
Shawn	Nguyen	207,300	11	9
Mark	Smyrsko	44,000	12	1
Mohammed	Arani	162,100	12	2
Brian	Yoon	64,700	12	4
Stan	Jablonski	40,100	12	5
Alexey	Arakelov	53,500	12	6
David	Paredes	53,700	12	7
Fritz	Lunkenheimer	36,200	12	8
Craig	Mason	36,900	12	9
David	Levi	90,000	13	1
Dan	Dyke	62,700	13	2
Jonathan	Borenstein	54,500	13	3
Sam	Soverel	130,000	13	4
Charles	Alexander	86,500	13	5
Ahmad	Raza	107,800	13	6
Jacquelyn	Scott	40,700	13	7
Ben	Tarzia	162,900	13	8
Kim	Scoratow	28,700	13	9
Justin	Kadet	69,700	14	1
Roberto	Alberro	63,200	14	2
Brian	Murphy	106,600	14	3
Allan	Adrien	41,000	14	4
Jonathan	Gaviao	31,500	14	5
Hyoung	Chae	75,800	14	6
Ryan	Laplante	199,400	14	7
James	Salmon	20,300	14	8
Jerri	Thomas	18,500	14	9
Tony	Dunst	28,000	15	1
Yaron	Wasserman	96,400	15	2
Mike	Sexton	28,900	15	3
Sean	McCarthy	39,100	15	4
Fernando	Diaz	133,300	15	5
Jesse	Howells	31,600	15	6
Sam	Stein	112,300	15	7
Michael	Mizrachi	110,100	15	8
Bill	Stanton	27,200	15	9
William	Parker	19,100	16	2
Michael	Krasichko	224,700	16	3
Brian	Reinert	130,200	16	4
Ken	Einler	40,900	16	5
Tom	Pham	32,400	16	6
Tina	Tellone	130,400	16	7
Stewart	Chantler	171,800	16	8
Mike	Chiappetta	36,400	16	9
Brian	Phillis	59,900	17	1
Uri	Kadosh	127,700	17	2
Shawn	Busse	142,900	17	3
James	Smart	116,800	17	4
Andrzej	Roqowski	172,000	17	5
Nithin	Eapen	50,400	17	6
Bruno	Fitoussi	46,400	17	7
Jason	Les	126,600	17	8
Bryan	Piccioli	49,500	17	9
Jorge	Ribeiro	198,300	18	1
Talesh	Patel	36,300	18	2
Justin	Walker	38,300	18	3
Matthew	Waxman	71,400	18	4
Kyle	Keranen	113,800	18	5
Matthew	Yorra	38,100	18	6
Sujay	Dalal	21,100	18	7
Stepan	Gusak	84,400	18	8
Tom	Shoot	24,800	18	9
Tim	Reilly	62,100	19	1
Sunny	Patel	104,000	19	2
Gary	Spanier	78,000	19	3
Phillip	Hui	78,600	19	5
Andrew	Whitaker	56,300	19	6
Zack	Wilson	18,700	19	7
Justin	Liberto	37,100	19	8
Kevin	Calenzo	115,800	19	9
Liam	He	82,500	20	1
Omar	Zazay	113,900	20	2
Hans	Winzeler	60,200	20	4
Rainer	Kempe	116,200	20	5
Edwin	Roman	34,500	20	6
Shannon	Shorr	86,800	20	7
Carl	Pipitone	56,200	20	8
Anthony	Lombard	76,900	20	9
Peter	Vitantonio	30,700	21	2
Oren	Maimon	72,500	21	3
Aaron	Mermelstein	98,200	21	4
Lily	Kiletto	100,000	21	5
Noah	Bronstein	31,800	21	6
Tim	Seidensticker	47,000	21	7
Barry	Hutter	65,900	21	8
Brad	Rhodes	82,500	21	9
Rajai	Wazwaz	26,000	22	1
Christian	Harder	40,100	22	3
Jerry	Humphrey	120,600	22	4
Matthew	Wantman	39,000	22	5
Jake	Schwartz	50,400	22	6
Edward	Mallon	44,400	22	7
Herbert	Woodbery	118,600	22	8
Joe	Kuether	21,500	22	9
David	Peters	35,300	23	1
Garrett	Greer	119,600	23	2
Gaston	Michaliznksi	137,100	23	3
Brett	Murray	81,400	23	4
Cong	Pham	176,000	23	5
William	Failla	34,200	23	6
Andy	Philachack	98,000	23	7
Timothy	Pirraglia	41,600	23	8
Ludovic	Geilich	39,100	23	9
Alan	Snow	82,400	24	1
Jack	Schanbacher	31,900	24	2
Zoltan	Czinkota	109,100	24	3
Ed	McPike	121,700	24	4
Norman	Michalek	20,200	24	5
Jan-Eric	Schwippert	28,300	24	6
Dolphus	Power	39,300	24	7
Anthony	Frederick	83,800	24	8
Gustavo	Vazquez	36,600	24	9
Carlos	Cruz	70,000	25	1
Nissim	Gozlaw	59,000	25	2
Anthony	March	175,400	25	3
Joshua	Hillock	46,600	25	4
Michael	Tufaro	95,000	25	5
Elliot	Zaydman	71,700	25	6
Aaron	Massey	49,700	25	7
Josh	Beckley	17,400	25	8
Brent	Roberts	104,400	26	1
Amir	Lehavot	67,500	26	2
Dylan	Wilkerson	35,700	26	3
Preecha	Taepakdee	15,900	26	4
Jay	Romano	26,500	26	5
Matthew	Davenport	56,000	26	6
Bruce	Kramer	61,800	26	7
Dominique	Mosley	20,000	26	8
Eli	Elezra	50,000	26	9
Ping	Lin	11,500	27	1
Jason	Mercier	22,700	27	2
