Event 1: Break Time

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 288 of 2,570

The field is on a 15-minute break while the 500 chips are being raced off and colored up. The average stack will be just shy of 30 big blinds when the new level begins, and the money bubble is expected arrive before the next break.

A list of top and notable chip counts will be added here shortly.

Event 1: Happy Accident

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 320 of 2,570

Dan Suied (Miami, FL)
Dan Suied (Miami, FL)

Two well-known pros drew the same table at the start of Day 2, and one is unintentionally trolling the other.

Dan Suied, the self-proclaimed “Miami Boss”, began his day at Table 18 and found Steve Karp waiting for him. Karp said he didn’t look at his table draw so his choice of apparel was just a happy coincidence.

His shirt? It’s emblazoned with Suied’s Event 1 winner photo from 2015 with his phrase “Like a Boss”. They laughed and Karp continued to swear it was the only t-shirt he had to wear today.

Steve Karp (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Steve Karp (N. Miami Beach, FL)

Event 1: Blomgren Flops Well

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 333 of 2,570

A good flop for Wesley Blomgren's hand
A good flop for Wesley Blomgren’s hand

Wesley Blomgren began his day with an above-average chip stack but slid in the early stages. He found a fun way to get them back.

Blomgren was all-in with 9d9s against pocket queens and it looked like big trouble until the dream flop came Jd9h9c. Just to give him a small sweat, the Qd hit on the turn but he faded runner-runner perfect knockout on the 6d river.

“You needed both of them,” joke a table mate.

The hand pushed him up to 120,000, still short of his returning stack but moving in the right direction.

Wesley Blomgren (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Wesley Blomgren (Pembroke Pines, FL)

Event 1: The Rich Get Richer

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 378 of 2,570

Avi Kalmis adds to his chip lead
Avi Kalmis adds to his chip lead

We strolled past Table 33 to check on our chip leader and found him pulling in another pot while a player left his seat and the rest of the table discussing nicknames for Avi Kalmis.

He added another 100K to his stack to place him as the first player over 500,000 in the tournament.

A lot of players are not fairing as well. More than 100 players hit the rail during the first hour of play and it will be a steady stream until the money bubble nears.

Event 1: Dropping Fast

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 450 of 2,570

Asher Conniff (left) and Stewart Newman (right)
Asher Conniff (left) and Stewart Newman (right)

There are a few tough spots in the ballroom and Table 40 will probably be happy when it breaks. They have two tough spots to get through in 2015 WPT World Champion Asher Conniff and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman.

That table will not last very long before disbursing its occupants elsewhere. The pace is quick at the beginning and they’ve lost enough players to break five tables in the first 30 minutes.

Event 1: Cards in the Air

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 489 of 2,570

Avi Kalmis (Plantation, FL)
Avi Kalmis (Plantation, FL) unbags his chip lead

After a few short announcements and the daily reading of the rules, play is underway for Day 2. There have already been several “seat open” calls in the first five minutes as the shorties try to double into contention.

Event 1: Big Day 2 Return

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 489 of 2,570

Avi Kalmis
Avi Kalmis

Six starting flights of Event 1 are done and now everyone remaining will join as one in the ballroom. One of today’s players will be our first multi-day tournament champ and they’ll have to do a lot of work to get it done.

There are 489 players returning today out of the 2,570 starting entrants and they are all aiming for a piece of the $771,000 prize pool. The first order of business is getting into the money when 250 players remain, then they’ll try to ladder up on their way to the final table.

Avi Kalmis is the returning chip leader after he finished Flight B with 417,000. Chino Rheem, the 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Finale champion, sits in second place but there are plenty of big names trying to chase them down.

They’ll return to Level 15 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante and will play 40-minute levels throughout the day. They should hit the money bubble shortly after the first break and we’ll see a lot of movement after that is complete.

Cards will go in the air at 1pm sharp and we’ll have all the action.

Top ten returning stacks:

Avi Kalmis – 417,000 (139 bb)
Chino Rheem – 378,500 (126 bb)
Andrew Touchette – 376,500 (126 bb)
Zev Mandel – 366,000 (122 bb)
Alan Dobrow – 360,000 (120 bb)
Justin Swilling – 357,000 (119 bb)
Joule Kadadu – 356,000 (119 bb)
Sheldon Gross – 341,500 (114 bb)
Michael Eddy – 322,500 (108 bb)
Joseph Marzilli – 315,000 (105 bb)

Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 489 of 2,570

Flight A: 326 Entries, 63 Advanced
Flight B: 371 Entries, 65 Advanced
Flight C: 375 Entries, 65 Advanced
Flight D: 359 Entries, 64 Advanced
Flight E: 605 Entries, 126 Advanced
Flight F: 534 Entries, 106 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

Prize Pool | Structure Sheet

Day 2 chip counts:

RankFirst NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
1AvrahamKalmis417,000337
2DavidRheem378,500101
3AndrewTouchette376,500319
4ZevMandel366,000335
5AlanDobrow360,000439
6JustinSwilling357,000463
7JouleKadadu356,000333
8SheldonGross341,500321
9MichaelEddy322,500508
10JosephMarzilli315,000475
11RaymondClause304,000105
12JasonSquillace293,000135
13CarloRodriguez291,500192
14MattSilva289,500503
15MichaelCohen287,00033
16BrianPhillis272,500537
17MichaelNewman271,000387
18AnthonyAstarita260,000109
19TonyLi250,500479
20ToddStrickland240,50071
21AntoineBahi239,50057
22Jose CarlosDe Arriba233,000205
23Chia HuiHuang225,500364
24ScottyBrown224,500472
25StevenRosen219,500431
26EricPolirer219,500144
27CarlosGuerrero218,000459
28LeonardoEmperador218,000391
29GeraldTimmons218,000132
30LuisBarredo214,500422
31SeanIannucci210,000482
32AbjayChakole209,500251
33JulioFernandez207,500282
34ScottBak207,500207
35DanielGaron205,500277
36HanyAyoub205,000142
37RichardFreire204,500278
38ScottMenard202,500386
39BrianBreen202,500547
40NicholasMahabee201,500554
41TimothyMiles201,500195
42EmersonWard198,000425
43SaumSharifi198,000515
44ArtPeacock196,500116
45DavidHarmon194,000457
46KennethWatson194,000281
47PavelVeksler190,000173
48JohnGrout185,000489
49VladimirKovalchuk185,000287
50OryHen184,000533
51JoePozos180,000435
52NigelMurray180,000127
53MarkSmith178,500289
54RyamondRuszkowski178,500358
55MatthewFriendly178,500124
56MatthewLevin178,000488
57DerrickSimon177,000563
58NaltonWilliams177,000323
59PhillipHui174,000293
60KyleSorel173,000268
61RobertKessler173,000297
62SheikhAkhter173,000211
63ReynaldoBaro173,000556
64RickCefaloni172,00096
65DonovanWalker, Jr.171,500201
66JohnHolley169,500294
67ChrisJambor168,500108
68IraSchwartz167,500128
69AlexisRomero166,500527
70SteveOlek166,000415
71JosephMammon166,000351
72BradleyYoung165,500249
73RonGlantz165,000275
74JosephAnderson164,000247
75CarlosBermuder Rivera164,000373
76JoelBorden164,000444
77NeriSanchez163,00075
78FredericoDabus163,00055
79MarcSacheli162,50089
80JamesSutherland162,000312
81LuniquePetiote162,000148
82PatrickPeduto160,50073
83CharlemagneBenjamin160,000102
84RossRamlal159,000196
85JenniferParker159,000266
86AbbeyDaniels159,000438
87HenryColon158,50022
88PaniezGaille158,000137
89NealStewart157,000295
90RafaelMarcondes156,000469
91KevinMcGee154,50018
92AbieCohen154,000427
93ThomasGari154,000143
94PauliusBikus153,500464
95BobShao153,00016
96RichardLeger152,500243
97GiancarloDiSalvo152,000428
98RobertCapote152,000139
99ArielRosello152,000544
100WesleyBlomgren151,000526
101JordanSchneider150,500374
102AndrewReid150,000492
103BrentZechiel150,000474
104MartinMarkov149,500302
105AdamGolden149,000273
106DanielSuied148,500185
107MattYorra148,000376
108SheldonTerman147,500407
109MauryBarrett147,500379
110AnthonyOcampo146,000478
111ChristianNomikos145,500122
