2017 Showdown Live Updates

WPT Finale: Day 2 Underway; Registration Closed

April 3, 2017 @ 12:16PM by AlCantHang

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 193 of 349

After a short delay to double check the accounting, the WPT Finale is underway for Day 2. The freeze-out officially drew 349 players to top last year’s number and push the prize pool over $3.3 million.

We have 17 players take the last Day 2 entry option including a few folks who might be a little tired today. Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Darryll Fish was among the late registrants along with Dan Colman. Both were in the ballroom in the early morning hours playing down to the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion livestreamed final table, which Colman is leading when they restart their action in two days.

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WPT Finale: Day 2 is Set

April 3, 2017 @ 11:55AM by AlCantHang

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Remaining Players: 176 of 332 (registration still open)

The $10,000 WPT Finale is getting ready to kick off the second day of action and we’re still waiting on a final count on players in the big freeze-out event. They played eight full levels yesterday but registration will not close until they start back up for Day 2. It drew 332 players yesterday to easily surpass the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and push it over $3,000,000.

David Laka returns with the chip lead along with Matthew Haugen and Farid Jattin rounding out the list of players over 200,000. Day 1 was rough for the Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members with only Mukul Pahuja and Sheddy Siddiqui making it through, but Darryll Fish and Matt Affleck could be excused for their absence.

Affleck was busy making it down to seventh place in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship with Fish making the live-streamed final table. We’ll see if either jumps in before registration closes if though they were playing into the early morning hours.

Once registration is locked down, we’ll have our final numbers and await the prize pool payout information.

They’ll kick things off for Day 2 at noon and we’ll be here from start to finish.

Top ten returning stacks:

David Laka – 223,200 (186 bb)
Matthew Haugen – 215,200 (179 bb)
Farid Jattin – 203,600 (170 bb)
James Romero – 196,000 (163 bb)
Ben Tarzia – 186,300 (155 bb)
Eugene Katchalov – 176,200 (147 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 173,400 (145 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 164,400 (137 bb)
Sam Rashid – 163,300 (136 bb)
Noah Vaillancourt – 161,700 (135 bb)

Day 2 Counts | Day 2 Seats

2017 Showdown Live Updates

Showdown Day 19 Schedule

April 3, 2017 @ 8:00AM by AlCantHang

Main Event Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale

12PM: Event 24 – $570 Big Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)

$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 24 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 25 – $1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 25 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 26 Day 1A – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
Event 26 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 95 – $140 Turbo Satellite into Event 24 (1-in-5)

2 seats guaranteed into $570/$50K GTD Event 24
Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Satellite will be held in The Poker Room
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 95 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 96 – $250 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 96 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 97 – $2,650 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)

2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD High Roller
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 97 Structure Sheet

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Property Update

Preparations are underway for the development of an iconic hotel tower and resort:

Parking – Poker players are encouraged to park in Winner’s Way Garage to access both the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown tournament space and The Poker Room

The Poker Room – Players may access the poker room by entering through the main lobby or via the exterior entrance on the opposite end of Winner’s Way Garage.

Inside hotel – Services and amenities inside the hotel will remain open along with regularly scheduled events and entertainment.

For additional construction updates, please visit TheNewHardRock.com

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WPT Finale: Laka Leads, Romero Chasing After Day 1

April 3, 2017 @ 2:11AM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Remaining Players: 176 of 332 (registration still open)

Sunday was the start of the second World Poker Tour event on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown calendar. The $10,000 WPT Finale has drawn a field of 332 players so far, with late registration still available until the start of Day 2.

David Laka leads after Day 1, ending atop the counts with 223,200 chips. Laka is followed by Matt Haugen (215,200) and Farid Jattin (203,600), and those three are the only three who ended with more than five times their starting stack.

James Romero is right behind the trio of leaders, though. Romero turned his 40,000 starting chips into 196,000 by the end of the day, good for fourth place on the overnight leaderboard. Romero is a Season XV WPT Champion, winning close to $2 million for his victory at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic back in December. He’s put himself in a good position to compete for another title, but there’s a long way to go between now and the hoisting of the trophy.

Both the SHRP Team and the World Poker Tour were well represented in the field on Day 1. The day was mostly unkind to the patched-up players, though. Chance Kornuth, Faraz Jaka, Jared Jaffee, Matt Stout, and Loni Harwood are all among the 150 or so who were eliminated over the course of the day.

Mukul Pahuja did advance to Day 2, though, bagging up 85,700 chips. The same can be said for Sheddy Siqqiqui, who finished with 62,900 at the end of the night. The WPT’s Tony Dunst (120,300) and Mike Sexton (91,200) also survived the day.

The list of remaining heroes is too long to mention them all, but a complete leaderboard can be found in the posts below, along with the Day 2 seat draw.

A total of 176 players made it through the eight-level day, and a handful more are expected to enter straight into Day 2. Action resumes Monday with 600/1,200 blinds and a 200 ante, giving new players just over 33 big blinds with which to work.

Late registration closes when the cards go in the air at 12 p.m. sharp.