Rich	Albup	77,600	27	3
Matt	Bond	138,000	27	4
Wendy	Freedman	197,400	27	5
Oscar	Lindo	26,400	27	6
Jason	Wheeler	31,000	27	7
John	Andress	20,300	27	8
Mohsin	Charania	35,200	27	9
Dan	Dizenzo	76,400	28	1
Jonathan	Jaffe	265,000	28	2
John	Pizano	24,100	28	3
Alexis	Gavin	70,700	28	4
Kenneth	Kemple	153,900	28	5
Luke	Graham	42,300	28	6
Sean	O'Donell	45,100	28	7
Joe	Serock	21,300	28	8
James	Chen	18,500	28	9
Jon	Brody	84,600	29	1
Craig	Bagn	18,300	29	2
Frank	Argand	66,200	29	3
Thomas	Johson	84,900	29	4
Cate	Hall	71,900	29	5
Giuseppe	Pantaleo	152,000	29	6
Cheng	Liu	61,400	29	7
Benoit	Barral	28,500	29	8
Fraser	Short	79,400	29	9
Mike	Shariati	56,000	30	1
Marvin	Karlins	78,900	30	2
Myung	Shin	61,000	30	3
Junchi	Zhou	84,600	30	4
Chris	Klodnicki	102,300	30	5
Ravi	Raghavan	55,000	30	7
Claudio	Kalili	23,100	30	8
Anthony	Ocampo	119,200	30	9
Eric	Baldwin	128,700	31	1
Andrei	Plotnikov	53,600	31	2
Jonathan	Marks	16,400	31	3
Kris	Bradshaw	39,500	31	4
Bill	Gazes	40,000	31	5
Fredrick	Hadden	65,000	31	6
Andjelko	Andrejevic	97,900	31	7
Eric	Afriat	159,200	31	8
Steven	Hensley	398,500	31	9
Joseph	Drury	63,000	32	1
Chan	Pelton	48,000	32	2
Jason	Marshman	96,800	32	3
Ryan	Tepen	210,600	32	4
Christopher	Bolek	62,600	32	5
Anthony	Zinno	67,000	32	6
Jason	Koon	25,200	32	7
Richard	Whitebvonti	47,400	32	8
Gert	Zumkehr	39,300	32	9
Kunal	Patel	142,000	33	1
David	Shmuel	87,200	33	2
Suleiman	Abueid	70,400	33	3
Almog	Biton	101,000	33	4
Larry	Lipman	109,100	33	5
Viet	Vo	125,200	33	7
Evan	Teitelbaum	66,700	33	8
Frederik	Jensen	137,000	33	9
Sylvain	Loosli	107,900	34	1
Robert	Edelstein	108,100	34	2
David	Stamm	193,800	34	3
Tom	Thomas	34,000	34	4
Eugene	Todd	66,700	34	5
Yung	Huang	121,300	34	6
Carl	Martel	111,100	34	7
Jacob	Bazeley	86,200	34	8
Prabhu	Mogulla	40,600	34	9
Danny	Nguyen	111,600	35	1
Steve	Gross	29,000	35	2
Brian	Altman	122,600	35	3
Francois	Goulet	60,000	35	4
Enos	Smith	72,000	35	5
Benjamin	Thomas	23,200	35	6
Tanner	Millen	85,300	35	7
Ory	Hen	108,600	35	8
Andy	Frankenberger	56,900	35	9
Jeff	Gibralter	43,800	36	1
Matthew	Stout	38,700	36	2
Chris	Meyers	74,700	36	3
Kazu	Oshima	24,400	36	4
Sergio	Aldo	25,500	36	5
Zo	Karim	47,300	36	6
Michael	Kane	13,600	36	7
Hye	Park	83,600	36	8
Paul	Deebaruan	52,000	36	9
Thomas	Marchese	86,000	37	1
Adam	Friedman	22,000	37	2
Jean-Paul	Crabbe	30,400	37	3
Ido	Ashkenazi	14,800	37	4
Michael	Laake	201,800	37	5
Ray	Qartomy	1	37	6
Adam	Levy	32,400	37	7
Randy	Pfeifer	32,900	37	8
Riley	Fuller	61,100	37	9
Frederico	Dabus	105,100	38	1
Tuan	Le	11,000	38	2
Chapbel	Azzi	23,200	38	3
Kevin	Chan	142,000	38	4
Chris	O'Rourke	68,800	38	5
Matthew	Friendly	58,500	38	6
Dean	Baranowski	63,100	38	7
Tomas	Schlesinger	59,800	38	9
Ralph	Massey	48,900	39	1
Millard	Hale	41,300	39	2
Nam	Le	12,900	39	3
Eric	Rivkin	89,400	39	4
Alexander	Turyansky	78,400	39	5
Griffen	Abel	80,000	39	6
DeJuante	Alexander	93,100	39	7
Kurt	Lichtman	63,800	39	8
Peter	Walsworth	83,500	39	9
Justin	Zaki	49,600	40	1
Gilbert	Diaz	145,900	40	2
Arthur	Andrade	24,600	40	3
Kelly	Minkin	20,800	40	4
Jared	Mahoney	105,700	40	5
Dan	Shak	64,600	40	6
Jamie	Gold	43,000	40	7
Jan	Ziegler	63,700	40	8
Rob	Kessler	48,000	40	9
Agop	Rustemoglu	114,200	41	1
John	Templeton	53,600	41	2
Mark	Radoja	107,000	41	3
Andrew	Done	18,000	41	4
Rob	Kuhn	40,500	41	5
Rajiv	Maragh	44,300	41	6
Vincent	Procopio	42,700	41	7
Ryan	Riess	120,600	41	8
Dalton	Mills	33,300	42	1
Zach	Schneider	19,400	42	2
Marc	Sacheli	50,400	42	3
Tim	West	27,000	42	4
Glenn	Becker	50,900	42	5
