$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 13: 800/1,600/200 Ante

It was Glen Cressman’s time to push the action higher, this time on Table 1, trying to double his stack. He moved all-in for 33,700 after Rayan Chamas opened to 4,000.

Chamas took his time but finally called behind with against . It was a good flop for Cressman and the had Chamas drawing dead and drop to 145,000.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 13: 800/1,600/200 Ante

It’s been pretty interesting around the ballroom the past few days with big names getting hot right before the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. Jason Mercier captured the Event 10 title yesterday after dominating the final table and today bring back poker royalty for Day 2 of the $2,200 6-Max Event 11.

There are 13 players returning today with combined career earnings  of nearly $32 million, two WSOP Main Event champions, four WSOP Circuit rings represented, and three WPT titles (courtesy of Anthony Zinno alone).

Rayan Chamas leads the way but he has pros Jonathan Duhamel, Ryan Riess, Anthony Zinno, Zo Karim, Joe Kuether, and Barry Hutter trying to chase him down.

Players are unbagging their chips and we’ll be underway shortly.

Table 1
Seat 1: Lawrence Whyte – 65,300
Seat 2: Konstantinos Pantaridis – 189,000
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Glen Cressman – 66,700
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno – 88,900

Table 2
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Jonathan Duhamel – 118,800
Seat 3: Ryan Riess – 132,000
Seat 4: Barry Hutter – 89,700
Seat 5: Mengchao Yu – 70,000
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 116,100

Table 3
Seat 1: Zo Karim – 122,100
Seat 2: Rayan Chamas – 214,700
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Otto Palacios – 22,400
Seat 5: Javier Gomez – 204,600
Seat 6:

Rayan Chamas – 214,700 (134 bb)
Javier Gomez – 204,600 (409 bb)
Konstantinos Pantaridis – 189,000 (378 bb)
Ryan Riess – 13,200 (26 bb)
Zo Karim – 122,100 (244 bb)
Jonathan Duhamel – 118,800 (238 bb)
Joe Kuether – 116,100 (232 bb)
Barry Hutter – 89,700 (179 bb)
Anthony Zinno – 88,900 (178 bb)
Mengchao Yu – 70,000 (140 bb)
Glen Cressman – 66,700 (133 bb)
Lawrence Whyte – 65,300 (131 bb)
Otto Palacios – 22,400 (45 bb)

1st: $63,775
2nd: $43,175
3rd: $28,225
4th: $22,550
5th: $16,925
6th: $13,025
7th – 9th: $9,775
10 – 12th: $6,500
13 – 15th: $4,500

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

With only a matter of a few minutes to go in tonight’s play and everyone in the money, a ton of action sent two more players home and Rayan Chamas into the chip lead.

The aggressive Chamas managed to take out Ami Alibay in 15th place and then Will Failla finally lost his short stack falling in 14th.  Both players pick up $4,500 for their efforts tonight.

Chamas will come back in the lead with 214,700 chips but barely as tablemate Javier Gomez bagged 204,800 and Konstantinos Pantaridis closed out the night with 189,000 for third.

Former WSOP Main Event Champions Ryan Riess and Jonathan Duhamel will return to play sitting next to each again until the table break at twelve players.  Riess brings back 132,000 and Duhamel bagged 118,000.

The final thirteen including top pros Zo Karim, Anthony Zinno, Joe Kuether and Barry Hutter will return tomorrow in an all-star field with a top prize of $63,775 on the line tomorrow at 3 PM.

Table 1
Seat 1: Lawrence Whyte – 65,300
Seat 2: Konstantinos Pantaridis – 189,000
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Glen Cressman – 66,700
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno – 88,900

Table 2
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Jonathan Duhamel – 118,800
Seat 3: Ryan Riess – 132,000
Seat 4: Barry Hutter – 89,700
Seat 5: Mengchao Yu – 70,000
Seat 6: Joe Kuether – 116,100

Table 3
Seat 1: Zo Karim – 122,100
Seat 2: Rayan Chamas – 214,700
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Otto Palacios – 22,400
Seat 5: Javier Gomez – 204,600
Seat 6:

Day 1 Chip Counts:
Rayan Chamas – 214,700
Javier Gomez – 204,800
Konstantinos Pantaridis – 189,000
Ryan Riess – 132,000
Zo Karim – 122,100
Joe Kuether – 116,100
Jonathan Duhamel – 118,000
Barry Hutter – 89,700
Anthony Zinno – 88,900
Mengchao Yu – 70,000
Glen Cressman – 66,700
Lawrence Whyte – 65,300
Otto Palacios – 22,400

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

With much of the attention on the short stacks of Will Failla and Otto Palacios, the bubble ended up being burst by Jerry Wong propelling the rest of the field into the money.

Wong was all in with against Anthony Zinno’s .  The flop of left Wong needing to pair or getting running straight cards but after the board ran out , Wong’s night was over and a bubble that ate up most of Level 12 was over.

15 players remain with only a few minutes left to play this evening.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Chad Eveslage has fallen here in Event 11 and we are on the bubble.  Eveslage hit top pair with his on a flop but was in big trouble after Rayan Chamas showed for two pair.  Eveslage got no help and was out in 17th place.

We are now hand-for-hand with around 45 minutes left to play tonight.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Event 11 has reached its final hour of play for Day 1.  As we go through the last level, 17 players are left with fifteen making the money.  Both Chad Eveslage and Will Failla have survived all-ins and look to try to reach the min cash of $4,500.

To make matters more interesting Jared Jaffee, Aaron Massey and their crew have shown up to rail some friends and have a drink or two.  We can expect a distraction or two along the way as we close in on the money bubble and the end of tonight’s play.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Scott Lushing has come up a few spots short of the money here in Event 11.

Lushing pushed his stack in pre-flop and was called by Ami Alibay and Javier Gomez.  After a flop, Alibay check and Gomez bet 8,000 getting Alibay out of the pot.  Lushing turned over but Gomez had hit the flop with his for top pair.  Lushing got a sweat with the for the straight draw but just missed with the coming on the river.

17 players remain as we close in on the money bubble at 15 players.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Omri Moga has fallen in 19th place and with his elimination we’re down to 18 players left and the final three tables have been re-drawn and former WSOP Main Event Champions Jonathan Duhamel and Ryan Riess are seated next to each other Table 2 as we move forward.  Here is the new draw:

Table 1:
Seat 1 – Lawrence Whyte
Seat 2 – Konstantinos Pantaridis
Seat 3 – Will Failla
Seat 4 – Glen Cressman
Seat 5 – Jerry Wong
Seat 6 – Anthony Zinno

Table 2 :
Seat 1 – Otto Palacios
Seat 2 – Jonathan Duhamel
Seat 3 – Ryan Riess
Seat 4 – Barry Hutter
Seat 5 – Mengchao Yu
Seat 6 – Joe Kuether

Table 3 :
Seat 1 – Zo Karim
Seat 2 – Rayan Chamas
Seat 3 – Ami Alibay
Seat 4 – Chad Eveslage
Seat 5 – Javier Gomez
Seat 6 – Scott Lushing

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Event 11 is back in action as we head into Level 11.  And despite Zo Karim’s plea for four-minute levels, we’ll be playing two more one hour levels to close out the night.

We stand one more elimination from the three table re-draw and only four players from the money as play resumes.