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Level 14: 1,000/2,000/300 ante

Chino Rheem began the day with 158,000 and was soon moved to a new table to balance the field. He was at his new table for only a few hands before adding to his stack.

Rheem bet out with the flop reading and Scott Efron moved all-in over the top for 75,000. Rheem took a few moments to run through his decision before calling the bet. Efron confidently slapped towards the dealer then utter a few top shelf expletives when Rheem rolled over .

The dealer kept it clean and Efron was an early Day 2 elimination.

“I had to give it a shot,” Efron said on his way to the rail.

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Level 14: 1,000/2,000/300 ante

All starting flights are in the books and players are returning to the ballroom at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to continue the battle. The tournament drew 1,499 players and just 478 of them survived to bag chips at the end of their day. Only 300 of them will make the money to earn part of the $10 Million prize pool.

Poker pro Jared Jaffee begins the day holding the chip lead with several big names not far behind. David Williams, Marvin Rettenmaier, and Joe Kuether are just a few of the top players in contention at the start of the day.

Five WSOP November Niners are also among the leaders. Ben Lamb, John Racener, Kevin Schaffel, Chino Rheem, and John Dolan each made it through their starting day with a chance to win the Championship. Two former WPT Player of the Year winners will also return today. Both Matt Salsberg and Faraz Jaka bagged up chips on Day 1 and they are looking to add to their already impressive résumés.

It wasn’t a good Day 1 for another WPT Player of the Year when Andy Frankenberger was eliminated late last night. Other top players falling short on Day 1 were WSOP bracelet winners Chance Kornuth and Marsha Wolak along with former WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold.

The returning players have taken their seats as they try to make it into the money and advance to Day 3. They will battle each other over ten levels of play before the survivors bag up their chips and come back tomorrow for more action.

Top Ten Stacks:

Jared Jaffee – 462,800
David Farber – 364,100
Oleg Titov – 343,500
Sujay Dalal – 302,200
Robert Park – 292,900
David Williams – 276,600
Ben Lamb – 275,700
John Dolan – 272,900
Shawn Cunix – 270,100
Roderic Boling – 263,100

Notables:

Joe Kuether – 262,200
Marvin Rettenmaier – 256,600
Eric Panayitou – 254,000
Mike Leah – 213,600
Kevin Schaffel – 208,700
Bob “Uncle Krunk” Panitch – 198,300
Dan Fuhs – 194,800
Joe Serock – 187,500
John Racener – 187,000
Brian Hastings – 184,000

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 17: $5300 Championship No Limit Hold’em
August 28 – September 3, 2014

Total Entries:  1,499
Total Prize Pool:  $10,000,000

Start of Day 2 Players Remaining: 478
Start of Day 2 Average Chip Stack: 94,000

TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:

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End of Level 13: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

The third and final starting flight of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship is in the bag.  There were 722 entrants today, bringing the total over all three flights to 1,499.  After 13 levels of play, about 240 players remained to bag chips.

We lost some big names today and there are no more second (or third, or fourth) chances.  2006 WSOP Main Event winner Jamie Gold busted out late in the day.  WSOP Bracelet holders Marsha Wolak and Chance Kornuth and WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger busted out.

Another former WPT Player of the Year fared better.  Faraz Jaka bagged 123,000 and will have 62 big blinds when play resumes Sunday at 12 noon.

Overall chip leader going into Day 2 is Jared Jaffee with 462,800.

Flight C Chip Chirps (don’t forget the #SHRPO!):

Tristan Wade 153,000
Matthew Alexander 141,000
Ryan D’Angelo 131,000
Sheddy 131,000
John Holley 90,000
Ian O’Hara 76,800
Thomas Barnard 73,800
Josh Hillock 70,500
Greg M 76,300
Anthony @pipnice1 66,200
Ryan van Sanford 64,000
MiamiErikC 58,700
Natasha Barbour 56,000
Amanda Musumeci 55,000
Randall Flowers 51,900
Ed Tuner 50,000
Tony Sinishtaj 47,000
Jessica Dawley 44,400
Todd Terry 40,000

Day 2 begins at 12 noon Sunday, in just under 11 hours.  About 470 players will return to the felt and only 300 will earn a share of the $10,000,000 prize pool.  Join us here in the Seminole Hard Rock Ballroom or stay tuned to SHRPO.com for all the action!

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End of Level 13: Blinds 800/1600/200 ante

Play has ended for the night and players in today’s final flight of Day 1, Flight 1C have bagged and tagged their chips for Day 2 on Sunday, starting at noon. They’ll be re-starting with blinds at Level 14: 1K/2K/ 300 ante. Here are the top chip counts for tonight, with Oleg Titov the Day 1C chip leader stacking 343,500 in chips. Sergey Rybachenko finished up 2nd in chips with 306,800. Titov will receive a $5,000 bonus for ending his Day 1 as chip leader, and Rybachenko will get $2,500 for being the runner up.

*Day 1C: 2nd in chips – Sergey Rybachenko

Here are the others in the over 200K club:

Shawn Cunix 270,100
Gediminas Garmus 255,200
Tim Burt 230,200
Farid Jattin 228,800
Ryan Olisar 218,600
Lawrence Gradus 213,200

A few of the other notables making it to Day 2 tonight:

Martin Hanowski 185,800
Tristan Wade 153,000
Faraz Jaka 123,500
Greg Merson 99,100

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Level 13: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Andy Seth opened for 3,500 in the hijack, then Jamie Gold shoved for 17,500 from the cutoff.  The player on the button called, then Andy re-shoved and the button called all in.  The hands were tabled:

Andy:
Jamie:
button:

Board:

Andy made two pair to the the pot, busting both opponents in the process.  He’s up to about 230k.