$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 349

Table 1
Seat 1: Kunal Patel – 382,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 308,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Cliff Josephy – 975,000 (61 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Sternberg – 1,540,000 (96 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Riess – 2,399,000 (150 bb)
Seat 6: Richard Rice – 222,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Ken Einiger – 386,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Jake Cody – 1,048,000 (66 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: Josh Kay – 799,000 (50 bb)
Seat 2: Terry Schumacher – 1,856,000 (116 bb)
Seat 3: Tim West – 990,000 (62 bb)
Seat 4: Jonathan Jaffe – 1,539,000 (96 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Ray Qartomy – 378,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: Noah Vaillancourt – 280,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Jason Koon – 294,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Marvin Rettenmaier – 665,000 (42 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $716,088
2nd: $491,081
3rd: $315,726
4th: $204,466
5th: $157,599
6th: $130,370
7th: $109,412
8th: $89,609
9th: $70,103
10th: $59,079
11th: $59,079
12th: $59,079
13th: $50,168
14th: $50,168
15th: $50,168
16th: $41,421

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 349

Ryan Riess opened to 26,000 and Harrison Gimbel moved all-in for 360,000. Riess quickly called and it was another race to stay in the tournament.

Riess:
Gimbel:

Gimbel was ahead but fell behind immediately on the flop. The turn was no help and the SHRP regular was out after the river.

Ryan Riess – 2,330,000 (194 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – Eliminated in 17th place ($41,421)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 349

Will Failla open/shoved for his entire 105,000 stack and chip leader Alan Sternberg called from the big blind.

Sternberg:
Failla:

Failla needed to find an ace or flushy cards and saw two diamonds on the flop. It was the best the former WPT champ could do as the turn and river were not good for his tournament life.

Alan Sternberg – 2,085,000 (174 bb)
Will Failla – Eliminated in 18th place ($41,421)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 349

Jason Wheeler was under 40,000 when he put them in the middle after a Cliff Josephy open.

Josephy:
Wheeler:

Wheeler was ahead for a much needed double, faded the flop, the turn was harmless, but Josephy hit the river to send him out.

Wheeler’s elimination left only 18 players remaining and tournament staff broke the first table of the day.

Cliff Josephy – 1,135,000 (95 bb)
Jason Wheeler – Eliminated in 19th place ($34,390)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 349

Tim West opened to 52,000 from the cutoff and Alex Keating shoved from the big blind for 318,000. West called and Keating needed help.

Keating:
West:

Keating had an over card and diamonds but never found a sweat as the board ran to send him out.

Tim West – 935,000 (78 bb)
Alex Keating – Eliminated in 20th place ($34,490)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 349

Table 1
Seat 1: Kunal Patel – 297,000 (25 bb)
Seat 2: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 330,000 (33 bb)
Seat 3: Cliff Josephy – 774,000 (65 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Sternberg – 1,677,000 (140 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Riess – 1,873,000 (156 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Jason Wheeler – 89,000 (7 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Jake Cody – 982,000 (82 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Terry Schumacher – 1,996,000 (166 bb)
Seat 3: Tim West – 639,000 (53 bb)
Seat 4: Jonathan Jaffe – 1,152,000 (96 bb)
Seat 5: Ken Einiger – 377,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Alex Keating – 334,000 (28 bb)
Seat 9: Marvin Rettenmaier – 371,000 (31 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1: Ray Qartomy – 481,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon – 328,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Will Failla – 145,000 (12 bb)
Seat 5: Noah Vaillancourt – 275,000 (23 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Harrison Gimbel – 555,000 (46 bb)
Seat 8: Josh Kay – 877,000 (73 bb)
Seat 9: Richard Rice – 326,000 (27 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 349

As the rest of the players were taking their first break, Harrison Gimbel and Noah Vaillancourt were still mixing it up on the last hand.

Ray Qartomy opened to 24,000 from the hijack, Vaillancourt three-bet to 80,000 from the small blind, and Gimbel shoved for 262,000 from the big blind. Qartomy released and Vaillancourt called.

Vaillancourt:
Gimbel:

Gimbel was ahead for the double, dodged the flop, but Vaillancourt moved ahead on the turn. Gimbel had two outs to stay in the game and one of them came on the river to send him the double.

Harrison Gimbel – 555,000 (56 bb)
Noah Vaillancourt – 275,000 (28 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 349

Ken Einiger opened to 30,000 from the hijack and Mimi Luu moved all-in for 124,000 from the cutoff. Einiger called to put the energetic player in trouble.

Einiger:
Luu:

Luu needed to catch something big but blanked the entire board for a 21st place finish.

Ken Einiger – 395,000 (40 bb)
Mimi Luu – Eliminated in 21st place ($34,490)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 349

Former chip leader Matthew Haugen open/shoved for 126,000 from cutoff and Josh Kay called from the big blind to put him at risk.

Kay:
Haugen:

Haugen had two live cards to stay alive but blanked as the dealer spread to send him out.

Josh Kay – 930,000 (93 bb)
Matthew Haugen – Eliminated in 22nd place ($27,988)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 349

Pat Lyons was the last player to show up today and there were three players gone before he took his seat. He took a little ribbing from the rest of the table but quickly became involved.

He moved all-in for 600,000 after Ryan Riess opened to 25,000 and the WSOP Main Event champ quickly called.

Riess:
Lyons:

Lyons found himself up against a monster and couldn’t find a save on the board to make a quick exit.

Ryan Riess – 1,900,000 (190 bb)
Pat Lyons – Eliminated in 23rd place ($27,988)