Romel	Huelga	114,500	42	6
Sheraz	Nasir	126,000	42	7
Timothy	Banks	81,600	42	9
John	Racener	74,900	43	1
Victor	Figueroa	40,900	43	2
Jeff	Madsen	26,600	43	3
Aaron	Thomas	32,500	43	4
Edward	Ochana	46,800	43	5
Andrew	Spears	197,800	43	6
Vladimir	Dobrovolskiy	115,700	43	7
Brandon	Schwartz	85,600	43	8
Joseph	Calderon	112,900	43	9
Johanssy	Joseph	76,100	44	1
John	Gordon	10,800	44	2
Craig	Darnell	214,500	44	3
Seville	Hale	221,700	44	4
Jack	Duong	26,300	44	5
Seth	Davies	128,100	44	6
Joey	Couden	115,000	44	7
Long	Tran	295,900	44	8
Robert	Brown	109,900	44	9
Matthew	Haugen	98,300	45	1
Jorge	Guilarte	22,100	45	2
Vlad	Mezheritzky	45,000	45	3
Stephen	Leahy	75,300	45	4
Larry	Klur	97,800	45	5
Qiang	Ke	73,500	45	6
William	McManus	29,900	45	7
Vimy	Ha	169,400	45	8
Greg	Merson	110,700	45	9
Alexander	Haber	52,200	46	1
Mike	Comisso	81,900	46	2
Ryan	DAngelo	54,400	46	3
James	Mordue	28,600	46	4
Muhammad	Abel-Rahim	22,000	46	5
Nathan	Bjerno	54,900	46	6
Michael	Zelman	20,900	46	7
Joe	McKeehen	176,300	46	8
Daniel	Dumont	33,600	46	9
Jack	Salter	119,800	47	1
Javier	Sarache	38,500	47	2
Josh	Kay	37,100	47	3
Devon	Shalmi	175,900	47	4
Fedor	Holz	185,600	47	5
Derek	Ecenarro	160,400	47	6
Ryan	Dunn	61,900	47	7
Taylor	Von Kriegenbergh	60,900	47	8
Sam	Taylor	64,900	47	9
Charlemagne	Benjamin	110,000	48	1
Scott	Zakheim	21,600	48	2
Domyo	Aamelli	129,800	48	4
Steve	Buckner	76,100	48	5
Manh	Nguyen	18,600	48	6
Esther	Taylor-Brady	75,700	48	7
Michael	Gagliano	106,200	48	8
Michael	Dentale	25,000	48	9
Mukul	Pahuja	147,100	49	1
Haim	Toorgeman	75,000	49	2
Allen	Kessler	38,900	49	4
Vitor	Coelho	31,800	49	5
Nolan	James	64,300	49	6
Syed	Shah	63,500	49	7
Jeremy	Joseph	97,000	49	8
Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	47,300	49	9
David	Farber	290,000	50	1
Niall	Farrell	57,000	50	2
Joel	Wikstrom	101,600	50	3
Jorge	Gomez	51,100	50	4
Darren	Rabinowitz	77,200	50	6
Matthew	McEwan	55,500	50	7
Ian	O'Hara	94,600	50	8
Aaron	Overton	43,400	51	1
Paul	Balzano	34,500	51	2
Richard	Washginslov	57,500	51	3
Matthew	Smith	83,600	51	4
Robert	Campbell	32,900	51	5
Stanley	Lee	33,000	51	6
Aric	Pluskat	10,700	51	7
Ben	Pollak	50,000	51	8
Charlie	Townsend	116,800	51	9
John	Dibella	56,600	52	1
Emil	Softer	1	52	2
Don	Dorey	40,900	52	3
Brian	Green	109,700	52	4
Andre	Crooks	133,900	52	5
Sofiya	Umerova	58,100	52	6
Austin	Peck	37,700	52	7
Justin	Fanbush	64,800	52	8
Jake	Schindler	43,800	52	9
Joseph	Cappello	68,400	53	1
David	Poces	52,700	53	2
Stephen	Woodward	85,300	53	3
Greg	Jensen	122,800	53	4
Den	Kim	27,100	53	5
Carlo	Rodriguez	61,900	53	6
William	Foxen	183,100	53	7
Alex	Keating	64,000	53	8
Maria	Ho	85,800	53	9
Shon	Makatov	57,400	54	1
John	Simon	111,000	54	2
David	Battaglia	106,000	54	3
Sam	Phillips	173,000	54	4
Jeremy	Costa	64,600	54	5
Brandon	Miller	13,200	54	6
Yuri	Siniar	47,600	54	9
Jean-Manuel	Estrala	114,600	55	1
Nicolas	Yunis	74,600	55	2
Kevin	Eyster	99,200	55	3
Matthew	Elsby	87,400	55	5
Shiva	Dudani	84,200	55	6
Camilo	Manrique	78,900	55	7
Natasha	Barbour	29,200	55	8
Justin	Young	122,500	55	9
Chance	Kornuth	71,900	56	1
Chalie	Hook	88,500	56	3
Javier	Gomez	38,800	56	5
Alexander	Rocha	143,600	56	6
Upeshka	De Silva	65,300	56	6
John	DePerslo	196,300	56	7
Peter	Malkoun	78,400	56	8
Joseph	Elpayaa	187,700	56	9
Mark	Dube	16,200	57	1
Steve	Karp	41,700	57	2
Anirudh	Seth	129,600	57	3
Nashaat	Antonius	64,500	57	4
Patrick	Eskandar	38,100	57	5
Glenn	Lafaye	59,800	57	6
Harvey	Vandeven	27,500	57	7
Scott	Clements	31,200	57	8
Kevin	Andriamahefa	25,300	57	9

2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Returning Day 2 Chip Counts

April 16, 2016 @ 1:51AM by AlCantHang

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship

The 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship drew 1,222 entrants with 488 returning for Day 2 at noon.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Count
1	Steven	Hensley	398,500
2	Long	Tran	295,900
3	David	Farber	290,000
4	Jonathan	Jaffe	265,000
5	Sam	Panzica	241,800
6	Michael	Krasichko	224,700
7	Seville	Hale	221,700
8	Jason	Bral	217,100
9	Craig	Darnell	214,500
10	Ryan	Tepen	210,600
11	Shawn	Nguyen	207,300
12	Kevin	O'Donnell	206,200
13	Michael	Laake	201,800
14	Ryan	Laplante	199,400
15	Jorge	Ribeiro	198,300
16	Andrew	Spears	197,800
17	Wendy	Freedman	197,400
18	John	DePerslo	196,300
19	David	Stamm	193,800
20	Joseph	Elpayaa	187,700
21	Fedor	Holz	185,600
22	William	Foxen	183,100
23	Joe	McKeehen	176,300
24	Cong	Pham	176,000
25	Devon	Shalmi	175,900
26	Anthony	March	175,400
27	Ryan	Rivers	174,800
28	Sam	Phillips	173,000
29	Andrzej	Roqowski	172,000
30	Stewart	Chantler	171,800
31	Vimy	Ha	169,400
32	Marvin	Rettenmaier	168,700
33	Ben	Tarzia	162,900
34	Mohammed	Arani	162,100
35	Bobby	Suer	161,900
36	Derek	Ecenarro	160,400
37	Eric	Afriat	159,200
38	Kenneth	Kemple	153,900
39	Giuseppe	Pantaleo	152,000
40	John	Dolan	150,800
41	Mark	Herm	150,800
42	Jorge	Cuesta	147,800
43	Mukul	Pahuja	147,100
44	Luis	Santoni	146,700
45	Gilbert	Diaz	145,900
46	Josh	Villarreal	143,600
47	Alexander	Rocha	143,600
48	Shawn	Busse	142,900
49	Kunal	Patel	142,000
50	Kevin	Chan	142,000
51	Matt	Bond	138,000
52	Gaston	Michaliznksi	137,100
53	Frederik	Jensen	137,000
54	Andre	Crooks	133,900
55	Fernando	Diaz	133,300
56	Nicholas	Petitti	133,000
57	Tina	Tellone	130,400
58	Brian	Reinert	130,200
59	Sam	Soverel	130,000
60	Domyo	Aamelli	129,800
61	Anirudh	Seth	129,600
62	Eric	Baldwin	128,700
63	Seth	Davies	128,100
64	Uri	Kadosh	127,700
65	Jonathan	Turner	126,900
66	Jason	Les	126,600
67	Sheraz	Nasir	126,000
68	Viet	Vo	125,200
69	Greg	Jensen	122,800
70	Brian	Altman	122,600
71	Justin	Young	122,500
72	Ed	McPike	121,700
73	Yung	Huang	121,300
74	Jerry	Humphrey	120,600
75	Ryan	Riess	120,600
76	Jack	Salter	119,800
77	Garrett	Greer	119,600
78	Anthony	Ocampo	119,200
79	Herbert	Woodbery	118,600
80	James	Smart	116,800
81	Charlie	Townsend	116,800
82	Rainer	Kempe	116,200
83	Kevin	Calenzo	115,800
84	Vladimir	Dobrovolskiy	115,700
85	Joey	Couden	115,000
86	Jean-Manuel	Estrala	114,600
87	Romel	Huelga	114,500
88	Agop	Rustemoglu	114,200
89	Omar	Zazay	113,900
90	Kyle	Keranen	113,800
91	Joseph	Calderon	112,900
92	Sam	Stein	112,300
93	Danny	Nguyen	111,600
94	Ed	O'Connell	111,600
95	Carl	Martel	111,100
96	John	Simon	111,000
97	Greg	Merson	110,700
98	Michael	Mizrachi	110,100
99	Charlemagne	Benjamin	110,000
100	Robert	Brown	109,900
101	Brian	Green	109,700
102	Zoltan	Czinkota	109,100
103	Larry	Lipman	109,100
104	Ory	Hen	108,600
105	Robert	Edelstein	108,100
106	Sylvain	Loosli	107,900
107	Ahmad	Raza	107,800
108	Moritz	Dietrich	107,600
109	Mark	Radoja	107,000
110	Brian	Murphy	106,600
111	Michael	Gagliano	106,200
112	David	Battaglia	106,000
113	Jared	Mahoney	105,700
