$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

The final 23 players are now on dinner break in the WPT Championship Event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Play will resume at 8:30 p.m. ET.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

There were two double ups just before the dinner break and so we have 23 players going to dinner break.

Jon Graham was all in preflop for 255,000 with and Nathan Tuthill had him covered holding on a board dealt . Graham doubled up to survive thanks to a set of sixes.

Sergii Baranov was all in with pocket kings and Dean Baranowski called all in against him with . The board fell and Baranowski doubled up to survive as well.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Bruce Kramer just scored a big double up from late position when his in the hole connected on a board dealt against the held by Andy Philachack on the button. Kramer doubled up to survive with 1.4 million and Philachack was down to 364,000 after the hand.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Rajee Wazwaz didn’t spend much time at his table after the redraw, he was moved after the quick drop of Nenad Medic to balance tables.

His spot at the new table ended when Jusin Zaki called his all-in move to put his at risk. Wazwaz needed his to hold against but it started going south on the flop giving Zaki flush outs to his over-cards. The turn left Wazwaz drawing dead to a 25th place finish for $14,789.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Bruce Kramer raised to 60,000 preflop from middle position and Brian Altman called from late position. Anthony Zinno also called on the hijack and then Fernando Diaz reraised all in for 310,000 on the cutoff. Kramer and folded and Altman moved all in for more than 2.7 million. Zinno folded and the remaining two players revealed their hands.

Altman:
Diaz:

Board:

Diaz was eliminated in 27th place, good for $14,789. Altman stacked up over 3 million after the hand and he leads the field.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Table 9
Seat 1: Brian Altman
Seat 2: Anthony Zinno
Seat 3: Fernando Diaz
Seat 4: Andy Philchack
Seat 5: Dean Baranowski
Seat 6: Nenad Medic
Seat 7: Justin Zaki
Seat 8: Panagiotis Nifakos
Seat 9: Bruce Kramer

Table 10
Seat 1: Kelly Minkin
Seat 2: David Nowling
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi
Seat 4: Sebastian Ruiz
Seat 5: Sergii Baranov
Seat 6: Alberto Rodriguez
Seat 7: Greg Rosen
Seat 8: Jared Jaffee
Seat 9: Kareem Marshall

Table 11
Seat 1: David Levi
Seat 2: Walter Fisher
Seat 3: Dominque Mosley
Seat 4: Jon Graham
Seat 5: Nathan Tuthill
Seat 6: Mark Dube
Seat 7: Alexandr Denisov
Seat 8: Emerson Ward
Seat 9: Rajee Wazwaz

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

The elimination of Tony Cousineau dropped the field to the last three tables and staff are completing a table draw with 27 remaining. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $14,789 for their efforts.

28th: Tony Cousineau (Daytona Beach, FL) – $12,817
29th: Blake Purvis (Montgomery, AL) – $12,817
30th: William Benson (Mobile, AL) – $12,817
31st: Amir Babakhani (Thornhill, ON) – $12,817
32nd: Stephen Graner (Las Vegas, NV) – $12,817
33rd: Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) – $12,817
34th: Steve Gross (Las Vegas (NV) – $12,817
35th: Shannon Shorr (Homewood, AL) – $12,817
36th: Jeffrey Hurwitz (New Haven, CT) – $12,817

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Tony Cousineau was all in preflop with and Kareem Marshall had him covered holding . The board was dealt and Cousineau was eliminated on the hand in 28th place, good for $12,817. Marshall stacked up 660,000 after the hand.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Brian Altmas moved into the lead before the break while Anthony Zinno is riding the short stack. They’re just two eliminations away from redrawing the final three tables.

Brian Altman – 3,150,000
Nathan Tuthill – 2,345,000
Walter Fisher – 2,130,000
Mark Dube – 2,040,000
Panagiotis Nifakos – 1,960,000
Sergii Baranov – 1,868,000
Kelly Minkin – 1,765,000
Jared Jaffe – 1,590,000
Andy Philachack – 1,552,000
Greg Rosen – 1,335,000
Sanjay Gehi – 1,290,000
Alberto Rodriguez – 1,105,000
Emerson Ward – 930,000
Alexandr Denisov – 902,000
Dean Baranowski – 870,000
David Nowling – 838,000
Bruce Kramer – 781,000
Dominique Mosely – 677,000
Blake Purvis – 477,000
Nenad Medic – 475,000
Rajaee Wazwaz – 446,000
David Levi – 405,000
Sebastian Ruiz – 380,000
Fernando Diaz – 371,000
Justin Zaki – 352,000
Kareem Marshall – 315,000
Jon Graham – 255,000
Tony Cousineau – 195,000
Anthony Zinno – 159,000