$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 318
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— John Racener (@racener) November 25, 2016
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 318
There was about 10,000 in the pot on the turn with the board reading 
.
Ryan D’Angelo bet 5,500 from early position and Josh Arieh called from middle position. The player in the hijack folded, leaving Arieh and D’Angelo heads-up.
The river was the 
and both players checked. D’Angelo showed 
and Arieh mucked his hand. D’Angelo dragged the pot and nears a six-figure chip count as the field was getting ready to go on a dinner break.
Ryan D’Angelo – 94,000
Josh Arieh – 56,500
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 316
Five players were involved in a pot on a 
flop. Small blind Omar Morillo checked, as did Sam Abernathy (under the gun), Andrew Kelsall (middle position), and Paul Balzano (cutoff). From the button, Jake Schwartz bet 2,500, and all four opponents called.
The turn was the 
. It checked to Schwartz again, and he bet 10,000. This time, all four opponents folded in turn, and Schwartz won the pot with no showdown.
“None of you looked like you wanted to play after the flop came out,” Schwartz said. “And then all of you wanted to play.”
Jake Schwartz – 67,000
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 315
There was a three-way preflop all in between a player in early position with 
, Seth Davies in the cutoff with 
, and a third player’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Davies won both the main and the side pot with two pair. He is looking for another big score in South Florida after coming in second in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open main event last August for $575,000.
Seth Davies – 46,000
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 312
There was about 5,000 in the pot as the river card completed an 
board. John Gordon checked, and his opponent bet 4,000. Gordon slid forward a stack of 5,000-denomination chips, and his opponent called all in for about 11,000 total, putting himself at risk.
Gordon showed for the nuts, and his opponent flashed 
for an inferior straight on his way out the door. Gordon won the knockout pot, moving up to more than twice his starting stack.
John Gordon – 62,000
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 310
On a 
flop, T.K. Miles’ opponent bet 7,500 into a pot of about that much, and Miles moved all in for 8,200 total. His opponent called the remainder to put him at risk, and Miles was on a draw for his tournament life.
Miles: 
(straight draw)
Opponent: 
(set of fives)
The 
turn and river completed the board, and Miles turned his straight draw into a runner-runner flush to notch a double-up.
T.K. Miles – 23,000
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 306
On the river with a completed board of 
and about 16,000 in the pot, Charlemagne Benjamin moved all in for 16,650 from under the gun.
His opponent in the big blind went into the tank for a couple minutes before calling. Benjamin quickly tables , good for the nut flush, and his opponent mucks his hand.
Benjamin dragged the pot and doubled up at the beginning of the level. He is fresh off of a final table appearance in the $570 no-limit hold’em with a $250,000 guaranteed prizepool. He took second place in an eight-way chop and took home $39,865 in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Charlemagne Benjamin – 47,500
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 304
There was just over 15,000 in a heads-up pot between Ronnie Bardah and Kyle Julius as the river card arrived on a 
board. Action was on Bardah, and he paused for a long while.
“Ace-queen no good,” Julius said. A moment later, Bardah bet 10,100. Julius called, committing a significant chunk of his remaining stack to do so.
Bardah tabled 
, winning the pot with queens up.
Ronnie Bardah – 77,000
Kyle Julius – 17,500
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entries: 303
Level 5 is ticking its way off the clock, and the field is filling out nicely. The board shows 303 entries so far, with late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 7.
$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 Ante
Flight A Entrants: 296
The big stack after the second break belongs to Guiseppe LaDisernia, a nice chunk of his 200,000 chip-castle coming from KOing Jennifer Tilly on the last hand of the level.
Syed Alui and Mike LaRocca round out the six-digit club with more players trying to join them.
Top stacks and notables:
Guiseppe LaDisernia – 200,000 (667 bb)
Syed Alui – 141,000 (470 bb)
Mike LaRocca – 131,125 (437 bb)
Michael Jagroo – 87,600 (292 bb)
Alexander Villa – 85,750 (286 bb)
Omar Morillo – 85,000 (283 bb)
Brian Phillis – 61,850 (206 bb)
Wally Maddah – 56,000 (187 bb)
Matt Affleck – 55,000 (183 bb)
Michael Laake – 54,700 (182 bb)
Ryan Dunn – 53,575 (179 bb)
Ronnie Bardah – 52,000 (173 bb)
Allen Kessler – 38,500 (128 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 36,500 (122 bb)
Chris Bolek – 36,000 (120 bb)
Will Failla – 35,425 (118 bb)
Samantha Abernathy – 34,000 (113 bb)
Phil Laak – 33,450 (112 bb)
Hans Winzeler – 32,600 (109 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 32,000 (107 bb)
David Diaz – 32,000 (107 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 28,900 (96 bb)
Lexy Gavin – 25,925 (86 bb)
Aaron Massey – 25,700 (86 bb)
Andre Crooks – 24,000 (80 bb)
Jason Koon – 22,100 (74 bb)
Natasha Mercier – 22,000 (73 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 18,000 (60 bb)