$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Players are back from their break. Here are the big stacks:
Brian Hastings 69,025
Simon Deadman 65,725
Steele Sutter 59,450
Mukul Pahuja 58,950
Alexander Haber 52,375
John McDonald 50,325
Dan Buzgon 46,425
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 15: $1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
August 25 – 26, 2014
Total Entries: 78
Total Prize Pool: $117,000
PAYOUTS:
1: $38,609
2: $24,687
3: $17,141
4: $11,700
5: $9,068
6: $7,020
7: $5,265
8: $3,510
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Registration has closed for this event with an unofficial entry count of 78. Total unofficial prize pool is $117,000.
The #brownmagic is working in this event. Mukul Pahuja and Zo Karim share a photo-op as Mukul is stacking chips from the previous hand.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 5: 100/200/ 25 ante
Players have just returned from break. 76 total players so far in Event 15 with registration having just closed, going to Level 5: 100/200/ 25 ante blinds for the next hour. We’ll have official payouts posted as soon as we have them.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200
A player is all-in and Ardit Kurshumi (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) makes the call, having his opponent covered. The cards are turned up:
Kurshumi: 
Opponent: 
The board runs out 
and Kurshumi takes the hand with pocket Queens, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.
Kurshumi is an 8-handed NL Hold’em specialist, having final tabled WSOP event #35 $5K buy-in 8-handed event this summer in 4th place for $176K.
Some other notables in this field are Matt Stout, Angel Vu, and Jerry Wong.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200
Paul Balzano (Sunrise, FL) opens to 400 from late position. Jason Jackson (Pontiac, MI) 3 bets to 1400 on the button. Alexander Haber (Jamaica) then puts in another re-raise to 6400. After a few moments of deliberation from each of the players, they fold. Haber is sitting on about 31K , and tells the table that he had pocket Queens…but never showed his cards of course.
There are 73 entrants so far in Event 15.
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150
There are currently 65 entrants in Event 15, with registration and one single re-entry available until the start of Level 5. With levels lasting one full hour, players still have over 2.5 hours to come down and test their skill against today’s 8-handed field. Come on down!
$1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
We are under way in the second event to start off today – the $1,650 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em. Players will only get two bullets to fire in this one so expect some intense action in what we expect to be a star-studded field in this event.