112EfthimiosPiperakis145,000496
113OscarOrtiz145,000235
114AdamTeasdale145,00077
115PerryShiao144,500451
116ZacharyWainwright144,000244
117GabrielMarian143,000395
118MarcLevy140,500453
119ReubenHouston140,00046
120MikeJones140,000432
121E.Levy139,50034
122AlvaroJirau139,000123
123MarkJohnson Jr.138,500458
124IrynaOstapchuk138,000145
125HerbertWoodbery137,000157
126DimitryAgrachov135,500254
127MelvinRodriguez Castillo135,500517
128Dong ShengLin134,000518
129StevenSollas133,50067
130MaxRomano133,000181
131MarkDuquette132,000146
132JohnMagnetta132,000118
133MitchellSmith130,500171
134ZoKarim130,50099
135HaimToorgeman130,000177
136BrandonTrotta129,00074
137KevinNovorro129,000532
138EddyGibbs128,500404
139Carlos TorresVazquez128,00083
140DavidNathaniel127,000384
141KobiRibak126,500168
142JohnPappas126,500369
143MarcoChan126,000272
144CoryBlum125,000308
145MichaelLipman124,500216
146AlexanderDaranyi123,500113
147RobBrown123,500296
148JamesAhlquist123,000233
149MichaelHobbs122,500242
150RobManjura122,500269
151JohnMarquez122,000561
152MichaelMarrero122,000559
153RobertAron121,000378
154GaryViebahn120,500558
155AlejandroDuque120,000138
156JoshBeckley120,000502
157DanielLinares119,500525
158GreggSilversten119,500151
159BrianGanon119,000316
160FrancoisZayas118,500566
161WilliamDickinson118,500507
162AgopRustemoglu117,500219
163CaseyKaplan115,50015
164HarjinderChawla115,000436
165JohnPalace114,000423
166MichaelAmato113,500398
167VincentMollica113,500131
168EvenToepel113,500481
169RodRodriguez112,500279
170EricLa Neve112,000256
171GregRosen111,500172
172JamesKrangle111,000107
173KatYamamoto111,000115
174DavidShmuel111,00039
175JonathanMarks111,000147
176MiguelDiaz110,000394
177RichardCarr109,00019
178JeanZabin109,000158
179KennethRubinstein108,500313
180PeterWright108,000541
181JonGraham108,000433
182SamuelWynder107,500225
183AttilioChiappini107,000382
184Brandon E.Miller106,500546
185AntonioRey106,500234
186SpencerChamplin105,500223
187Robert GarrettDukes105,000454
188AdamRouse105,000141
189VitorCoelho104,000174
190JorgeCuesta103,500553
191JessicaBeyver103,500549
192StevenTovitov103,000467
193JonathanOunjian103,000353
194StefaniaDeLuca103,000465
195MohammedJaafar103,000356
196BernardCohen102,50041
197EugeniyCatane102,500362
198WayneBrown102,500155
199RobertWilliams102,000134
200BretteDeJesus101,500357
201EthielGarcia101,00066
202PaulCampbell101,000365
203TheoTran100,500332
204JasonLike100,500557
205BobbyFlannigan100,500162
206MichaelTait100,000258
207OsveldoLegrand98,500156
208JoseCedeno98,500184
209ZacheryMilman98,500495
210JanetFitzgerald98,500303
211TerranceBradwell98,500371
212JimmyCortes97,00044
213JosueGarcia97,000231
214BrandonSchwartz95,500329
215CraigWitz95,500194
216WilliamThompson95,500348
217DavidBradshaw95,000129
218ReginaPortella Cassab95,000245
219VictoryHernandez95,000452
220DanielStier94,50025
221AntonioCampbell94,500227
222RichardBruce94,000285
223DannyRomaro93,500114
224RomeoPaludo93,000548
225ZacharyMullennix92,500392
226RyanBrown92,00078
227VictorPapeluto91,500361
228MukulPahuja91,500562
229AlexPrendes Jr.90,500236
230SantanaNoronha90,000301
231ChristineHolubeck90,000305
232MatjazFerk89,500539
233EstherFoley89,00082
234JonSlade89,000388
235JesusLeon88,500152
236EmilSoffer88,50079
237RyanBunes88,500528
238JenniferSabuel87,500399
239JorieDamiani87,500176
240AlexOliveira87,500449
241LaVannWilliams87,500477
242MichaelFuentes Nazario87,000309
243DanielPaz87,000424
244BobGelin86,500291
245LoniHarwood86,500385
246MikeChiappetta86,000163
247AlGomez85,500292
248ScottHart85,500299
249CesarFuentes85,000437
250KimScoratow84,500421
251WayneMcAlister84,500403
252MauriceMillares84,00037
253ChristianGasparillo84,000253
254WilliamMical83,000522
255RagdeAguilar82,500161
256MichaelMerisier82,000338
257SergioSerrano82,000346
258AycaErakbas82,00065
259MichaelGoldfard81,500342
260DonaldDrapel81,500471
261JohnRestrepo80,500267
262FernandoDiaz80,500505
263CarlosHostos80,500164
264ElliottZaydman80,50026
265ShlomoBeno80,500565
266HaroldRodriguez80,50064
267AndresMorales80,00017
268CharlesChan80,000511
269JonahMiller79,50061
270DanielBuzgon79,50059
271MichaelMascitelli79,000288
272AnthonyPerrotta78,500341
273DwightRodriguez78,500238
274PeterFellows78,500224
275JonathanBorenstein78,500462
276MartinRobbins78,000213
277VitoPolera78,000204
278SamuelKunin78,000165
279ChrisLabrie77,500276
280MarkGaudino77,500265
281JameelHarris77,000325
282CarlosPomales77,000417
283JakeLefkowitz76,500217
284RichardGress76,50047
285AlfonsoPerez76,500153
286WilliamFife76,00095
287WallyMaddah76,000538
288RogerioDe Laurenzio76,000531
289FrancescoPisani75,500264
290DanielFrankel75,500523
291StephenWilson75,50069
292LouisLeo IV75,500126
293DavidRing75,00031
294BrianChu75,000396
295ChangHuang75,000199
296RobertMelo74,500284
297JoseHernandez Figueroa74,000271
298EzekeilShelton74,000352
299RichardBennett73,000534
300StevenWeintraub72,000529
301RaymondRoberty72,000564
302NicholasBaurichter71,50053
303TomGity71,500336
304JesusCabrera71,500569
305StevenFraser71,50052
306JohnRhodes71,500307
307MichaelScheinberg71,000408
308MarkHorowitz71,00063
309DavidNowling71,000232
310MartinZamani70,50021
311JoseTorres Perez70,50085
312AngeloMiele Jr.70,500445
313JeffreyKesier70,000349
314DavidHass70,000193
315DevinDelatorre69,000448
316DavidMacDonald69,000262
317JonathanPineda69,000555
318AaronRosenthal68,50097
319SagiZommer68,500447
320StewartNewman68,500401
321VladislavYanovsky68,50093
322John PaulOde68,000485
323MarcinPlewinski67,500255
324GeorgeEl-Khouri67,50058
325ChrisBrown67,500405
326MaxWelcman67,000367
327PanagiotisNifakos67,000551
328MichaelRizzuto67,000545
329CarlosBolanos67,000443
330DavidTrager67,000552
331BrianGoldberg66,500304
332DanielBrown66,000366
333ArchibaldMcLauchlin66,00054
334ArchMcLauchlin66,000189
335ClaudioKalili65,000419
336PavelSzczesny65,000237
337MarioJames65,000248
338DavidHixson65,00011
339HaydenFortini64,500206
340LazaroRojas64,000375
341JoelGossett64,000345
342BradleyHinson63,00087
343JesseDelbene63,000402
344ArmandoCamejo63,000149
345EdwardMondel63,000426
346DavidMoreno63,000331
347MaykelBoullon63,00023
348RaminderSingh62,500103
349JulioDelgado62,500202
350BryceFox62,500483
351BarryGallaher62,000104
352IgnatSlepokourov62,00042
353JeffreyMorzella62,000411
354YonathanLapchik61,500416
355MarcoDiRenzo61,500179
356AsherConniff61,500409
357AlfredoVega61,000259
358GeorgeNovo61,000359
359MichaelCairo61,00091
360DanSilva61,000183
361CorneliusRogers61,000228
362FrancisLanger60,50094
363JoeFarinella60,000501
364RobertCampbell60,000519
365NicholasNieto59,500506
366JohnMiller59,500434
367SteveFlacco59,000344
368HariSukhu59,000167
369GenaroChinchilla58,000112
370JoanneBogan58,000226
371MichaelGraffeo58,000418
372BranCrudden58,000389
373JamesRussell58,000429
374ManuelGomez57,500468
375PaulKapela57,500393
376WilliamFranzese57,500175
377RossWillner57,000509
378KaiKoppe57,000318
379SebastianGallego57,000442
380StevenMcKoy57,000203
381PaulettePipitone56,50038
382JohnKwon56,500263
383AntonioColon55,500274
384JustoGomez55,500334
385JonathanGold55,000486
386DanielPearlman54,500324
387MichaelRaimon54,500524
388JaimeCampos54,500542
389MarcusStein54,500499
