$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante

Kurt Lichtman may be writing a nice comeback story. He began the day with 89,900 but dropped down to just 7,600 midway through the day. He has since moved his stack over 160,000 and is much more comfortable.

The big hand came against Richard Arno with Lichtman at risk for his last 71,000 in a race. Lichtman was ahead with against when Arno said, “I never win these.”

“Oh, looks like I’m going to win this one.” he said after seeing the when the flop came to give him a big lead in the hand. The joy didn’t last long when dealer put the on the turn. Lichtman dodged the bigger boat out for his double.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante

With approximately 20,000 in the pot and the board showing , Tim Burt checked to his opponent who put out a bet of 10,000. Burt check-raised all in for an additional 34,000 more and after a few seconds his opponent folded. Burt grinned and turned over .

“I had a draw,” said Burt, looking happy that he wasn’t called.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante

It’s not uncommon for players to show up late for a restart, especially if they are coming back to a lot of chips. Saturanino Rodriguez was once such player but has yet to show up to take part in the Day 2 festivities.

Rodriguez bagged up 133,000 chips at the end of 1C but his stack has since dwindled to 45,000 as the next level came around.

We certainly hope Mr. Rodriguez is ok and hope to hear from him soon.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante

The remaining 252 players are now playing the last level before the dinner break.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

There was a bet and a call of 15,000 (unknown action) on the turn between Vince Van Patten and his opponent on a board of . The river was the and Van Patten led out for 15,000. His opponent made the call and mucked his hand after Van Patten showed for a pair of aces.

Yesterday we mentioned that Van Patten has never cashed in a WPT event before. There are 270 players left leaving him 120 eliminations away from the money. He’s sitting on a healthy stack of 275,000 and is in great position to accomplish that achievement.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

We didn’t see the initial action but there was 7,000 in chips sitting in front of Chris Moorman out of the big blind and 20,000 in front of Matt Salsberg who was on the cutoff so it appeared that Salsberg had limped in, Moorman raised, and Salsberg reraised.

Moorman thought for a moment and put out another raise, to 43,000, and Salsberg went into the tank as this would pretty much commit him if he were to continue. After several minutes, Salsberg decided to wait for a better spot and released his hand.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

The remaining 315 players are back in action. The top 150 will get paid so there’s still some play/work to do before they hit the bubble.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

It’s taken a day and a half before the black chips (100) are coming out of play. The average stack increased to 140,000 with blinds set to increase to 1,500/3,000/500.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Players are dropping quickly even with the slow structure. The numbers dropped until 400 and nearing 300 with 30 minutes remaining in the level.

Christina Lindley, Vinny Pahuja, Jake Bazeley, Mike Beasley, Ebony Kenney, Jessica Dawley, and Justin Zaki are just a few of those gone this level.

And busto. Blinded down to nada & got it in 6bbs BvB K10<AK. @WPTlive #showers #shrpo

— Ebony Kenney (@Ebony_Kenney) April 19, 2015

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Matt Waxman will have to wait until the summer to add another Seminole Hard Rock Poker title to his résumé. The WSOP and WPT champion won the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N Roll Poker Open” but he is out today short of the bubble.

Waxman led the action until he was all-in with the board reading . His opponent called Waxman’s bets with and caught the river to send Waxman out.