$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 342
Average Stack: 1,954,000 (48 big blinds)

Richard Leger raised to 100,000 from middle position and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 250,000 from the hijack. Leger called and the flop was .

Leger led out for 275,000 and Mateos called. The turn was the and Leger bet 450,000. Mateos called and the river was the .

Both players checked and Leger showed . Mateos mucked his hand and Leger dragged the pot.

Richard Leger – 3,350,000 (83 bb)
Adrian Mateos – 800,000 (20 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 342
Average Stack: 1,955,000 (49 big blinds)

Lyle Vincent opened to 100,000 in early position, and Aditya Prasetyo defended his big blind.

The flop came . Prasetyo checked, Vincent continued for 200,000, and Prasetyo check-raised to 450,000. Vincent moved all in with the covering stack, and Prasetyo called all in for 1,205,000 total.

Prasetyo: (set of tens)
Vincent: (straight draw)

“You got me good,” Vincent said. “Back to the old drawing board.” He was still drawing live to the gutshot, and the turn gave him four more outs, as well. The river was the , though, and Prasetyo doubled up with a set of tens.

Aditya Prasetyo – 2,465,000 (62 bb)
Lyle Vincent – 570,000 (14 bb)

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 94

A couple more registration tickets were punched right before the close of registration, and the field is locked at 94 entries. That generates a prizepool worth $2,350,000. That money will be shared by the final 13 players thusly:

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

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 342
Average Stack: 1,710,000 (42 big blinds)

Jared Jaffee moved all in from under-the-gun for about 370,000 and William Benson called out of the big blind.

It was a flip for Jaffee’s tournament life with his up against Benson’s . The board ran out and Jaffee hit the rail in eighth place.

Benson chipped up to over the 2 million chip mark and Jaffee netted $88,125 for his finish.

William Benson – 2,060,000 (51 bb)
Jared Jaffee – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Total Entries: 625

Registration is now closed for Event 25. Yesterday’s Day 1A drew 272 entries, and another 353 joined today to bring the total field to 625 entries. That generated a prizepool worth $75,000 to be shared by the final 36 players thusly:

1st: $20,237
2nd: $12,000
3rd: $7,875
4th: $5,438
5th: $4,013
6th: $3,188
7th: $2,438
8th: $1,763
9th: $1,275
10th-12th: $975
13th-15th: $788
16th-18th: $675
19th-27th: $563
28th-36th: $488

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 262

Near the start of Level 20, the final table was set in Event 26. Here’s how they’re laid out:

Seat 1: Frankie Flowers – 530,000
Seat 2: Evan Young – 341,000
Seat 3: Ryan Sherman – 138,000
Seat 4: Raymond Ruszkowski – 447,000
Seat 5: Edwin Roman – 176,000
Seat 6: David Roeda – 166,000
Seat 7: Michael Newman – 293,000
Seat 8: Richard Arno – 250,000
Seat 9: Allan Dungo – 162,000
Seat 10: Phillip Hui – 210,000

Here are the remaining payouts up for grabs:

1st – $22,010
2nd – $12,969
3rd – $7,467
4th – $6,052
5th – $4,716
6th – $3,930
7th – $3,144
8th – $2,358
9th – $1,572
10th – $1,022

$25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Total Entries: 92

After a big preflop raising war, Marvin Rettenmaier (cutoff) ends up all in for 89,000, Sylvain Loosli (small blind) is all in for 164,000, and Ian O’Hara has them both covered, looking for the double knockout from middle position.

Rettenmaier:
Loosli:
O’Hara:

Loosli was less than thrilled with the news at showdown, but things improved for him in a big way. The board ran out , and the Frenchman ran down the nut flush to double up and then some. Rettenmaier was eliminated, and O’Hara was left with just a handful of big blinds.

Sylvain Loosli – 425,000 (85 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 59,500 (12 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 342
Average Stack: 1,710,000 (57 big blinds)

On the river with the board reading , Adrian Mateos bets 125,000 from the big blind and William Benson moved all in from under-the-gun for 860,000.

Mateos spent several minutes in the tank as other players from the table left for break. Eventually Mateos called and Benson showed and topped Mateos’ .

The player head off on the rest of their 15-minute break before resuming play.

William Benson – 1,905,000 (63 bb)
Adrian Mateos – 1,145,000 (38 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale 
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 342

William Benson moved all in for 400,000 from the cutoff and Jared Jaffee moved all in on the button for about 800,000. Everybody else got out of the way and the cards were tabled.

Benson showed , but was dominated by Jaffee’s . The flop was and Jaffee’s queens were still in the lead. The came on the turn, however, and Benson took the lead.

Jaffee was drawing to the last two queens in the deck, but the fell on the river and Benson doubled up.

William Benson – 885,000 (29 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 340,000 (11 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 342
Average Stack: 1,710,000 (57 big blinds)

Adrian Mateos raised to 60,000 on the button and Jared Jaffee called out of the big blind. They were heads-up to a flop of AcTh8s and Jaffee checked.

Mateos bet 60,000 and Jaffee called. The turn was the Ks and Jaffee checked again. Mateos bet 150,000 and Jaffee called again. The river was the Jh and both players checked.

“Ace,” said Jaffee.

Mateos motions to him to table his hand, indicating his hand is good. Jaffee showed As6h and Mateos tossed his hand into the muck.

Jared Jaffee – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Adrian Mateos – 2,250,000 (75 bb)