390LloydNastase54,500182
391RichardHutchings54,000218
392VinceFrancavilla54,000406
393CarmineFloreno53,500381
394CybelCabrero Santa53,50056
395JustinSharpe53,000198
396LarryHirschfield53,00098
397VladMezheritsky52,500222
398MarkShaya52,500372
399DeanChambers52,500315
400JabbourAfif52,000317
401NissimVaknin52,000169
402BryanEmory52,000397
403JoseDeHombre51,50013
404MarkGurley51,500476
405MattPaulson51,500516
406NathanielPalombo51,000178
407KeithJohnson51,000229
408JohnPendl50,500568
409DavidJackson50,500328
410AntoninoLyons50,500154
411JosephSued50,50072
412CourtlandTwyman50,00088
413ZackGoodman50,000354
414JordanPeralta50,000535
415SteveKarp49,500188
416JasonBral49,000208
417WarrenJunkowitz49,000191
418StephenKrackomberger48,500543
419TruyenNguyen47,500513
420JoeyVeta47,500567
421SchneurBorenstein47,50036
422RussellWilliams47,000487
423MichaelBonsignore46,50062
424ChristopherMedeiros46,500215
425DavidRecke46,500412
426BernardMuhire46,000241
427Shariff AnthonyNassar46,000186
428EitonElbaz-Dahan46,000343
429EvanTeisch45,50012
430ChristopherEdwards45,500514
431StevenSanzone45,500446
432MarkDube45,500441
433TaylorDean-Lipson45,500494
434RichardDeVivo45,000473
435BradMcIntyre45,000125
436ChristineDiFiore45,000252
437SteveWolansky44,50045
438ScottZakheim44,000111
439KeenanWalter44,000283
440NickZautra44,000209
441EmanuelOcasio44,000261
442StevePollack43,500497
443Jean-PaulCrabbe43,500214
444JuanFerrer43,00028
445MauriceCostigan42,500512
446DianaVillavicencio41,000246
447WillieWiggins41,00014
448YvesFequiere41,000413
449KyleLevasseur41,000327
450KennethCulbertson40,500221
451BrianKent40,500121
452PeterStriano39,500239
453RafaelVelazquez38,500117
454RamonOrtiz38,000414
455BrettTrevillian37,500136
456NelsonSabillon37,000377
457AlbertEskanazi35,500521
458RichardArno35,000388
459KenBruno34,500498
460JuneKelley34,500326
461GarySusswein34,500491
462MarkBernstein33,50081
463DanielNewarick33,000456
464PatrickPigford33,00032
465MattAffleck32,500257
466EvanYoung32,500368
467JohnGorsuch31,500159
468PhilipConsolo31,500106
469MichaelMonaco31,500133
470DavidLithgow29,000484
471RobertChusid29,000212
472ZaferBulut29,000466
473ClaudioPiedrabuena28,50049
474JamesQuiles28,500493
475MichelleShah28,50048
476ToddZojaji28,00092
477KeithAdkins27,500166
478JorgeLeidi26,500504
479PezhmanAbdollahi25,000461
480JanieMaddox22,50086
481EricWhite21,000119
482MarkShulla21,00024
483RajNasta20,500187
484SteveLeahy19,50029
485LuisRamos17,000311
486GeorgeDolofan15,500197
487LateshiaMullings15,000455
488ZoltanCzinkota13,500536
489DanielMizrachi12,000286

Event 1 Day 1F: Rheem Leads; Touchette, Mandel Close Behind

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 126 of 534

Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

Play has concluded in Flight F and the clock shows 126 players remaining. Leading the action with a stack of 378,500 is none other than Chino Rheem. Rheem tops the counts, but only by a margin. He’s trailed by Andrew Touchette (376,500) and Zev Mandel (366,000)

Andrew Touchette
Andrew Touchette
Zev Mandel
Zev Mandel

Complete chip counts will be posted within the hour.

Event 1 Day 1F: Last Level Underway

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Day 1F Players Remaining: 135  of 534

2016-SHRPO-07378

The last level of the night is upon us. Players are set to log just a bit more action until play concludes shortly after 1:30am local time. The clock shows 135 remaining and it’s Chino Rheem who owns the chip lead now with more than 300,000.

Complete chip counts will be posted after play concludes.