$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 250 of 3,107

The quick run for the payout desk continues after the money bubble burst but we have a few big names sticking around including Florida poker legend Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.

The three-time WSOP/two-time WPT champ would be the highest ranked player in the state if it wasn’t for some guy named Jason Mercier. He’s in the money here and moving up the payouts, quietly playing in the front of the room.

Others making it deep are Neil Blumenfield, Jason Gooch, David Jackson, Edina Pantinchin, Michelle Shah, Marsha Wolak, Jacquelyn Scott, Harrison Gimbel, Stuart Paterson, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 290 of 3,107

Alik Sitnyakovsky bagged up nearly 90,000 last night but was nowhere to be found this afternoon. His chip bag continued to shrink while a parade of players hit the rail.

As they hit hand-for-hand action, the rest of his table began counting down his ante chips. He made it all the way down to a single 1K ante chip when the bubble burst to put him in the money.

Sitnyakovsky’s spot was sent out on the next hand along with Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish. The local favorite had a chance to put the field in the money earlier when he had an opponent all-in, at-risk, and dominated with versus .

The turn was bad news but the short-stacked Fish was able to slide into the money before exiting in 299th place.

Darryll Fish – Eliminated in 299th place ($643)
Alik Sitnyakovski – Eliminated in 300th place ($643)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 300 of 3,107

It took about 20 minutes and three rounds of hand-for-hand play, but the bubble burst in Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $360 just moments ago. With 302 left and 300 heading into the money, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja and another unknown player hit the rail.

On Pahuja’s fateful hand, Fernando Halac limped from the cutoff and Pahuja raised all-in from the button for 121,000. It folded around to Halac who put the team pro at risk.

Halac:
Pahuja:

Runout:

Halac flopped a pair, but Pahuja turned a draw. The river gave Halac two pair good enough to earn him the pot and send Pahuja home on the bubble.

With the elimination, the 300 remaining players were sent into the money.

Payouts:

1st – $160,136 + Freeroll Seat
2nd – $104,582
3rd – $68,556
4th – $57,557
5th – $46,838
6th – $36,818
7th – $27,031
8th – $18,176
9th – $13,049
10th-12th – $8,389
13th-15th – $6,059
16th-18th – $4,754
19th-27th – $3,868
28th-36th – $3,029
37th-45th – $2,563
46th-54th – $2,237
55th-63rd – $2,013
64th-72nd – $1,818
73rd-81st – $1,631
82nd-90th – $1,510
91st-100th – $1,398
101st-110th – $1,305
111th-120th – $1,212
121st-130th – $1,119
131st-140th – $1,025
141st-150th – $932
151st-160th – $858
161st-170th – $792
171st-180th – $746
181st-200th – $708
201st-250th – $671
251st-300th – $643

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 302 of 3,107

Event 1 is now in hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble with 302 players remaining and 300 getting paid.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 342 of 3,107

Players are back in their seats after the first break of the day and they are 42 eliminations away from making some money.

There are two obvious top stacks in the room among, the first belongs to the previously mentioned Matthew Kuba but two-time SHRP champ Jeffrey Trudeau (pictured) isn’t far behind as the only other player at the 700,000 mark.

They should hit the money bubble this level and start hitting the payout desk.

Matthew Kuba – 742,000 (124 bb)
Jeffrey Trudeau – 700,000 (117 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 360 of 3,107

Event 1 players are taking off on their first break of the day and very close to hitting the money bubble. Tournament staff will color off the 500 denom purple chips and players will return in 15 minutes.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 401 of 3,107

Julian Gallo though his day was complete, walking away as the dealer put out the river card for his all-in hand. One problem, he had the winner.

Gallo was all-in for 58,500 with and Trevor Samuels had him at risk with . The dealer spread the board and Gallow was walking away unaware he turned Broadway.

“I thought he had a full house,” Gallo joked as he stacked up his chips.

Meanwhile on the other side of the room, Matthew Kuba has quietly run his 145,000 returning stack over 500,000 in less than two hours. That looks like it’s good enough to give him the early Day 2 lead but things are pretty fluid at the moment.

Matthew Kuba – 520,000 (130 bb)
Julian Gallo – 140,000 (35 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 450 of 3,107

Event 1 is down to 50 tables with ~450 players remaining, that seems like a lot of action but not compared to the 605 we had an hour ago.

Former SHRP champ Ryan Dunn (pictured above) is moving in a positive direction and is nearing 400,000 while starting Day 2 chip leader Jacob Ehlen dropped down to 250,000 and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah lost an early 100K pot.

SHRP regular Edina Pantichin was among our short stacks who found a double. She was all-in with against Tim Kegel’s pocket nines and won the race on the board.

Ryan Dunn – 390,000 (98 bb)
Jacob Ehlen – 252,000 (63 bb)
Edina Pantinchin – 135,000 (34 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 504 of 3,107

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish had a little work to do at the beginning of his day and found a great spot to get it done.

He was all-in for his final 47,000 and Zach Goodman seemed to be pretty happy he got out of the way. After Reinaldo Troconis called, Fish tabled and Goodman exclaimed, “I knew it!”.

Tronconis was behind with , Fish caught a set on the board but Tronconis picked up a Broadway gutshot draw. The turn was no help and Fish found his double after the river.

Darryll Fish – 112,500 (38 bb)
Reinaldo Troconis – 45,000 (15 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 550 of 3,107

We expected a lot of action right out of the gates and that is what we are seeing. More than 50 players hit the rail in the first 20 minutes to keep tournament staff on their toes.

Seminole Hard Rock team member Jessica Dawley wasted no time trying to double up but she was sent out by Ira Marcus in an early hand.

Soon after we found Zoltan Czinkota with a three-bet shove after an early position open from Eli Levy. He quickly called and Czinkota was in trouble with against then the dealer spread a board to send him out.

Czinkota was trying to spin up a $115 satellite into a six-digit score but he was an early elimination on Day 2.

Eli Levy – 191,000 (64 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated