$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 625

Hand-for-hand play is currently in progress with the final 37 players remaining. Only 36 players can earn a cash, however, and when one more player busts, everybody remaining is guaranteed at least $488.

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 94

The final 13 players are in their seats, and the cards are in the air for Day 2 of the High Roller. There are just less than two minutes left in Level 17, with an average stack just shy of 725,000 chips.

Play will continue tonight until a winner is determined.

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 94

The $25K High Roller event drew a huge crowd yesterday with nearly 100 entries to easily surpass the numbers we saw for this event in August. That meant there was a lot of play and the field didn’t reach the money with 13 players remaining until 5:30am when Florida #1 Jason Mercier went out on the stone-cold bubble in the wee hours of the morning.

Because of the late stoppage of play, those 13 players are returning at 4pm instead of the regularly scheduled 2pm restart.  Brian Benderoff has the lead when they return but there is plenty of skill left in the game with big names from top to bottom.

They are slowing making their way to the meeting room and cards will fly shortly.

Returning seat assignments:

Table 83
Seat 1: Nick Petrangelo – 860,000 (54 bb)
Seat 2: Brian Benderoff – 1,279,000 (80 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Shak – 544,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Steffen Sontheimer – 490,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Fedor Holz – 188,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,140,000 (71 bb)
Seat 8: Nick Yunis – 771,000 (48 bb)

Table 90
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Lazaro Hernandez – 764,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3: John Dolan – 887,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Sylvain Loosli – 636,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Jake Schindler – 358,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: Tim West – 731,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: David Malka – 758,000 (47 bb)

Returning chip counts:

Brian Benderoff – 1,279,000 (80 bb)
Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 1,140,000 (71 bb)
John Dolan – 887,000 (55 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – 860,000 (54 bb)
Nick Yunis – 771,000 (48 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 764,000 (48 bb)
David Malka – 758,000 (47 bb)
Tim West – 731,000 (46 bb)
Sylvain Loosli – 636,000 (40 bb)
Dan Shak – 544,000 (34 bb)
Steffen Sontheimer – 490,000 (31 bb)
Jake Schindler – 358,000 (22 bb)
Fedor Holz – 188,000 (12 bb)

Payouts:

1st: $658,000
2nd: $481,750
3rd: $298,450
4th: $206,800
5th: $133,950
6th: $101,050
7th: $82,250
8th: $70,500
9th: $68,150
10th: $65,800
11th: $63,450
12th: $61,100
13th: $58,750

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222
Average Stack: 6,110,000 (61 bb)

Ben Tarzia opened under the gun for 275,000. Justin Young called from the button and Hyoung Chae defended the big blind.  They were three-handed to the flop.

Action checked to Young. He bet 350,000. Chae and Tarzia called. They were three-handed to the turn.

Hyoung Chae lead for 600,000 from the big blind. Ben Tarzia folded from early position and it was on Justin Young on the button. He called and Chae and Young were heads up to the river.

Chae slowed down, checking to Young. Young bet out 1,575,000 leaving himself 3,480,000 behind. Chae spent a couple minutes in the tank before folding. Young took the pot.

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 16: 6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 79

Scott Clements was moving away from the other two players when Charbel Azzi went heads-up with him to the flop. Azzi got all his chips in the middle and it wasn’t looking too good.

Clements:
Azzi:

The turn left Azzi drawing to seven outs but he missed the river to set up the PLO heads-up match.

Charbel Azzi – Eliminated in 3rd place ($21,330)
Petko Tsakov – 325,000 (27 bb)
Scott Clements – 1,250,000 (104 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222
Average Stack: 6,110,000 (61 bb)

Here is a look at the last three hands that were played:

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Garrett Greer opened the cutoff for 225,000. Matthew Haugen called from the big blind. The pair checked down a flop and turn of . The river elicited a third check out of Haugen. Greer bet 400,000 and took the pot.

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Justin Young was under the gun and raised to 210,000. All other players folded and Young earned the blinds and antes.

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Garrett was under the gun and made it 225,000. Hyoung Chae called from his direct left and Matthew Haugen shoved the button. Haugen’s all-in was counted down to 3,105,000. Garrett quickly got out of the way. Chae took a minute or two, but also found a fold. Greer won the pot.

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Hyoung Chae is the tournament chip leader with about 9,500,000.

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 15: 5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 79

Luis Calvo was the next short stack to take a stab but it wasn’t Scott Clements doing the heavy-lifting this time. Charbel Azzi had Calvo at risk after the flop.

Azzi:
Calvo:

The turn left Azzi drawing dead to 4th place while Azzi was able to move a little closer to Clements.

Luis Calvo – Eliminated in 4th place ($15,800)
Charbel Azzi – 540,000 (54 bb)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 14: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 79

Eric Penner was eliminated on one of the few hands this final table that didn’t get the chips in early. He was heads-up with Scott Clements and things were steady with the board reading when Penner moved all-in. Clements quickly called and Penner saw he was down to two outs.

Penner:
Clements:

“You trapped me Scott,” Penner said as he tabled his hand.

The river was a blank and Penner was sent out in 5th place while Clements moved over 1 million.

Eric Penner – Eliminated in 5th place ($11,850)
Scott Clements – 1,100,000 (183 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,222
Average Stack: 6,110,000 (61 bb)

Seat 1: Cate Hall – Eliminated 9th ($65,404)
Seat 2: Andrey Plotnikov – Eliminated 8th ($87,880)
Seat 3: Hyoung Chae – 6,895,000
Seat 4: Ben Tarzia – 6,960,000
Seat 5: Matthew Haugen – 7,295,000*
Seat 6: William Foxen – Eliminated 10th ($49,627)
Seat 7: Tim Reilly – 4,405,000
Seat 8: Justin Young – 6,905,000
Seat 9: Garrett Greer – 4,195,000
Seat 10: Sam Soverel – Eliminated 7th ($110,357)

*Chip leader

1st – $654,161 + TOC Seat
2nd – $458,722
3rd – $297,336
4th – $220,207
5th – $164,113
6th – $132,560

Results through 11th place

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 14: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 5 of 79

The biggest pot of the tournament happened when the two biggest stacks went at each other. Scott Clements, Chance Kornuth, and Charbel Azzi went to the flop when things went huge.

Clements led out for 60,000 and Kornuth announced “pot” for 348,000. Azzi moved out of the way and Clements thought things out for a few minutes. With ~75,00 sitting behind Kornuth, Clements put him all-in and got a call.

Kornuth:
Clements:

Kornuth had the top pair against Clement’s wrap draw. The turn brought no change but the game ended for Kornuth on the river.

Chance Kornuth – Eliminated in 6th place ($9,840)
Scott Clements – 860,000 (143 bb)