$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 342
Average Stack: 268,000 (53 big blinds)

Busted 53rd, 43 paid. Deck rewarded me for making a tough call by giving my opponent a 6 outer and fading 12 to resuck. Pain.

— Tyler Patterson (@TylerPoker) April 19, 2016

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 342

The cutoff raised to 12,000 and Ian O’Hara three-bet to 31,000 out of the small blind. Ryan Olisar moved all in for 113,000 out of the big blind and O’Hara called.

O’Hara showed and was in the lead against Olisar’s . The board ran out and O’Hara turned a king to eliminate Olisar.

Olisar won the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em prelim event, but falls just shy of the money in the finale. O’Hara moved over the 500,000 chip mark with the pot.

Ian O’Hara – 520,000 (104 bb)
Ryan Olisar – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 342
Average Stack: 244,000 (49 big blinds)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 342
Average Stack: 244,000 (49 big blinds)

Justin Zaki (big blind), Bryan Piccioli (under the gun), and Blake Bohn were involved in a three-way pot on a flop. Zaki checked, and Piccioli bet 19,000. Bohn called in position, and Zaki check-raised to 58,000. Piccioli moved all in for 182,000, Bohn folded, and Zaki called with the covering stack.

Zaki: (set of nines)
Piccioli: (set of queens)

The turn was the and the river the , and Piccioli doubled up with his superior set of queens.

Bryan Piccioli – 430,000 (86 bb)
Justin Zaki – 130,000 (26 bb)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 177

Registration is closed for the Turbo, and the numbers have been finalized.

This $1,100-buy-in event drew a field of 177 entries, generating a prizepool worth $177,000. That money will be shared by the final 18 players thusly:

1st: $51,328
2nd: $30,090
3rd: $17,700
4th: $14,160
5th: $10,620
6th: $8,850
7th: $7,080
8th: $5,310
9th: $3,983
10th-12th: $3,540
13th-15th: $3,098
16th-18th: $2,655

The winner will also receive the green glass trophy for Event 24. With 54 players remaining, the average stack is about 13 big blinds.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 342
Average Stack: 228,000 (45 big blinds)

Charlemagne Benjamin moved all in on the button for his last 74,000 and Stephanie Tang called out of the big blind.

Benjamin showed and was flipping with Tang’s . Tang took the lead on a flop of , leaving Benjamin drawing to three outs. The turn was the and the river was the and Benjamin hit the rail just shy of the money.

Benjamin is a local player who parlayed a win in a $125 satellite into the $1,050 satellite, which got him into the $10,000 finale.

Stephanie Tang – 180,000
Charlemagne Benjamin – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 342
Average Stack: 228,000 (45 big blinds)

On the river with a completed board of , David Paredes bet 36,000 from the big blind and Anthony Zinno moved all in for 66,500.

Paredes took a few moments in the tank and then called. Zinno showed , good for a jack-high flush. Paredes tossed his hand toward the muck, but the dealer exposed since it was an al in pot.

Zinno drags the pot with a bigger flush and doubled up.

Anthony Zinno – 175,000 (35 bb)
David Paredes – 380,000 (76 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 342
Average Stack: 221,000 (44 big blinds)

Ian O’Hara opened the pot with an early-position raise, and Joe Hachem three-bet shoved for 75,000 next to act. Sergii Baranov called from the big blind, and O’Hara folded out of the way, leaving Hachem heads up for his tournament life.

Hachem:
Baranov:

The board ran out . Baranov won the pot with two pair, extending his chip lead over the field. Hachem was eliminated.

Sergii Baranov – 820,000 (164 bb)
Joe Hachem – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Return to Level 14: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 342
Average Stack: 221,000 (44 big blinds)

Sergii Baranov jumped to the top of the counts as the field approached the dinner break. He was among the leaders after sending Scott Clements and Jessica Dawley, now he has the lead.

Deitrich Fast, Jared Jaffee, Chino Rheem, and David Paredes round out the top five when they return.

Sergii Baranov – 696,000 (139 bb)
Deitrich Fast – 669,000 (134 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 635,000 (127 bb)
Chino Rheem – 519,000 (104 bb)
David Paredes – 472,500 (95 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
End of Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 342
Average Stack: 221,000 (55 big blinds)

The remaining 62 players are on now on their 90-minute dinner break. Play resumes at roughly 8:15 p.m. local time with only the top 43 finishing in the money.

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