Showdown

Event 5: Blinding off an Average Hard Rock Poker Stack

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
92 Remaining Players, 260k Avg (26k avg)

Mike Arrington
Mike Arrington
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Mike Arrington (Myrtle Beach, SC) made the money despite not playing a Day 2 hand.

Arrington, who started the day with an average 96k stack (40 bb), was a no-show and his stack was blinded off.

It took four hours and six levels for his stack to get down to the felt as he finishes in 105th place for $417.

Arrington cashed in Event 1 ($1 Million Guarantee) in 119th place ($1,392), but no word on why he wasn’t here today.

Event 5: 600k Stacks Collide

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 4k/8k/500 ante
106 Players Remaining, 226k avg (28 bb)

Fisher & Delatorre
Fisher & Delatorre

We see Marie Fisher (Cooper City, FL) and Devin Delatorre (Miami, FL), each with 600k+, mix it up in a healthy pot.

After both players check the flop of Ah3d2s, Fisher leads for 22k when the Ad comes on the turn.

Delatorre raises to 65k and Fisher calls.

River: Jh

Both players check, Delatorre flips over pocket 9s and Fisher smiles before mucking.

The hand drops Fisher to ~550k, while Delatorre is up to 675k.

Event 8: $500K Guarantee (Flight A) Rolling Along in

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
117 Players Remaining, 41k avg (51 bb)

TJ Shulman & Wendy Freedman Earlier in the Day
TJ Shulman & Wendy Freedman
Earlier in the Day

Roughly half the 238 entries are out of the opening flight of the $500,000 Guaranteed event.

The field will play through 14 levels or down to 12% of the field (~29 players), which ever comes first.

Flight B is tonight at 7 pm.

Event 5: Bubble Breaks

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 2,500/5k/500 ante
160 Players Remaining, 150k avg (30 bb)

Campbell (right) Cashes In
Campbell (right) Cashes In

We’ve officially reached the money and there’s now a steady stream to the payout desk.

The black chips are now off the table and players are back from break with the chip leaders north of 400k.

Big Stacks

Dorian Rios 439k
Carlos Loving 419k
Jorge Rivera 410k
Sean Martin 407k

Event 5: Bello Gets Off Bubble

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
212 Players Remaining, 114k avg (29 bb)

Alex Bello
Alex Bello

“I used my one-time on the river,” says Alex Bello (Miami, FL) who is now well above average with 200k after starting the day with 51k (21 bb).

Bello says he was all in on a board of 8-7-X and “in big trouble,” with 9-5 against his opponent’s pocket Jacks.

After a brick on the turn, Bello’s one-time comes through with a 6 on 5th street for the 9-high straight.

Bello is a Hard Rock regular and looking his third career recorded live tournament cash. Players are falling fast and we’re approaching the bubble and hand-for-hand play.

Event 5: Day 2 Poker Underway in Hollywood, FL

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
268 Players Remaining, 89k avg (37 bb)

Campbell & Kegel
Campbell & Kegel

30 tables are back in action looking for their piece of the $287,520 prize pool.

Jorge Rivera (Hollywood, FL) returns as the chip leader with 316k (132 bb).

Two of the more charismatic players are side-by-side in Ralph Campbell (Plantation, FL) who starts the day third in chips (275k) and Tim Kegel (Hollywood, FL) who made the WPT televised final table in February at Seminole Coconut Creek (5th place – $68,000).

This will be a dash for the cash as the top 200 players earn a min cash of $302 and the field plays for the $50,017 top prize.

Event 5: Day 2 Restart Chip Counts (Full List)

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Play Resumes 1 pm
Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
268 Players Remaining, 89k avg (37 bb)

 

Position Name  Chip Count TableSeat
1JORGERIVERA315,500142
2GASTONMIALIZLHI300,600224
3RALPHCAMPBELL274,875135
4JUANENDARA265,400488
5GUDMUNDURSIGUIGONMAN237,300323
6IZZEYTEMEL232,200541
7JOEPOZOS232,100452
8OMARMORILLA226,900472
9IGORSKOCHILO221,300459
10YUANSHEN217,400546
11REGETTEDUVDIVANI212,600211
12CARLOSLOVING211,600545
13JOHN BINNS209,600547
14LANCEGARCIA207,60086
15DAVIDALBERTSON202,100316
16DORIANRIOS202,00061
17JESUSCABRERA199,50073
18TEVYWELLINS194,900131
19STEVELAKE192,70051
20AUSTINLAFOTEN192,700148
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