$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 349

Dietrich Fast raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Ryan Riess three-bet to 59,000 out of the small blind.

Fast called and they were heads-up to a flop of . Riess bet 43,000 and Fast called. The turn was the and Riess pushed forward a stack of about 250,000, which covered Fast’s approximately 172,000.

Fast thought for a couple minutes and tossed his hand in the muck. Riess mucked his hand and took the pot. He’s only trailing Terry Schumacher for the chip lead with the remaining players now in the money.

Ryan Riess – 855,000 (106 bb)
Dietrich Fast – 172,000 (21 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 349

Hand-for-hand play was set to begin after the previous pot, but there were still a few hands in progress.

In one of them, Dani Dayan limped from middle position, and Anthony Spinella moved all in for 97,000 next to act in the cutoff. Ray Qartomy called in the small blind, and Dayan back-shoved for 167,000 total. Qartomy called the remainder, putting both opponents at risk on the direct money bubble.

Dayan:
Spinella:
Qartomy:

As a crowd gathered around the table, the board ran out . Spinella’s kings held to earn him a full triple-up, while Qartomy won the side pot with queens up.

Dayan was eliminated on the bubble.

Anthony Spinella – 307,000 (38 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 430,000 (54 bb)
Dani Dayan – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 349

The player in the small blind ended up getting all in for about 80,000 against Terry Schumacher from early position.

Schumacher tabled and had the small blind’s dominated. Schumacher never had a sweat after a board of . Schumacher had his opponent drawing dead on the turn to win the pot and send him to the rail.

The floor staff is instructing the dealers to finish the hands they are on and hold up. There are 45 players remaining and hand-for-hand will start on the next hand.

With the bubble looming, Schumacher has one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Terry Schumacher – 930,000 (116 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 349

Joining a heads-up pot on the turn, Ryan Van Sanford and Matt Haugen were involved in significant action as the board showed . Van Sanford checked, and Haugen moved all in for 102,000, about twice the size of the pot. Van Sanford called, committing more than half his remaining stack to put Haugen at risk.

Haugen:
Van Sanford:

Van Sanford needed an ace, five, or six to score the knockout, but the river was a blank. Haugen doubled up.

Matt Haugen – 265,000 (33 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 74,000 (9 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Anton Astapau opened the cutoff to 20,000, and Ubaid Habib defended his big blind.

Both players checked through the flop, and the turn was the . Habib led for 25,000, and Astapau called. The river was the , and Habib bet 50,000. Astapau moved all in for 177,000 effect, and Habib called to put himself at risk.

Habib: (flush)
Astapau: (straight)

Habib’s flush earned him a big double up, taking almost all of Astapau’s chips in the process.

Ubaid Habib – 458,000 (76 bb)
Anton Astapau – 54,000 (9 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Stephen Chidwick opened to 12,000 in middle position, and Mark Sandness three-bet to 50,000 next to act in the cutoff. Chidwick four-bet shoved for about 310,000 total, and Sandness called to put him at risk.

Chidwick:
Sandness:

The flop was a disaster for Chidwick, leaving him dead to one out. The turn was the and the river the , and Sandness won the pot with trip aces. Chidwick was eliminated.

Mark Sandness – 675,000 (113 bb)
Stephen Chidwick – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,00 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 349

Timothy West raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Pat Lyons moved all in for about 480,000 from middle position.

Action folded back around to West, who called. West was the player at risk, all in for 217,000 and in great shape to double up with his against Lyon’s .

The board ran out and West’s kings held up to double through Lyons.

Tim West – 453,000 (75 bb)
Pat Lyons – 270,000 (45 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Jake Bazeley opened to 13,000 in middle position, and Anton Astapau three-bet shoved for 113,000 effective in the small blind. Bazeley called all in for that amount to put himself at risk.

Bazeley:
Astapau:

The board ran out , and Bazeley won the pot with a pair of queens to double up.

Jake Bazeley – 240,000 (40 bb)
Anton Astapau – 291,000 (49 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 349

Action folded around to the blinds where Ryan Riess raised to 20,000 in the small and Keven Stammen three-bet to 70,000 in the big. Riess four-bet shoved with the larger of the two stacks, and Stammen called all in for about 280,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Riess:
Stammen:

Riess won the flip as the board ran out to give him the big pot with a pair of aces. With it comes the chip lead for Riess and the end of the road for Stammen, who was eliminated with 50 players remaining.

Ryan Riess – 750,000 (125 bb)
Keven Stammen – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 349

Start-of-day chip leader David Laka has been nursing a short stack for a couple levels, and he’s found a couple spots to put his remaining chips to work.

In one recent hand, Laka moved all in for 30,000 first in from the cutoff, and Mark Sandness re-shoved for 151,000 in the small blind. Dietrich Fast considered for a long while before surrendering his big blind, leaving Laka heads-up for his tournament life.

Laka:
Sandness:

The board ran out , and Laka doubled up with a pair of kings.

It looks like he won a few pots in between that one and the most recent one he played, because he started what would be his final hand with 110,000 chips. He moved all in for that amount under the gun, and Stephen Chidwick re-shoved behind him, getting heads-up with a chance for the knockout.

Laka:
Chidwick:

The board ran out , and Chidwick’s kings held to earn him the pot. Laka was eliminated less than 10 spots out of the money.

Stephen Chidwick – 295,000 (49 bb)
Mark Sandness – 121,000 (20 bb)
David Laka – Eliminated