$250 Omaha 8B
Level 19: 4,000/8,000

Arnold Cohen (pictured above) was recently eliminated in seventh place and he took home $798 in prize money. The field has quickly played down to the final six players. We have lost three players in less than an hour.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 19: 3,000/6,000

John Binns raised to 12,000 preflop UTG+1 and Michael Wang (pictured above) reraised to 24,000 on the button. Binns put in another raise and Wang called all in. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Binns:
Wang:

Board:

Wang was eliminated in eighth place and he took $638 in prize money.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 19: 3,000/6,000

Gene Hochman (pictured above) was all in with and George Boyadjian had him covered with . The final board read . Gene Hochman was eliminated on the hand in ninth place and he took home $479 in prize money. Boyadjian held 90,000 after the hand.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 18: 2,500/5,000

The final table of nine players for Event 2 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has returned and they will now play down to a champion. The winner will be the first Main Event champion of the tournament series. Play resumes with the final 5 minutes and 19 seconds remaining in Level 18. Here is a look at the chip counts and seating chart for the start of play.

Seat 1: Michael Wang – 53,000
Seat 2: Wayne Brown – 28,000
Seat 3: Avi Levy – 159,500
Seat 4: Arnold Cohen – 19,000
Seat 5: Gene Hochman – 24,000
Seat 6: John Binns – 208,000
Seat 7: George Boyadjian – 90,500
Seat 8: Brent Keane – 69,500
Seat 9: “Miami” John Cernuto – 167,500

Stay tuned for coverage of the final table.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 18: 2,500/5,000

The final table of nine players is set for Event 2 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the players will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET to play down to a champion. The winner will be the first Main Event champion of the tournament series. Play will resume on Friday with the final 5 minutes and 19 seconds remaining in Level 18. Here is a look at the chip counts when cards get into the air tomorrow.

Seat 1: Michael Wang – 53,000
Seat 2: Wayne Brown – 28,000
Seat 3: Avi Levy – 159,500
Seat 4: Arnold Cohen – 19,000
Seat 5: Gene Hochman – 24,000
Seat 6: John Binns – 208,000
Seat 7: George Boyadjian – 90,500
Seat 8: Brent Keane – 69,500
Seat 9: “Miami” John Cernuto – 167,500 (pictured above)

Tune back in tomorrow for all of the action and photos from the final table.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 15: 1,200/2,400

Event 2 continues to play fast and the field is down to the final 16 from the 76 that entered. Play will stop tonight when they reach the final table, unless every player votes to continue playing, and in that case they will play it out tonight. “Miami” John Cernuto is still in the hunt for the final table.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 13: 800/1.6k

Players returned from their dinner break and immediately lost a player to get down to the final three tables. Brian Gelrod continues to lead the way as one of only two sitting with over 50,000.

They will redraw at 18 players and stop for the day if they make the final table.

Brian Gelrod – 54,100
Georges Boyadjian – 52,000
“Miami John” Cernuto – 46,600
Henry Hull – 46,000
Gene Hochman – 45,300
Alison Bishop 45,300

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 12: 600/1.2k

Only 30 players were able to make the dinner break bubble and went off to cash their meal comps. Those still alive include “Miami John” Cernuto, Ryan Tepen, Errol Massey, and Brian Gelrod.

They will return in 40 minutes and play eight more levels stopping at 11pm or the final table, whichever comes first.

$250 Omaha 8B
Level 9: 300/600

Players are back from their second break of the day and just 56 players remain from the starting 76.  They are dropping at a quicker pace than expected in a limit game.

Brian Gelrod (West Palm Beach, FL) stopped by to let us know he’s having a good day and he was among the current chipleader at break with 33,500.