$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 170

Evan Teitelbaum raised on the button and Aaron Massey got all in out of the big blind for about 15,000. Teitelbaum called.

Massey showed and was in the lead against Teitelbaum’s .

The flop was , keeping Massey’s queen-high in the lead, but the on the turn gave Teitelbaum a pair of fives. The river was the and Teitelbaum won the pot to eliminate Massey just shy of the money.

With 23 players remaining, hand-for-hand play is underway and with one more elimination, the final 22 players will be in the money.

Evan Teitelbaum – 85,000
Aaron Massey – Eliminated 

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 170

Jason James moved all in from the cutoff for 47,000 and Matthew Yorra moved all in for about 85,000 on the button.

Everybody else got out of the way and it was a cooler with Yorra’s up against James’ .

The board ran out and James doubled up with kings and nines.

Jason James – 102,000
Matthew Yorra – 39,000

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 170

The numbers are in and the $2,200 Eight- Handed NLH officially drew 170  entries to easily surpass the $200,000 Guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $340,000.

The last 22 players will share a piece of the prize pool with $3,429 for a min-cash and $81,795 for the next Showdown champion.

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 170
Prize Pool: $340,000
April 12, 2018

1st: $81,795
2nd: $54,531
3rd: $39,724
4th: $29,371
5th: $22,047
6th: $16,805
7th: $13,011
8th: $10,324
9th – 10th: $8,180
11th – 12th: $6,646
13th – 14th: $5,490
15th – 16th: $4,612
17th – 20th: $3,942
21st – 22nd: $3,429

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 166

Players are currently on a forty minute dinner break, here’s a look at their counts:

Jorge Cuesta – 175,000
Justin Young – 115,000
Aaron Massey – 75,000
Peter Vitantonio – 75,000
Jason James – 65,000
Mohsin Charania – 52,000
Zach Donovan – 50,000
Dylan Linde – 50,000
Ryan Olisar – 45,000
Barry Hutter – 45,000
John Dolan – 40,000
Jeff Gross – 27,000
Steve Rash – 27,000
Christian Harder – 22,000
David Paredes – 14,000
Joe McKeehen – 12,500

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 168

Ryan Olisar opened to 2,300 from the cutoff, Jonathan Little shoved from the button for around 17,000 and Olisar called.

Little tabled and was off to the races against Olisar’s .

The board ran out and Olisar’s pocket tens held to eliminate Little.

Ryan Olisar – 50,000
Jonathan Little – Eliminated

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Total Entries: 166

Players have just returned from a fifteen minute break, here’s a look at some counts from around the room:

Jorge Cuesta – 225,000
Zach Smiley – 90,000
Dylan Linde – 83,000
Aaron Massey – 65,000
Jason James – 61,000
Dylan Wilkerson – 58,000
Ryan Olisar – 57,000
Joe McKeehen – 47,500
Peter Vitantonio – 42,000
Ankush Mandavia – 35,000
John Dolan – 30,000
Jonathan Little – 30,000
Nick Palma – 29,000
Barry Hutter – 27,000
Christian Harder – 26,000
Jeff Gross – 24,000
Faraz Jaka – 11,000

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Total Entries: 164

On a flop of with around 10,000 in the pot, the recent WPTDeepStacks Champion Michael Tureniec bet 4,500 from the big blind. Dylan Wilkerson called from the cutoff.

Both players checked the on the turn. The hit the river and Tureniec checked again. Wilkerson bet 11,400 and won himself the pot.

Dylan Wilkerson – 64,000
Michael Tureniec – 26,000

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Total Entries: 118

The first break has come and gone on the $2,200 Eight-Handed event and they’ve already cruised right past the $200,000 Guarantee.

They’ll continue running it up with late registration available until after the dinner break.

Aaron Massey and Dylan Wilkerson lead at the start of Level 5, each with 44,000 for a good start to their day.

Other notables:

Daniel Quick – 40,000
Ryan McKnight – 38,700
Christian Harder – 32,000
Joe McKeehen – 27,700
Marie Harrell – 27,000
Zach Smiley – 24,700
Loni Harwood – 24,000
Nick Palma – 22,500
Jonathan Little – 20,700
Jeremy Ausmus – 19,000
Chance Kornuth – 15,000
Mukul Pahuja – 14,500
Darren Rabinowitz – 12,600
David Paredes – 9,200
Darren Elias – 9,100
Arkadiy Tsinis – 7,200

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 50

We have a nice, early crowd for the $2,200 Eight-handed event with some quality talent warming up for the Championship this weekend.

Marie Harrell is back and sitting in the exact seat she had yesterday when she finished 46th out of 816 in the WPTDeepStacks event. Three-time WPT Champions Club member Darren Elias is in town and taking part along with Dylan Wilkerson, Brian Hastings, Matt Affleck, Jonathan Little, Justin Liberto, Ryan Van Sanford, Olivier Busquet, and Joe McKeehen.

$2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

We’re almost into the weekend and the start of the 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship kicks off tomorrow. But we have one more nice preliminary event to warm everyone up.

Event 11 is a $2,200 buy-in NLH tournament with an eight-handed format, BB ante structure, and a healthy $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They will start out with 15,000 starting stacks and 30-minute levels for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and a single re-entry option are available until the start of Level 11 at 6:10 pm following a dinner break.

This tournament will award another Showdown trophy before the night is through and we’ll have all the action.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/SINGLE re-entry available until start of Level 11
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet