$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 227 of 2,958

Catching up on paperwork, the action has slowed so we can get your the first round of results. Notables among the first group of payouts include Carlos Loving, Loni Harwood, Manny Minaya, Spencer Champlin, Michael Graffeo, David Prociak, and Rafael Reis.

251st: Juan Diaz – $1,021
252nd: Renny Barrett – $1,021
253rd: Harjinder Chawla – $1,021
254th: Unclaimed – $1,021
255th: Carlos Loving – $1,021
256th: Scott McInnis – $1,021
257th: Gediminas Kiuberis – $1,021
258th: Russell Beyer – $1,021
259th: Unclaimed – $1,021
260th: Manny Minaya – $1,021
261st: Gregory Spinder – $1,021
262nd: Matthew Vetstein – $1,021
263rd: Lawrence Klang – $1,021
264th: Roberto Bonilla Rivera – $1,021
265th: Christian Jambor – $1,021
266th: Donny Rubinstein – $1,021
267th: David Hass – $1,021
268th: Sahar Zhajavi – $1,021
269th: Unclaimed – $1,021
270th: George Dolofan – $1,021
271st: Tony Collichio – $1,021
272nd: Chris Nomikos – $1,021
273rd: Claudio Kalili – $1,021
274th: James Miller – $1,021
275th: Augusto Burgos – $1,021
276th: Voitto Rintala – $1,021
277th: Sergio Giha – $1,021
278th: Joel Brink – $1,021
279th: William Stanton – $1,021
280th: Devin Taylor – $1,021
281st: Rafael Reis – $1,021
282nd: Telemaco Genovesi Jr – $1,021
283rd: Juan Ferrer – $1,021
284th: Loni Harwood – $1,021
285th: Unclaimed – $1,021
286th: Ryan Anderkin – $1,021
287th: Andrew Schulz – $1,021
288th: Shlomo Gardi – $1,021
289th: Carlton Seybolt – $1,021
290th: David Prociak – $1,021
291st: Zachary Hammons – $1,021
292nd: Lokesh Garg – $1,021
293rd: Kenny Nguyen – $1,021
294th: Jean Brigagao Do Nascimen – $1,021
295th: Michael Graffeo – $1,021
296th: Raveesh Asnani – $1,021
297th: Filippos Liakounakos – $1,021
298th: Steven Wacr – $1,021
299th: Derek Alley – $1,021
300th: Benjamin Abrahams – $1,021

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 254 of 2,958

After a quick burst of activity following the money bubble, the remaining players were sent on their first break of the day. Unwind after the bubble stress.

We walked the room and Nick Raio continues to sport the biggest stack with 915,000 with Uri Kadosh his nearest competitor with 880,000. Other notable top stacks include Oscar Lindo (710,000), Cesar Fuentes (700,000), Adrian Curry (670,000), and Nicholas Mahabee (550,000),

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 300 of 2,958

It took a while to get there but Event 1 is finally in the money. The process involved five, long hands before we had a major pot and it drew a big crowd of players.

With the board reading , Dantonio Brown (UTG) was  all in for his last 160,000 and Oscar Lindo (small blind) had him at risk. Then they had to sit back and wait around till all the other action was complete. When it was their turn, Lindo showed trip jacks and Brown was drawing dead with .

Brown was eliminated in 301st place while Lindo moved up to 685,000.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 301 of 2,958

With 301 players remaining and 300 getting paid, tournament staff paused the clock for money bubble play. They confirmed the number of players and the tournament is now in hand-for-hand mode.

The clock will remain paused and two minutes will come off for each hand dealt.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 312 of 2,958

With the flop reading , Sebastian Lepine bet 20,000 from the small blind and Michael Wang called from the button. The turn came and Lepine immediately announced: “all in”. Wang was sitting on 63,000 and called after a two-minute tank.

Lepine:
Wang:

Lepine was way out front with his top pair flush draw and Wang couldn’t find a save on the river to exit shortly before the money bubble.

Sebastian Lepine – 341,000 (68 bb)
Michael Wang – Eliminated

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 360 of 2,958

Uri Kadosh didn’t have far to climb, he came into Day 2 with the second biggest stack but he was still 200K short of Nick Raio. That changed over the first level of the day and Kadosh is now up to 875,000 and building a fine chip house of his own.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 387 of 2,958

Action folded around the Brian Hastings on the button and he moved all in for 65,000. The small blind folded and Nipun Java took a minute to consider.

“It’s close,” he laughed with his fellow pro.

Java called and Hastings was the one at risk.

Hastings:
Java:

Hastings was ahead with the tens but needed to dodge the suited ace. The board ran out and Hastings hand held for the double.

Brian Hastings – 136,000 (34 bb)
Nipun Java – 125,000 (31 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 414 of 2,958

There was a lot of activity at the start of the day, a lot of moves and calls of “seat open” by the dealers. On his first hand, John Holley shoved on his first hand and put Cameron Mitchell to the test on the board. Mitchell ended up folding and continuing the fight with his 75,000.

On Table 22, Cindy Muchnick was heads up with Daniel Barnes to a flop. She check-raised Barnes all in for his last 73,000 and he called.

Muchnick:
Barnes:

Muchnick flopped the joint but needed to dodge the club draw. The turn and river finished the board and Barnes was an early exit.

Cindy Muchnick – 310,000 (78 bb)

In chip leader news, Nick Raio took his Day 2 seat and is building his castle.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 423 of 2,958

At 1pm on the dot, Tournament Director Tony Burns put cards back in the air for Day 2. We have 423 players remaining but some are taking their time getting to their seats including chip leader Nick Raio.

Blinds are at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante and levels are now at 40 minutes.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 423 of 2,958

The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown kicked off with a bang. The opening tournament drew huge for a nearly $1.5 million prize pool with 2,958 entries over six flights. Only 423 remain and they return today for Day 2.

The first few flights saw end-of-day big stacks in the high 300K range but the last two flights blasted past those. Uri Kadosh finished Flight E with a huge 640,000 bag and that looked like a lock for the Day 2 returning chip lead. Then Nick Raio went massive in the last flight to put an incredible 826,000 away for today.

The first order of business will be the money bubble with 300 players getting paid. They should get there before the first break and then continue throughout the day.

Blind levels are now 40-minutes long until they increase to 60 minutes at the final table. Cards go back in the air at 1pm and we will have all the action from start to finish.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Nick Raio – 826,000 (207 bb)
2. Uri Kadosh – 640,000 (160 bb)
3. Woodrow Pass – 487,000 (122 bb)
4. Trung Pham – 451,000 (113 bb)
5. Henry Jones – 425,000 (106 bb)
6. Brian England – 368,000 (92 bb)
7. Kyle Carino – 362,000 (91 bb)
8. Adam Mann – 360,000 (90 bb)
9. Rodney Moret-Rojas – 346,000 (87 bb)
10. Denis Cyr – 346,000 (87 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts