$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Level 17 has not been lacking for action as two more players have fallen.

Michael Sorensen tried to make a push with Q-J but ran into Joe Budd’s kings and was out in 16th.

Then came the elimination of John Binns.  Binns was full of table antics including putting the needle to an elderly player after eliminating him and accusing a dealer of “obstrucing his view”.  But his table talk couldn’t carry him as he saw his huge stack dwindle down before his final hand.

Binns pushed his remaining stack in with but ran into Vincent Mallia’s .  Binns looked like he dodged a bullet on a taking the lead but it was almost as if karma struck after he called for second eight to hit.  The board ran out giving the hand to Mallia on the river and sending Binns to the rail in 15th place and out of the money.

14 players remain as we stand two from the money bubble.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Two players have quickly been ousted from the final eighteen as Christian Olivier went out 18th and Reggie Lopez is out in 17th.  We are now just four players rom the money bubble here in Event 14.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

Event 14 has reached its final eighteen players.  Here are the new table draws:

Table 49:
1 – Michael Sinisgalli
2 – Michael Belkin
3 – Paulo Bertholdo
4 – Christian Olivier
5 – Luis Pazmino
6 – Robert Williams
7 – Robert Wiercinski
8 – Jorge Gomez
9 – Reggie Lopez

Table 57:
1 – John Binns
2 – Jonathan Rivera-Padilla
3 – Luke Doolittle
4 – Vincent Mallia
5 – Joe Budd
6 – Allen Bieler
7 – Jeff Silverstein
8 – Michael Sorensen
9 – Helder Klaar

Twelve players will be in the money tonight as the tournament rolls on.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000/500 ante

We’ve had two quick eliminations coming back from break and some great play from Jorge Gomez.  Gomez clipped the table’s chip leader and then eliminated another player en route to amassing one of the largest stacks in the tournament.  Keep an eye on him as he continues his run toward the Event 14 championship.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante

After one more elimination, action ground to a near halt in Event 14.  Players have now reached another break with the 100 chips being taken out of play.

22 players remain fighting for the $10,691 top prize.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante

Event 14 has now hit Level 14 and pushing onward.  23 players are still standing as we continue on toward crowning another champion here at the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open.

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante

The field actually dropped to 27 players on the last hand before dinner but they will wait until they return to redraw seats.

Top ten stacks:

Vincent Mallia – 151,100
Jorge Gomez – 115,000
Michael Belkin – 105,400
Jon Padilla – 100,200
Nicholas Vennari – 95,000
Jeff Silverstein – 86,800
John Binns – 81,300
Luke Doolittle – 76,000
Omar Yates – 71,000
Thomas Gari – 63,400

$350 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (FREEZE-OUT)
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante

Without the re-entry option, the field is dropping in a hurry and tables are breaking. Just seven tables remain in action and only four more players entered over the last level.

There are 15 minutes left to get in the game and get a piece of the over $30,000 prize pool.