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)

Sam Soverel was in early position and open-jammed for 1,875,000. Action was on Ben Tarzia in the cutoff and he called putting Soverel at risk against at least one opponent. Matthew Haugen folded the button and Tim Reilly and Justin Young let go of their blinds. Soverel needed to improve against Tarzia.

Tarzia:
Soverel:

The flop improved neither player. The turn gave Tarzia a set and left Soverel drawing to one of four 10s in the deck. Fifth street fell the — a brick. Soverel busted 7th earning $110,357.

The remaining six players are now on a short break while production staff prepares the set for six-handed play.

Ben Tarzia – 6,960,000 (69 bb)
Sam Soverel – Eliminated in 7th place ($110,357)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 14: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 79

Chris Meyers was down to only 26,000 when he put them in the middle and Chance Kornuth raised the pot with a premium hand to get heads up.

Kornuth:
Meyers:

Meyers couldn’t catch up as the board ran to push Meyers out and Kornuth higher.

Chris Meyers – Eliminated in 7th place ($7,900)
Chance Kornuth – 375,000 (63 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,222
Average Stack: 5,237,000 (65 bb)

With Level 30 comes a 100,000 big blind and the token Seminole Hard Rock Poker 500,000 plaques. Tournament staff put in 10,000,000 worth of the unique chip over break.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,222
Average Stack: 5,237,000 (52 bb)

Seat 1: Cate Hall – Eliminated 9th ($65,404)
Seat 2: Andrey Plotnikov – Eliminated 8th ($87,880)
Seat 3: Hyoung Chae – 8,170,000*
Seat 4: Ben Tarzia – 4,050,000
Seat 5: Matthew Haugen – 7,365,000
Seat 6: William Foxen – Eliminated 10th ($49,627)
Seat 7: Tim Reilly – 3,975,000
Seat 8: Justin Young – 8,080,000
Seat 9: Garrett Greer – 3,015,000
Seat 10: Sam Soverel –2,000,000

*Chip leader

1st – $654,161 + TOC Seat
2nd – $458,722
3rd – $297,336
4th – $220,207
5th – $164,113
6th – $132,560
7th – $110,357

Results through 11th place

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 14: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 79

Chance Kornuth opened to 20,000 and Joseph Irgon took his time to think about his action in the big blind. He only had 50,000 behind and called at risk.

Irgon:
Kornuth:

The board ran to ship the pot to Kornuth and send Irgon out in 8th place.

Joseph Irgon – Eliminated in 8th place ($6,320)
Chance Kornuth – 335,000 (56 bb)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 79

With short stacks all around, there were a few shoves before Mikhail Zlotnik lost most of his stack after doubling up Eric Penner.

Zlotnick was left with only 6,000 plus his small blind and he moved all-in when action folded to him. Luis Calvo called in the big blind without looking.

Zlotnick:
Calvo:

The board ran out to trip up Calvo and send Zlotnick out first at the final table.

Mikhail Zlotnick – Eliminated in 9th place ($4,740)
Luis Calvo – 120,000 (20 bb)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 79

Event 28 was one of the last big buy-in tournaments on the schedule and they played a little of the $2,200 four-card variety of the game. The tournament drew 79 PLO lovers to create a $158,000 prize pool.

The last nine players earned a piece of the money and they are about to return to play it down. Two-time WSOP winner (and WPT champ) Scott Clements comes back today with the lion’s share of the chips. He has 732,000 of the 3,160,000 chips in play with the rest split between the other eight players.

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Chance Kornuth sits in second position with 213,000 but the rest will need to make something happen in a hurry if they want the trophy later today.

They are unbagging their chips and will be back underway shortly.

Returning seat assignments:

Seat 1: Chance Kornuth – 213,000 (36 bb)
Seat 2: Petko Tsakov – 127,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Charbel Azzi – 112,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4: Joseph Irgon – 26,000 (4 bb)
Seat 5: Mikhail Zlotnik – 36,000 (6 bb)
Seat 6: Luis Calvo – 133,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Scott Clements – 732,000 (122 bb)
Seat 8: Chris Meyers – 174,000 (29 bb)
Seat 9: Eric Penner – 27,000 (5 bb)

Chip counts:

Scott Clements – 732,000 (122 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 213,000 (36 bb)
Chris Meyers – 174,000 (29 bb)
Luis Calvo – 133,000 (22 bb)
Petko Tsakov – 127,000 (21 bb)
Charbel Azzi – 112,000 (19 bb)
Mikhail Zlotnik – 36,000 (6 bb)
Eric Penner – 27,000 (5 bb)
Joseph Irgon – 26,000 (4 bb)

Payouts:

1st: $47,400
2nd: $33,180
3rd: $21,330
4th: $15,800
5th: $11,850
6th: $9,480
7th: $7,900
8th: $6,320
9th: $4,740

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 67 of 625
Average Stack: 93,000 (31 big blinds)

Event 25 was the last big field, multi-day open tournament on the schedule and it drew 625 entrants over two starting flights. Only 67 were able to make it through to the end of the night and they return this afternoon to play down to the champion.

The first order of business is getting them into the money. Only 36 of them will earn a piece of the $75,000 prize pool and they should get there in the early afternoon.

There are plenty of tough names still in the running including Eli Levy, three-time WSOP Circuit winner Nancy Birnbaum, and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah.

They’ll get underway at the top of the hour and we’ll pick up the action as they near the money bubble.

Top ten returning counts:

Paul Tong – 366,300 (122 bb)
Julio Fernandez – 290,400 (97 bb)
Chein Chiu – 244,500 (82 bb)
Andrea Kaiser – 230,700 (77 bb)
Raminder Singh – 205,100 (68 bb)
John Cummings – 205,000 (68 bb)
Xiaoyan Wang – 199,000 (66 bb)
Vasile Schita – 179,900 (60 bb)
Dustin Tragethon – 170,000 (57 bb)
Hector Chevalier – 167,700 (56 bb)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,222
Average Stack: 5,237,000 (65 bb)

After being crippled by Justin Young, Andrey Plotnikov was able to score a double and even picked up the blinds and antes after moving all-in and fading a call. It wasn’t long before he met his fate at the hands of start-of-day chip leader Hyoung Chae, though.

Plotnikov opened to 200,000, Chae three-bet to 2,000,000 and Plotnikov got his last 1,315,000 in the pot holding queens yet again — . He was in rough shape agains the of Chae. The runout came and Plotnikov busted 8th earning $87,880.

All remaining players are now assured a six-figure payday. Remaining payouts:

1st – $654,161 + TOC Seat
2nd – $458,722
3rd – $297,336
4th – $220,207
5th – $164,113
6th – $132,560
7th – $110,357

Hyoung Chae – 8,805,000 (110 bb)
Andrey Plotnikov – Eliminated in 8th place ($87,880)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,222
Average Stack: 4,583,000 (57 bb)

Sam Soverel opened under the gun for 175,000. Andrey Plotnikov called as did Hyoung Chae and Ben Tarzia. It was on Tim Reilly on the button and he called as well. With five players in the pot, it was on Justin Young in the small blind and he three-bet to 1,140,000. Soverel folded as did Garrett Greer. It was back on Plotnikov and he shoved for 4,060,000. Chae took his time, but folded. Tarzie and Reilly mucked as well. It was back on Young and he called off his remaining 3,555,000.

Young:
Plotnikov:

The dealer burned and turned  an board. Young’s kings held and the rail erupted in cheer. He doubled through Plotnikov who’s now the short stack at the table.

Justin Young – 7,950,000 (99 bb)
Andrey Plotnikov – 505,000 (6 bb)