$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 5,000/15,000

Christian Ivens had been short-stacked for a very long time and kept finding ways to hang on but this time he got caught in the middle of the biggest stacks in the tournament.

After Jeff Bunims and John Reese capped a pot on a board, the hit on the river and the cards were turned up showing Bunims had hit a king-high straight but Reese had the ace-high straight.  Ivens could only turn over a ten-high straight knocking him out of the tournament and moving most of Jeff Bunims’s stack to the other side of the table.

Christian Ivens finishes in 5th place for $1,493.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

While the final table action continues in Event 2, Day 1D of Event 1 continues to roll on. Registration has closed and 426 entries will be added to the tally bringing the total entries to 1,571.

333 players are back to try to advance to Day 2 this evening.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000

Jeff Bunims continues to take chances and watch it pay off and Ryan Leto was his next victim.

Leto was all-in with against Bunims with .  The board ran out giving Bunims another big win and sending Leto to the payout window.

Ryan Leto finishes in 6th place for $1,194.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000

After losing most of his stack in a previous four-way pot, Geoff Mikulka found himself trying to hang on against chip leader Jeff Bunims and Alban Torres.

After the board ran out , the hands were turned up showing Mikulka the bad news.

Bunims had for a straight and Torres had for a wheel. Mikulka could only muster ending his run here in Event 2.

Geoff Mikulka finishes in 7th place for $995.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000

Robert Campbell’s hopes of another mixed game title will have to wait another day.

Campbell found himself all-in against Jeff Bumins trying to hold on.

Campbell:
Bunims:

Neither player got much help as the board ran out . Bunims’s pair of 2’s turned out to be good enough to finish the job.

Robert Campbell finishes in 8th place for $795.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 4,000/8,000

Pho pushed his last 6,000 chips in the middle on a board and was raised by Jeff Bunims.  Robert Campbell folded and Pho saw after the cards were turned up that he was actually in the lead.

Pho:
Bunims:

But Pho’s luck ran out as the hit the river giving Bunims the straight and the elimination.

Chico Pho finishes in 9th place for $598.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000

A quick elimination hit on our final table as Phillippe Goureau is the first man down. Goureau falls in 10th place picking up $435 for his efforts today.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000

With the elimination of Marc Levy in 11th place, we’ve reached our final table of Event 2. After the re-draw, here are the players and their new seats:

Seat 1: Christian Ivens
Seat 2: Geoff Mikukla
Seat 3: John Reese
Seat 4: Joel Harwood
Seat 5: Chico Pho
Seat 6: Alban Torres
Seat 7: Phillippe Goureau
Seat 8: Jeff Bunims
Seat 9: Robert Campbell
Seat 10: Ryan Leto

Good luck to everyone at the final table!

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 3,000/5,000

The bubble has burst here in Event 2.  Robert Campbell faced off with Jordan Meltzer.  On a board of , Campbell fired out a bet that would put Meltzer all-in.  Meltzer took some time with his last 3,000 chips and decided to make the call.

Campbell showed for the pair of aces and the nut low.  Meltzer could only turn over his while throwing it into the muck putting the rest of the field into the money.

Shortly afterward, Marc Sacheli busted in 12th place putting us one away from our final table.

$250 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 3.000/5,000

We are now down to 13 players which puts us on the money bubble.  The two remaining tables are now hand-for-hand as they try to cash here in Event 2 and move forward to a championship here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.