$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 342
Average Stack: 190,000 (48 big blinds)

Aditya Prasetyo three-bet shoved for his last 51,500 and picked up a caller in Anthony Zinno. Action folded back to Tyler Patterson, who opened the action, and he moved all-in over the top. Zinno thought it out with a similar-sized stack as Patterson and elected to fold.

Patterson was ahead for the knockout with against until Prasetyo hit the flop. Neither the turn nor the river changed the matter and Prasetyo earned the triple up.

Aditya Prasetyo – 175,000 (44 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 135,000 (34 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 342
Average Stack: 169,000 (56 big blinds)

Myles German, who turned a $500 promotional voucher into a $10,000 seat, has been eliminated from the WPT Finale. He found himself in a blind-versus-blind battle holding in the small blind against the of an unknown opponent in the big blind. German was behind in the hand, but had the opponent covered.

A runout didn’t change anything on the leaderboard. Although Myles was not out, he was crippled holding 8,000 chips. He busted a few hands later ending his unlikely run that all started by filling out a Seminole Hard Rock Poker player survey.

Myles German – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 342
Average Stack: 169,000 (56 big blinds)

Aditya Prasetyo made it 7,000 from the button and Anthony Zinno took his time before defending the big blind. They were heads up to the flop.

Zinno checked. Prasetyo bet 9,500. Zinno called.

Both players checked.

Both players checked again. Zinno flashed as if he was expecting to lose the hand. Prasetyo reluctantly folded face down and Zinno’s fours were good.

Anthony Zinno – 218,000
Aditya Prasetyo – 60,000

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 342
Average Stack: 169,000 (56 big blinds)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Jared Jaffee has retaken the chip lead as the field gets closer to the money. Only four other players sit over 400,000 after Jon Borenstein lost nearly half of his stack.

Four-hundred thousand club:

Jared Jaffee – 490,000 (163 bb)
Sergii Baranov – 485,000 (162 bb)
David Paredes – 435,000 (145 bb)
Qasem Jamhour – 415,000 (138 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 342
Average Stack: 138,000 (46 big blinds)

Reigning WPT Player of the Year Anthony Zinno had a table break shortly before Level 12 and took a seat next to Markus Gonsalves. The two began discussing the possibility of an adult beverage when they decided on a little tequila to loosen things up.

Gonsalves was short, Zinno was deep, it seemed like the thing to do.

By the time the waiter appeared with their drinks, Gonsalves found himself a double up before going on break and they enjoyed their shot.

Anthony Zinno – 235,000 (78 bb)
Markus Gonsalves – 75,500 (25 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 342
Average Stack: 117,000 (54 big blinds)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member was trying to run up a shorter stack when she ran into a big three-way hand.

Scott Clements open-shoved from early position and Dawley moved all-in over the top. Action folded to Sergii Baranov and he asked for a  Dawley count then called with .

Baranov was ahead of Clements’ while Dawley had a chance with over cards . The board ran and Baranov’s queens held for the double knockout.

Sergii Baranov – 495,000 (206 bb)
Jessica Dawley – Eliminated
Scott Clements – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 342
Average Stack: 126,700 (52 big blinds)

Christian Harder gets it started with a raise to 6,000 from late position. Justin Liberto is in the cutoff on his direct left and called. It folds to Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Jared Jaffee in the big blind and and he calls. They are three-handed to the flop.

Jaffee and Harder check. Liberto bets 4,000. Jaffee calls, Harder folds. Jaffee and Liberto are heads up to the turn.

Jaffee checks again. Liberto bets 8,300. Jaffee calls again.

Jaffee checks a third time and Liberto slows down checking back. Jaffee tables for two pair and takes the pot. Jaffee, who started the day atop the counts, appears to retain his lead with 450,000.

Jared Jaffee – 450,000

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 342
Average Stack: 108,600 (54 big blinds)

An unknown player called from early position. Justin Kruger limped from the small blind and it was on Loni Harwood in the big blind. She jammed. The early-position player called having Harwood covered while Kruger mucked the small blind.

Harwood:
Early position player:

The dealer burned and turned a board and Harwood’s ace-queen high was best. Her stack was counted down to 22,700 and she doubled while the early position player was left shortstacked.

Loni Harwood – 52,000

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 135 of 342
Average Stack: 101,300 (51 big blinds)

We walked by Jon Borenstein’s table as he was standing, watching a long hand.

“I have heaps,” he said.

Instead of the +300,000 we saw on the first break, Borenstein now has closer to 480,000 which is good enough to put him back in the lead with 135 remaining. When asked how it happened, he had a simple explanation.

“Some guy 5-bet shoved his right into my kings.”

Borenstein is aiming for his third Seminole Hard Rock Poker final table. He was part of the Big 4 final tables last August when he finished seventh in the $2,650 Freeze-out then finished third in our big opening event this series.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale (Freeze-Out)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 342
Average Stack: 95,000 (47 big blinds)

Cate Hall and unknown opponent got the last of the opponent’s stack all-in preflop.

Hall:
Opponent:

The runout fell and Hall’s set busted the unknown player.

Cate Hall – 169,000