114	Angelo	Spinazzola	105,200
115	Frederico	Dabus	105,100
116	Brent	Roberts	104,400
117	Fred	Goldberg	104,400
118	Sunny	Patel	104,000
119	Raymond	Robenty	103,000
120	Chris	Klodnicki	102,300
121	Dimitry	Agrachov	102,000
122	Joel	Wikstrom	101,600
123	Pratyush	Buddiga	101,100
124	Almog	Biton	101,000
125	Lily	Kiletto	100,000
126	Artem	Maksimov	99,800
127	Kevin	Eyster	99,200
128	Matthew	Haugen	98,300
129	Aaron	Mermelstein	98,200
130	Andy	Philachack	98,000
131	Andjelko	Andrejevic	97,900
132	Larry	Klur	97,800
133	Jeremy	Joseph	97,000
134	Jason	Marshman	96,800
135	Yaron	Wasserman	96,400
136	Michael	Tufaro	95,000
137	Ian	O'Hara	94,600
138	Davian	Santana	93,400
139	DeJuante	Alexander	93,100
140	Jeremy	Stein	92,700
141	Raymond	Roszkowski	92,500
142	Jeremy	Menard	91,800
143	Steven	Bennett	90,400
144	David	Levi	90,000
145	Grayson	Ramage	89,800
146	Eric	Rivkin	89,400
147	Chalie	Hook	88,500
148	Matthew	Elsby	87,400
149	David	Shmuel	87,200
150	Shannon	Shorr	86,800
151	Charles	Alexander	86,500
152	Jacob	Bazeley	86,200
153	Thomas	Marchese	86,000
154	Maria	Ho	85,800
155	Brandon	Schwartz	85,600
156	Stephen	Woodward	85,300
157	Tanner	Millen	85,300
158	Thomas	Johson	84,900
159	Jon	Brody	84,600
160	Junchi	Zhou	84,600
161	Stepan	Gusak	84,400
162	Shiva	Dudani	84,200
163	Scott	Hart	84,100
164	Anthony	Frederick	83,800
165	Matthew	Smith	83,600
166	Hye	Park	83,600
167	Peter	Walsworth	83,500
168	Xiaoyan	Wang	82,900
169	Liam	He	82,500
170	Brad	Rhodes	82,500
171	Alan	Snow	82,400
172	Mike	Comisso	81,900
173	Timothy	Banks	81,600
174	Brett	Murray	81,400
175	Griffen	Abel	80,000
176	Fraser	Short	79,400
177	Marvin	Karlins	78,900
178	Camilo	Manrique	78,900
179	Phillip	Hui	78,600
180	Alexander	Turyansky	78,400
181	Peter	Malkoun	78,400
182	Gary	Spanier	78,000
183	Rich	Albup	77,600
184	Darren	Rabinowitz	77,200
185	Anthony	Lombard	76,900
186	Dan	Dizenzo	76,400
187	Johanssy	Joseph	76,100
188	Steve	Buckner	76,100
189	Hyoung	Chae	75,800
190	Esther	Taylor-Brady	75,700
191	Stephen	Leahy	75,300
192	Haim	Toorgeman	75,000
193	John	Racener	74,900
194	Chris	Meyers	74,700
195	Nicolas	Yunis	74,600
196	Qiang	Ke	73,500
197	Shea	Smith	72,800
198	Oren	Maimon	72,500
199	Enos	Smith	72,000
200	Chance	Kornuth	71,900
201	Cate	Hall	71,900
202	Paul	Stanechewsie	71,700
203	Elliot	Zaydman	71,700
204	Matthew	Waxman	71,400
205	Scott	Efron	71,200
206	Julio	Fernandez	70,800
207	Alexis	Gavin	70,700
208	Suleiman	Abueid	70,400
209	Brian	Hawkins	70,300
210	Carlos	Cruz	70,000
211	Justin	Kadet	69,700
212	Lucian	Cappello	69,300
213	Chris	O'Rourke	68,800
214	Joseph	Cappello	68,400
215	Amir	Lehavot	67,500
216	Derrick	Simon	67,400
217	Anthony	Zinno	67,000
218	Eugene	Todd	66,700
219	Evan	Teitelbaum	66,700
220	Frank	Argand	66,200
221	Barry	Hutter	65,900
222	Upeshka	De Silva	65,300
223	Fredrick	Hadden	65,000
224	Sam	Taylor	64,900
225	Justin	Fanbush	64,800
226	Brian	Yoon	64,700
227	Jeremy	Costa	64,600
228	Dan	Shak	64,600
229	Nashaat	Antonius	64,500
230	Nolan	James	64,300
231	Alex	Keating	64,000
232	Mohammed	Jaffar	63,900
233	Kurt	Lichtman	63,800
234	Jan	Ziegler	63,700
235	Syed	Shah	63,500
236	Roberto	Alberro	63,200
237	Dean	Baranowski	63,100
238	Joseph	Drury	63,000
239	Dan	Dyke	62,700
240	Christopher	Bolek	62,600
241	Mark	Scacewater	62,400
242	Tim	Reilly	62,100
243	Yaroslav	Nakonechayy	62,000
244	Carlo	Rodriguez	61,900
245	Ryan	Dunn	61,900
246	Bruce	Kramer	61,800
247	Dash	Dudley	61,700
248	Cheng	Liu	61,400
249	Larry	Leggett	61,200
250	Loni	Harwood	61,100
251	Riley	Fuller	61,100
252	Myung	Shin	61,000
253	Duey	Duong	61,000
254	Taylor	Von Kriegenbergh	60,900
255	Sheddy	Siddiqui	60,600
256	Hans	Winzeler	60,200
257	Francois	Goulet	60,000
258	Brian	Phillis	59,900
259	Phong	Nguyen	59,900
260	Glenn	Lafaye	59,800
261	Tomas	Schlesinger	59,800
262	Nissim	Gozlaw	59,000
263	Neil	Blumenfield	58,900
264	Timothy	Fisher	58,600
265	Matthew	Friendly	58,500
266	Sofiya	Umerova	58,100
267	Andrew	Hawkins	57,600
268	Richard	Washginslov	57,500
269	Shon	Makatov	57,400
270	Niall	Farrell	57,000
271	Andy	Frankenberger	56,900
272	John	Dibella	56,600
273	Dan	Weatherly	56,600
274	Andrew	Whitaker	56,300
275	Michael	Ortiz	56,300
276	Carl	Pipitone	56,200
277	Mike	Shariati	56,000
278	Matthew	Davenport	56,000
279	Michael	Dwyer	55,500
280	Matthew	McEwan	55,500
281	David	Felger	55,200
282	Ravi	Raghavan	55,000
283	Nathan	Bjerno	54,900
284	Jonathan	Borenstein	54,500
285	Ryan	DAngelo	54,400
286	David	Paredes	53,700
287	Andrei	Plotnikov	53,600
288	John	Templeton	53,600
289	Alexey	Arakelov	53,500
290	David	Poces	52,700
291	Alexander	Haber	52,200
292	Paul	Deebaruan	52,000
293	Evan	Dollinger	51,800
294	Shawn	Buchanan	51,400
295	Jorge	Gomez	51,100
296	Glenn	Becker	50,900
297	Marc	Sacheli	50,400
298	Nithin	Eapen	50,400
299	Jake	Schwartz	50,400
300	Ben	Pollak	50,000
301	Eli	Elezra	50,000
302	Aaron	Massey	49,700
303	Justin	Zaki	49,600
304	Bryan	Piccioli	49,500
305	Ralph	Massey	48,900
306	Stewart	Newman	48,500
307	Chan	Pelton	48,000
308	Rob	Kessler	48,000
309	Yuri	Siniar	47,600
310	Richard	Whitebvonti	47,400
311	Zo	Karim	47,300
312	Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	47,300
313	Michael l	Noor	47,000
314	Tim	Seidensticker	47,000
315	Edward	Ochana	46,800
316	Joshua	Hillock	46,600
317	Bruno	Fitoussi	46,400
318	Edward	Muniz	46,200
319	Sean	O'Donell	45,100
320	Vlad	Mezheritzky	45,000
321	Michael	Katz	44,500
322	Edward	Mallon	44,400
323	Rajiv	Maragh	44,300
324	Mark	Smyrsko	44,000
325	Jeff	Gibralter	43,800
326	Jake	Schindler	43,800
327	Jared	Jaffee	43,600
328	Anton	Bojaj	43,500
329	Aaron	Overton	43,400
330	Jamie	Gold	43,000
331	Vincent	Procopio	42,700
332	Alexander	Lakhov	42,600
333	Luke	Graham	42,300
334	Philip	Consolo	42,000
335	Steve	Karp	41,700
336	Timothy	Pirraglia	41,600
337	Randy	Ohel	41,500
338	Scott	Baumstein	41,400
339	Millard	Hale	41,300
340	Bradon	Shane	41,200
341	Justin	Kindred	41,100
342	Allan	Adrien	41,000
343	Victor	Figueroa	40,900
344	Don	Dorey	40,900
345	Ken	Einler	40,900
346	Jacquelyn	Scott	40,700
347	Prabhu	Mogulla	40,600
348	Rob	Kuhn	40,500
349	Christian	Harder	40,100
350	Stan	Jablonski	40,100
351	Mike	Beasley	40,000
352	Bill	Gazes	40,000
353	Darren	Elias	40,000
354	Kris	Bradshaw	39,500
355	Josh	Arieh	39,300
356	Dolphus	Power	39,300
357	Gert	Zumkehr	39,300
358	Sean	McCarthy	39,100
359	Ludovic	Geilich	39,100
360	Matthew	Wantman	39,000
361	Allen	Kessler	38,900
362	Javier	Gomez	38,800
363	Matthew	Stout	38,700
364	Javier	Sarache	38,500
365	Robert	Garlick	38,300
366	Justin	Walker	38,300
367	Patrick	Eskandar	38,100
368	Matthew	Yorra	38,100
369	Ian	Feller	37,700
370	Austin	Peck	37,700
371	Josh	Kay	37,100
372	Justin	Liberto	37,100
373	Craig	Mason	36,900
374	Gustavo	Vazquez	36,600
375	Mike	Chiappetta	36,400
376	Talesh	Patel	36,300
377	Alexander	Queen	36,200
378	Fritz	Lunkenheimer	36,200
379	Dylan	Wilkerson	35,700
380	David	Peters	35,300
381	Mohsin	Charania	35,200
382	Paul	Balzano	34,500
383	Edwin	Roman	34,500
384	William	Failla	34,200
385	Tom	Thomas	34,000
386	Michael	Tait	33,800
387	Daniel	Dumont	33,600
388	Dalton	Mills	33,300
389	Stanley	Lee	33,000
390	Robert	Campbell	32,900
391	Randy	Pfeifer	32,900
392	Aaron	Thomas	32,500
393	Jean-Christophe	Ferreira	32,400
394	Tom	Pham	32,400
395	Adam	Levy	32,400
396	Quinn	Bruno	32,300
397	Jack	Schanbacher	31,900
398	Vitor	Coelho	31,800
399	Noah	Bronstein	31,800
400	Jesse	Howells	31,600
401	Jonathan	Gaviao	31,500
402	Rick	Kaplan	31,200
403	Scott	Clements	31,200
404	Jason	Wheeler	31,000
405	Paul	Tong	30,900
406	Keven	Stammen	30,800
407	Peter	Vitantonio	30,700
408	DAvid	Malka	30,500
409	Jean-Paul	Crabbe	30,400
410	Tyler	Jackson	30,200
411	William	McManus	29,900
412	Darryll	Fish	29,900
413	David	Prociak	29,500
414	Natasha	Barbour	29,200
415	Steve	Gross	29,000
416	Mike	Sexton	28,900
417	Kim	Scoratow	28,700
418	James	Mordue	28,600
419	Benoit	Barral	28,500
420	Jan-Eric	Schwippert	28,300
421	Tony	Dunst	28,000
422	Harvey	Vandeven	27,500
423	Christian	Sato	27,200
424	Bill	Stanton	27,200
425	Den	Kim	27,100
426	Tim	West	27,000
427	Jeff	Madsen	26,600
428	Jay	Romano	26,500
429	Oscar	Lindo	26,400
430	Jack	Duong	26,300
431	Rajai	Wazwaz	26,000
432	Justin	Kruger	25,900
433	Sergio	Aldo	25,500
434	Kevin	Andriamahefa	25,300
435	Jason	Koon	25,200
436	Adam	Adler	25,000
437	Michael	Dentale	25,000
438	Tom	Shoot	24,800
439	Arthur	Andrade	24,600
440	Jean	Gaspard	24,600
441	Kazu	Oshima	24,400
442	John	Pizano	24,100
443	Matt	Berkey	23,300
444	Chapbel	Azzi	23,200
445	Benjamin	Thomas	23,200
446	Claudio	Kalili	23,100
447	Jason	Mercier	22,700
448	Jorge	Guilarte	22,100
449	Adam	Friedman	22,000
450	Muhammad	Abel-Rahim	22,000
451	Scott	Zakheim	21,600
452	Joe	Kuether	21,500
453	Joe	Serock	21,300
454	Sujay	Dalal	21,100
455	Michael	Zelman	20,900
456	Kelly	Minkin	20,800
457	James	Salmon	20,300
458	John	Andress	20,300
459	Norman	Michalek	20,200
460	Dominique	Mosley	20,000
461	A.J.	Kelsall	19,500
462	Zach	Schneider	19,400
463	William	Parker	19,100
464	Zack	Wilson	18,700
465	Manh	Nguyen	18,600
466	Jerri	Thomas	18,500
467	James	Chen	18,500
468	Craig	Bagn	18,300
469	Andrew	Done	18,000
470	Joel	Tushnet	17,600
471	David	Lee	17,600
472	Josh	Beckley	17,400
473	Stuart	Paterson	17,000
474	Jonathan	Marks	16,400
475	Mark	Dube	16,200
476	Preecha	Taepakdee	15,900
477	Ido	Ashkenazi	14,800
478	Michael	Kane	13,600
479	Brandon	Miller	13,200
480	Nam	Le	12,900
481	Arig	Zinger	12,900
482	Ping	Lin	11,500
483	Tuan	Le	11,000
484	John	Gordon	10,800
485	Aric	Pluskat	10,700
486	Markus	Gonsalves	9,400
487	Emil	Softer	1
488	Ray	Qartomy	1

