$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 312

In a battle of the blinds, the small blind completed for 2,000, and Michael Mizrachi raised to 7,000 in the big blind. The small blind called. The flop came , and the small blind led out for 15,000. Mizrachi moved all in for 98,800 total, and his opponent called to put him at risk.

Small blind: (pair of jacks)
Mizrachi: (pair of kings)

The turn was the and the river the , and Mizrachi doubled up with a king-high flush.

Michael Mizrachi – 199,000 (100 bb)

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 312

Aaron Mermelstein opened to 2,400 second to act, and Joseph Montervino defended his big blind.

The flop came , and Mermelstein continued for 2,000. Montervino check-raised to 6,000, Mermelstein moved all in for 24,700 total, and Montervino quickly called to put him at risk.

Mermelstein:
Montervino:

Mermelstein was behind but had plenty of outs, and the on the turn opened up three more for him. The river was the , though, and Montervino eliminated the two-time WPT Champion with a full house.

Joseph Montervino – 58,300 (49 bb)
Aaron Mermestein – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 312

Ryan Eriquezzo opened to 2,300 in middle position, and Mohammad Arani three-bet to 5,300 in the cutoff. The button called, and Eriquezzo called the remainder to see a three-way flop.

It came . Arani continued for 6,200, the button folded, and Eriquezzo check-called to see the turn heads-up. It was the , and both players checked. The river was the , and Eriquezzo led for 17,000. Arani called instantly. It quickly became clear that Eriquezzo couldn’t win, so Arani took his cue to show to collect the pot with aces up.

On the next hand, Eriquezzo open-shoved for about 9,000 with , and Joe Ebanks woke up with in the blinds.

“I’m going to hit a five,” Eriquezzo said as the flop came . “Or diamonds,” he said before the blank turn. “Or nothing.” The river was the , and it was “nothing”. Eriquezzo was eliminated.

Mohammad Arani – 155,000 (155 bb)
Joe Ebanks – 55,000 (55 bb)
Ryan Eriquezzo – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 312

Mike Wang opened to 1,700 under the gun, the player on the button called, and Zo Karim defended his big blind to make it a three-way flop. It came , and Wang continued for 3,000. The button called, but Karim check-raised to 9,400. Wang moved all in for about 25,500 total, the button folded, and Karim quickly called to put Wang at risk.

Wang: (nines up)
Karim: (trip sixes)

The turn and river completed the board to seal Wang’s elimination.

Zo Karim – 90,000 (113 bb)
Mike Wang – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 312

SHRP Team member Sheddy Siddiqui got a shove through uncalled a moment ago, but his second attempt went to showdown. He shoved for about 6,000 or so, and Luis Santoni put him at risk with the covering stack.

Siddiqui:
Santoni:

The board ran out , and Santoni’s eights held to earn him the knockout.

Luis Santoni – 48,000 (80 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 150 of 312

Level 9 has just begun, and registration is now closed for Event 14. This event needed to draw 100 entries to meet the $50,000 guarantee. Instead, it got 312 entries, more than tripling the guarantee and generating a prizepool worth $156,000. That money will be shared by the final 36 players, with the breakdown as follows:

1st: $32,899
2nd: $22,308
3rd: $14,586
4th: $11,638
5th: $8,736
6th: $6,724
7th-9th: $5,023
10th-12th: $3,338
13th-15th: $2,340
16th-18th: $1,732
19th-24th: $1,420
25th-30th: $1,201
31st-36th: $1,014

Players who are eliminated in the next few hours still have time to jump into the $250 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha event running in the corner of the room. Registration for that event remains open until about 7:30 p.m.

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Total Entries: 290

The $50,000 Guarantee is long gone, as well as the next $100,000 milestone. The field is only ten entrants away from tripling up the guaranteed prize pool to $150,000 and it looks like they will get there.

Sam Panzica had to fire an unfortunate final bullet into the single re-entry tournament after his pocket tens ran into and the board ran . He was all-in with his second shot and pulled a double up with a pair of kings.

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200 with a 25 Ante
Total Entries: 233

It looked like Seminole Hard Rock Poker regular Zoltan Czinkota would be the first break leader. His table-mates told the story of how he showed down aces or kings in three straight hands to run his stack over 50,000.

But it was Federico Munoz Moreno sitting atop the counts on break followed by former SHR Poker champion Steven Bennett as the only three players who ran their 12,000 starting stack over 50,000 in four levels.

Top stacks and notables names:

Federico Munoz Moreno – 56,800 (284 bb)
Steven Bennett – 55,675 (278 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 53,925 (270 bb)
Justin Bond – 46,000 (230 bb)
Timothy Bullard – 45,975 (230 bb)
David Prociak – 36,775 (184 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 23,675 (118 bb)
Aarom Mermelstein – 22,625 (113 bb)
Howard Mash – 21,400 (107 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 20,800 (104 bb)
John Depersio – 17,200 (86 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 14,000 (70 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 13,050 (65 bb)
Mike Beasley – 12,100 (61 bb)
Steven Karp – 12,000 (60 bb)
Ory Hen – 11,200 (56 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 10,875 (54 bb)
Jason Gooch – 10,475 (52 bb)

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200
Total Entries: 203

Event 14 players are on their first break of the day after doubling up the $50,000 in two hours. They’ll return to play four more levels before registration is closed at 4:30pm.

We’ll walk the empty short-handed tables on break to track down our early leaders.

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
Total Entries: 147

Even with the limited single re-entry option, the Event 14 field will cross over 150 entrants during the third level. Local regular Scott Efron is one of those already on their final bullet when his Big Slick couldn’t catch against jacks.

Aaron Mermelstein is an early riser today and grinding away at the front of the room. He’s a two-time WPT Champion and freerolled into the series ending WPT Tournament of Champions thanks to his win at Maryland Live! in September.