Event 12: Chip Counts at Break

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Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,775

Seat 1:  Jimmy Tomblin  –  5,400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2:  Haopeng Yang  –  3,600,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Truyen Nguyen  –  3,550,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4:  Erick Ortiz  –  4,425,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Rick Kalgstein  –  6,075,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6:  Curtis Daye  – 3,575,000  (18 bb)

1st:  $46,235 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $31,250
3rd:  $21,575
4th:  $16,015
5th:  $12,055
6th:  $9,725

Event 12: Micah Trexler – 7th Place ($8,000)

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Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,775

Micah Trexler
Micah Trexler

Erick Ortiz opened to 350,000 from the cutoff, Micah Trexler three-bet all in for 800,000 from the button, Rick Kalgstein four-bet to about 1,800,000 from the small blind, and Ortiz folded.

Trexler:  AdTd
Kalgstein:  8s8d

The board ran out Js4d3c6d6s, no help to Trexler, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Rick Kalgstein  –   5,800,000  (39 bb)
Micah Trexler  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($8,000)

With six players remaining, the average stack is about 4,450,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $9,725.

Event 12: Daniel Quesada – 8th Place ($6,300)

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Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,775

Daniel Quesada
Daniel Quesada

Daniel Quesada raised all in for 525,000 from early position and Truyen Nguyen called in the big blind with 9s9d, racing with Quesada’s KcTd.

The board came 9c8s5c7sKs, giving Nguyen a set of nines to eliminate Quesada in eighth place.

Truyen Nguyen  – 3,000,000  (20 bb)
Daniel Quesada  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($6,300)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is about 3,800,000 (25 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $8,000.

Event 12: Robert Schmal – 9th Place ($4,705)

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Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,775

Robert Schmal
Robert Schmal

Robert Schmal raised all in for about 1,250,000 from middle position and Curtis Daye isolated the action with a shove from the next seat over.

Schmal:  KhTh
Daye:  AhKd

The board ran out Qs7c2h3c8s, no help to Schmal, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Curtis Daye  –  4,400,000  (29 bb)
Robert Schmal  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($4,705)

With eight players remaining, the average stack is about 3,325,000  (22 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $6,300.

Event 12: Final Table Lineup

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Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,775

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 12 Final Table

Seat 1:  Jimmy Tomblin  –  6,200,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2:  Haopeng Yang  –  5,400,000   (43 bb)
Seat 3:  Truyen Nguyen  –  2,800,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Erick Ortiz  –  2,100,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Daniel Quesada  –  650,000  (5 bb)
Seat 6:  Micah Trexler  –  900,000  (7 bb)
Seat 7:  Rick Kalgstein  –  4,400,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8:  Robert Schmal  –  1,525,000  (12 bb)
Seat 9:  Curtis Daye  –  2,750,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $46,235 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $31,250
3rd:  $21,575
4th:  $16,015
5th:  $12,055
6th:  $9,725
7th:  $8,000
8th:  $6,300
9th:  $4,705

Recent Eliminations
10th:  Avi Frier  –  $4,705
11th:  Richard Saunders  –  $3,555
12th:  David Inselberg  –  $3,555
13th:  Kevin Blewitt  –  $2,750
14th:  Robert Kessler  –  $2,750
15th:  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  $2,750
16th:  Michael Decesare  –  $2,210
17th:  Albert Prendergast  –  $2,210
18th:  Vencent White  –  $2,210
19th:  Robert Stam  –  $1,800
20th:  Michael Tarafa  –  $1,800
21st:  Tomer Akerman  –  $1,800
22nd:  Nader Bahhur  –  $1,485
23rd:  Frank Martin  –  $1,485

Event 12: Final 23 Players

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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,775

Table 7
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  700,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Kevin Blewitt  –  775,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Frank Martin  –  600,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6:  Tomer Akerman  –  490,000  (8 bb)
Seat 7:  Truyen Nguyen  –  1,700,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8:  Daniel Quesada  –  820,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9:  Vencent White  –  720,000  (12 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Erick Ortiz  –  610,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Haopeng Yang  –  1,910,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3:  Richard Saunders  –  1,550,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  Robert Schmal  –  775,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Michael Tarafa  –  650,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7:  Nader Bahhur  –  665,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8:  Rick Kalgstein  –  1,710,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9:  Avi Frier  –  1,160,000  (19 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Robert Stam  –  880,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3:  David Inselberg  –  960,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Decesare  –  820,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Jimmy Tomblin  –  4,000,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6:  Robert Kessler  –  1,680,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7:  Albert Prendergast  –  550,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8:  Micah Trexler  –  1,440,000  (24 bb)
Seat 9:  Curtis Daye  –  1,750,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $46,235 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $31,250
3rd:  $21,575
4th:  $16,015
5th:  $12,055
6th:  $9,725
7th:  $8,000
8th:  $6,300
9th-10th:  $4,705
11th-12th:  $3,555
13th-15th:  $2,750
16th-18th:  $2,210
19th-21st:  $1,800
22nd-23rd:  $1,485

Recent Eliminations
24th:  Louis Leo IV  –  $1,485
25th:  Joseph Linville  –  $1,260
26th:  Gregory Pessine  –  $1,260
27th:  Mikhail Chykiliov  –  $1,260

Event 12: Recent Eliminations, 28th-90th Places

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,775

Min Zhang
44th-Place Finisher Min Zhang

28th:  Salvatore Pipitone  –  $1,080
29th:  Frederic Bunchan  –  $1,080
30th:  Jose Rodriguez  –  $1,080
31st:  Clinton Fromal  –  $1,080
32nd:  Marcel Jimenez  –  $1,080
33rd:  Trung Le  –  $1,080
34th:  Adilzhan Ibrayev  –  $1,080
35th:  Tuan Phan  –  $1,080
36th:  Andre Bryan  –  $1,080

37th:  Steve Zhang  –  $920
38th:  Paul Hassett  –  $920
39th:  Carlos Torres Vazquez  –  $920
40th:  Jordan Miller  –  $920
41st:  Braxton Lake  –  $920
42nd:  Jorge Rivera  –  $920
43rd:  Trever Phelps  –  $920
44th:  Min Zhang  –  $920
45th:  Christopher Audrain  –  $920

46th:  Soma Gubacsi  –  $800
47th:  Lawrence Strenk  –  $800
48th:  Shawn Farmer  –  $800
49th:  Jairo Velasquez  –  $800
50th:  Perrin Rodrigue  –  $800
51st:  David Laufer  –  $800
52nd:  Philip Toister  –  $800
53rd:  Frederick Diser  –  $800
54th:  Stephanie Sullivan  –  $800

55th:  Praise Ogwo  –  $700
56th:  Michael Stratos  –  $700
57th:  Matthew Swinick  –  $700
58th:  Peter Shapiro  –  $700
59th:  Jarrod Parr  –  $700
60th:  Nicholas Quatse  –  $700
61st:  Christopher Moffitt-Gabis  –  $700
62nd:  Noah Flaum  –  $700
63rd:  Kevin Fitzpatrick  –  $700

64th:  Ira Horowitz  –  $640
65th:  Betty Davis  –  $640
66th:  Danielle Bastarache  –  $640
67th:  James Anderson  –  $640
68th:  Oniel McCalla  –  $640
69th:  Pavel Smejkal  –  $640
70th:  Lucca Cecilio Salgueiro  –  $640
71st:  Randall Wagnon  –  $640
72nd:  Steven Bennett  –  $640

73rd:  Franklin Guevara  –  $605
74th:  Omer Rotman  –  $605
75th:  Nir Sharon  –  $605
76th:  Jakub Neubauer  –  $605
77th:  Timothy Little  –  $605
78th:  Randal Fernandez  –  $605
79th:  James Nadolski  –  $605
80th:  Jeffrey Silverstein  –  $605
81st:  George Rovero  –  $605

82nd:  Joshua Hanson  –  $570
83rd:  Shannon McCloud  –  $570
84th:  Philip Consolo  –  $570
85th:  Carlos Fonseca Rojas  –  $570
86th:  Robert Goldberg  –  $570
87th:  Solange Zambrano  –  $570
88th:  Michael Tweedlie  –  $570
89th:  Patrick Biancone  –  $570
90th:  Vlad-Alexandru Leonte  –  $570

Event 12: Haopeng Yang Leads the Field at the Break with 1,525,000

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,775

Haopeng Yang
Haopeng Yang

The players have returned from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 15,000-25,000 with a 25,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 900K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Haopeng Yang  –  1,525,000  (61 bb)
2.  Dustin Truyen  –  1,155,000  (46 bb)
3.  Micah Trexler  –  1,085,000  (43 bb)
4.  David Inselberg  –  1,060,000  (42 bb)
5.  Robert Kessler  –  970,000  (39 bb)
6.  Curtis Daye  –  915,000  (37 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 1,775, the average chip stack is around 605,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $920 each.

Event 12: Recent Eliminations, 91st-181st Places

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 1,775

Here is the first batch of players who were eliminated today, along with their payouts:

91st:  Christopher Mott  –  $540
92nd:  Hector Pacheco  –  $540
94th:  Tracy Allen  –  $540
95th:  Steven Freifeld  –  $540
96th:  Frederico Dabus  –  $540
97th:  Gregorio Correa  –  $540
98th:  Jamie Maas  –  $540
99th:  Franco Parodi  –  $540

100th:  Joshua Bowm  –  $510
101st:  Victor Goldfluss  –  $510
102nd:  Eldo Rodriguez Jimenez  –  $510
103rd:  Brandon Curry  –  $510
104th:  Ronald Higgins Jr.  –  $510
105th:  Michelle Fox  –  $510
107th:  Alexander Cole-Gardner  –  $510
108th:  Jozsef Szivos  –  $510

109th:  Bradley Grossman  –  $485
110th:  Patricia Conrad  –  $485
111th:  Jorge Soto  –  $485
112th:  Alberto Niebla  –  $485
113th:  Cameron Collins  –  $485
114th:  Peter Kambolin  –  $485
115th:  Joseph Ricco  –  $485
116th:  Joseph Romeo  –  $485
117th:  Edgar Varas  –  $485

118th:  Claudio Piedrabuena  –  $460
120th:  Nicholas Chiappetta  –  $460
121st:  Henry Billete  –  $460
122nd:  Justin Guzman  –  $460
124th:  Eric Siegel  –  $460
126th:  Valery Litvak  –  $460

127th:  William Beasley  –  $440
128th:  James Sullivan  –  $440
129th:  Noah Bitton  –  $440
130th:  Paul Brettler  –  $440
131st:  Olivier Deschamps  –  $440
132nd:  Daniel Aviles  –  $440
133rd:  Marcela De Aguilar Fumero  –  $440
134th:  Dante Collier  –  $440
135th:  Mark Miller  –  $440

136th:  Richard Shmitt  –  $420
137th:  Hugh Coley Jr.  –  $420
138th:  Earl Gallegos  –  $420
139th:  Walid Maddah  –  $420
140th:  Joshua Wright  –  $420
141st:  Craig Jacobson  –  $420
142nd:  Caio De Lucca Sobral  –  $420
143rd:  John Gorsuch  –  $420
144th:  Barry Roth  –  $420

145th:  Christopher Safaya  –  $405
146th:  Ryan Reeder  –  $405
147th:  Kevin Davis  –  $405
149th:  Pavel Krapivin  –  $405
150th:  Jason Fitzpatrick  –  $405
151st:  Christopher Zito  –  $405
152nd:  Daniyal Gheba  –  $405
153rd:  Benjamin Murphy  –  $405

154th:  Shon Perez  –  $390
155th:  Raymond Nalbandian  –  $390
156th:  Arthur Boatman  –  $390
157th:  Cory Biddle  –  $390
158th:  Arthur Holmes III  –  $390
159th:  David Albertson  –  $390
160th:  Vincent Guerra  –  $390
161st:  Robert Martin  –  $390
162nd:  Paul Garritson  –  $390

163rd:  Brian Hardy  –  $375
164th:  Karen Cleveland  –  $375
165th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $375
166th:  Adam Rothschild  –  $375
167th:  Michael Goldfarb  –  $375
168th:  Dan Avitsur  –  $375
169th:  Josias Cardoso Dos Santos  –  $375
170th:  Aleksandr Tishchenko  –  $375
172nd:  John Les  –  $375
173rd:  Constantinos Psallidas  –  $375
174th:  Kai Oki  –  $375
175th:  Di Wang  –  $375
176th:  Brandon Lewis  –  $375
177th:  Boris Goldfeder  –  $375
178th:  Mark Poirier  –  $375
179th:  Noah Piderit  –  $375
180th:  Vendel Johnson  –  $375
181st:  Irwin Block  –  $375

Event 12: Chris Audrain Leads the Field at the Break with 710,000

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,775

Chris Audrain
Chris Audrain

The players have returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Chris Audrain  –  710,000  (71 bb)
2.  Erick Ortiz  –  675,000  (68 bb)
3.  Min Zhang  –  605,000  (61 bb)
4.  Andre Bryan  –  575,000  (58 bb)
5.  Marcel Jimenez  –  565,000  (57 bb)
6.  Rick Kalgstein  –  550,000  (55 bb)

With 87 players remaining from a field of 1,775, the average chip stack is around 305,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $570 each.