Event 19: Darryll Fish – 3rd Place ($15,580)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 25: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

On the final hand before break, Darryll Fish moved his last 211,000 into the middle and was called by Andrew Hinrichsen.  Hinrichsen turned up AsTh and Fish showed Kc5h.

Fish could not catch up as the board ran out Ac7c6dQs3d leaving Hinrichsen and Ryan Tepen heads up for the Event 19 title.

Hinrichsen leads the way with 1,298,000 chips and Tepen stands at 690,000.

Darryll Fish - 3rd Place ($15,580)
Darryll Fish – 3rd Place ($15,580)

Event 19: Ari Engel – 4th Place ($13,120)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 25: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

A huge hand with Ari Engel and Andrew Hinrichsen has resulted in another elimination. Engel raised to 50,000 and Hinrichsen put him all-in.  Engel made the call showing As9s while Hinrichsen showed AdKs.

Engel got no help on the 5h2c6dQsKh board and was knocked out of the tournament and Hinrichsen is now the chip leader over Ryan Tepen and Darryll Fish.

Ari Engel finishes in 4th place for $13,120.

Ari Engel - 4th Place ($13,170)
Ari Engel – 4th Place ($13,170)

Event 19: Tyler Patterson – 7th Place ($6,560)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

It didn’t take long to lose another player as Tyler Patterson risked it all pushing 157,000 in against Ari Engel who made the call.  Engel turned up As4c going against Patterson’s KcQd.

The cards left no doubt as Engel flopped quad aces leaving Patterson dead in the water and off to the payout window.

Tyler Patterson finishes in 7th place winning $6,560.

Tyler Patterson - 7th Place ($6,560)
Tyler Patterson – 7th Place ($6,560)

Event 19: Anthony Spinella – 8th Place ($4,920)

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

After a brief respite from the wild play, we finally got our next elimination.  Anthony Spinella pushed in with his last 125,000 and Andrew Hinrichsen made the call.  Spinella turned up Jc7c and Hinrichsen showed AsKc.

Spinella hit the 9h3d7d flop but the turn brought the Ah putting Hinrichsen back in charge and after the 2d came on the river, Spinella was gone.

Anthony Spinella finishes in 8th place for $4,920.

Anthony Spinella - 8th Place ($4,920)
Anthony Spinella – 8th Place ($4,920)19

Event 19: Four More Out, Down To Nine

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

We’ve now hit our final table after the eliminations of Xuan Liu in 13th, Ellen Lambeth in 12th and Tom Sheets in 11th.  Scott Efron also went out in 10th taking us down to nine players left

We’re at our final table and here is the draw:

Seat 1: Darryll Fish
Seat 2: Harrison Gimbel
Seat 3: Anthony Spinella
Seat 4: Andrew Hinrichsen
Seat 5: Ryan Tepen
Seat 6: Stuart Patterson
Seat 7: David DiBernardi
Seat 8: Ari Engel
Seat 9: Tyler Patterson

Scott Efron
Scott Efron
Tom Sheets
Tom Sheets
Ellen Lambeth
Ellen Lambeth
Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu

Event 19: Five More Out

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Event 19 is on warp speed as five more players have gone by the wayside.  Ian O’Hara went out in 18th place followed by David Peters in 17th place.  Next to go was former WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel in 16th.  And at nearly the same time Michael Wang just went out in 15th and Keven Stammen has departed in 14th.

We’re already down to 13 players still alive as play continues toward crowning another champion in this year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

MIchael Wang
MIchael Wang

Event 19: Bubble Burst, Down To Eighteen

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 18: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante

The bubble has burst in Event 19.  Ari Engel faced with Richard Blanchar as Blanchar was all-in with TdTh against Engel’s AsKs. Engel hit the AhJs9h flop to take the lead.  The board ran out 5d4c and Blanchar was eliminated in 19th place.

Here are the seat draws for the final two tables:

Table 7
Seat 1: Ellen Lambeth
Seat 2: David DiBernardi
Seat 3: Harrison Gimbel
Seat 4: Michael Wang
Seat 5: Ryan Tepen
Seat 6: Andrew Hinrichsen
Seat 7: Xuan Liu
Seat 8: David Peters
Seat 9: Stuart Patterson

Table 8
Seat 1: Keven Stammen
Seat 2: Anthony Spinnela
Seat 3: Jonathan Duhamel
Seat 4: Darryll Fish
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara
Seat 6: Tom Sheets
Seat 7: Tyler Patterson
Seat 8: Ari Engel
Seat 9: Scott Efron

Richard Blanchar
Richard Blanchar

Event 19: On the Money Bubble

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

With 19 players remaining, the field is on the Money Bubble. They will now play hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated.

Here is a look at the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $49,200
2nd:  $27,060
3rd:  $15,580
4th:  $13,120
5th:  $9,840
6th:  $8,200
7th:  $6,560
8th:  $4,920
9th:  $3,690
10th-12th:  $3,280
13th-15th:  $2,870
16th-18th:  $2,460