2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Day 1: Five More Hands

April 16, 2016 @ 12:15AM by Eric Ramsey

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 10: 500/1,00 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 517 of 1,222

The clock has been paused with 10 minutes left in Level 10, and a card was drawn. It was a , so each table will play five more hands before the survivors bag up for the night.

2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Day 1: Vitor Coelho Gets Bluffed

April 16, 2016 @ 12:11AM by Steve Schult

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 531 of 1,222

There was about 45,000 in the pot on the turn with the board reading and Vitor Coelho bet 35,000 out of the big blind.

The cutoff raised to about 85,000 which was enough to put Coelho all in. Coelho went into the tank for several minutes before eventually folding.

Coelho flashed the as he folded and his opponent showed a bluff, flashing the .

Coelho got bluffed, but is still above starting stack and is coming off of a six-figure score from the opening event. Coelho bested a massive field of 2,692 to take home $140,476 after defeating James Salmon heads-up.

Vitor Coelho – 35,000

2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Day 1: Aleksandr Shevelev Stays Afloat

April 15, 2016 @ 11:51PM by Eric Ramsey

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 10: 500/1,00 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 567 of 1,222

Aleksandr Shevelev won Event 3 here last week, and he’s doing what he can to keep his chances alive in this Championship event, too.

Shevelev was down to 8,900 chips when he moved all in from early position holding . An opponent behind him re-shoved, isolating himself against Shevelev with the dominating .

The flop was pretty dry for Shevelev, but the turn and river helped. He ran down the nut flush, doubling up during the final level of Day 1.

Aleksandr Shevelev – 20,200 (20 bb)

2016 Showdown Live Updates

Championship Prizepool and Payouts

April 15, 2016 @ 11:25PM by Eric Ramsey

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship

With 1,222 entries the $3,500 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Showdown Championship marks the sixth-largest in WPT Main Tour history. It also generated a prizepool worth $3,910,400, nearly twice the guarantee. That money will be shared by the final 153 players, with a min-cash worth $4,791. A top prize of $654,161 will go to the eventual winner, along with a $15,000 entry to the WPT Tournament of Champions.

Here’s the complete breakdown:

1st: $654,161 + $15,000 WPT TOC seat
2nd: $458,722
3rd: $297,336
4th: $220,207
5th: $164,113
6th: $132,560
7th: $110,357
8th: $87,880
9th: $65,404
10th-12th: $49,627
13th-15th: $39,577
16th-18th: $34,124
19th-21st: $30,228
22nd-24th: $26,722
25th-27th: $23,217
28th-36th: $19,711
37th-45th: $16,283
46th-54th: $13,089
55th-63rd: $9,855
64th-72nd: $7,791
73rd-81st: $6,856
82nd-90th: $6,583
91st-99th: $6,544
100th-108th: $6,505
109th-117th: $6,466
118th-126th: $6,350
127th-135th: $5,687
136th-144th: $5,064
145th-153rd: $4,791