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WPT Finale: Day 2 Seat Draw

April 3, 2017 @ 1:29AM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Remaining Players: 176 of 332 (registration still open)

First	Last	Chips	Table	Seat
Mark	Sandness	70,700	4	1
Gil	Morgensztern	39,500	4	2
Mark	Radoja	54,500	4	3
Ray	Qartomy	62,600	4	4
Tom	Sheets	84,000	4	5
Glenn	Blumberg	55,800	4	6
Jason	Wheeler	102,300	4	7
Cliff	Josephy	135,800	4	8
Phil	Hui	99,500	5	1
Anthony	Spinella	40,700	5	2
Jonathan	Little	126,600	5	3
Farid	Jattin	203,600	5	4
Andrew	Crookston	31,000	5	5
Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	29,500	5	7
Ubaid	Habib	55,300	5	8
William	Vo	36,300	5	9
Andy	Philachack	15,000	6	1
Adrian	Mateos	57,700	6	2
Seamus	Cahill	132,400	6	3
Harry	Cullen	48,100	6	5
Casey	Yontz	158,800	6	6
Marvin	Rettenmaier	100,500	6	7
Ian	O'Hara	32,900	6	8
Tyler	Kenney	25,100	6	9
Alexander	Queen	66,600	7	1
Jonathan	Jaffee	79,000	7	2
Anton	Astapau	39,000	7	3
John	Racener	64,200	7	4
Tony	Cousineau	85,000	7	5
Jeffrey	Saunders	75,600	7	6
Mike	Sexton	91,200	7	8
Seth	Davies	44,900	7	9
Tony	Dunst	120,300	8	1
Dani	Dayan	135,700	8	2
Byron	Kaverman	26,600	8	3
Jeremy	Ausmus	68,100	8	4
Sheddy	Siddiqui	62,900	8	5
John	Magnetta	68,300	8	6
Staffan	Lind	53,300	8	7
Ido	Ashkenazi	40,800	8	8
James	Hughes	33,000	12	1
Tanner	Millen	28,800	12	2
Noah	Vaillancourt	161,700	12	3
Ronit	Chamani	44,500	12	4
Nick	Pupillo	94,100	12	6
Taylor	Von Kriegenbergh	54,300	12	7
Jonathan	Abdellatif	87,100	12	8
Derek	Wolters	21,600	12	9
Niall	Farrell	20,000	13	1
Taylor	Paur	30,000	13	2
Jake	Cody	60,800	13	4
Gerald	Karlic	80,800	13	5
Joe	McKeehen	70,800	13	6
Paul	Snead	103,900	13	7
Aditya	Prasetyo	36,700	13	8
Eric	Semel	20,000	13	9
Vitor	Coelho	83,600	14	1
Richard	Foster	65,900	14	2
Tim	Reilly	80,500	14	3
John	Nelson	74,100	14	4
Alex	Condon	19,200	14	5
Bernard	Lee	39,900	14	6
Terry	Schumacher	99,300	14	7
Ben	Heath	109,300	14	9
Ryan	Riess	78,400	15	2
Joseph	Couden	44,700	15	3
Aaron	Massey	92,200	15	4
Lucian	Cappello	50,300	15	5
Ari	Engel	24,400	15	6
Johanssy	Joseph	52,400	15	7
Dylan	Wilkerson	71,000	15	8
Sunny	Patel	69,900	15	9
Alex	Keating	123,700	16	1
Jean	Gaspard	173,400	16	2
Talesh	Patel	27,000	16	4
Kane	Kalas	34,900	16	5
David	Zemel	9,800	16	6
Brent	Roberts	27,300	16	7
Brett	Silverman	110,700	16	8
Dale	Smith	26,400	16	9
Jesse	Sylvia	90,800	21	1
Kristin	Bicknell	105,000	21	2
Michael	Telker	98,500	21	3
Mazin	Khoury	23,500	21	4
Jason	Koon	142,100	21	5
Jeffrey	Manders	22,000	21	6
Brandon	Adams	138,300	21	7
Oleg	Vasylchenko	80,300	21	9
Walter	Treccarichi	117,300	22	1
Kevin	Eyster	125,000	22	2
Ben	Yu	12,000	22	3
Lee	Markholt	37,100	22	4
Joey	Weissman	131,800	22	5
Shawn	Daniels	38,400	22	6
Blair	Hinkle	123,600	22	7
Leo	Clavel	110,200	22	8
Ryan	Van Sanford	59,200	23	1
Matthew	Sloan	71,000	23	2
Mark	Teltscher	82,800	23	3
Charlemagne	Benjamin	50,000	23	4
Stefan	Schillhabel	39,000	23	5
Bryn	Kenney	58,000	23	6
Robert	Black	38,000	23	7
Jake	Bazeley	125,000	23	9
Mukul	Pahuja	85,700	24	2
John	Krpan	40,000	24	3
Paul	Volpe	50,100	24	4
David	Laka	223,200	24	5
Omar	Zazay	157,000	24	6
Alex	Foxen	75,500	24	7
Phuong	Phan	18,200	24	8
Rees	Scruggs	47,200	24	9
Stephen	Chidwick	74,000	29	1
Phong	Nguyen	34,000	29	2
Don	Dorey	84,000	29	3
Tony	Ruberto	74,900	29	4
Josh	Kay	39,300	29	6
Brian	England	111,800	29	7
Richard	Rice	67,000	29	8
Alexander	Turyansky	99,500	29	9
Marc-Andre	Ladouceur	60,400	30	1
Eugene	Katchalov	176,200	30	2
Keven	Stammen	25,400	30	3
Lexy	Gavin	14,600	30	4
Miguel	Use	159,600	30	6
Will	Failla	61,100	30	7
Daren	Stabinski	33,100	30	8
Barry	Hutter	39,800	30	9
Jack	Duong	62,600	31	1
Shea	Smith	26,200	31	2
Daniel	Fuhs	21,500	31	3
Robert	Heidorn	57,500	31	4
Sam	Panzica	60,700	31	6
Ben	Tarzia	186,300	31	7
James	Romero	196,000	31	8
Mike	Shariati	57,400	31	9
David	Fuss	78,400	32	1
Matt	Glantz	46,300	32	2
Craig	McCorkell	60,000	32	3
Jared	Griener	74,900	32	5
Sheldon	Gross	37,900	32	6
Harrison	Gimbel	57,200	32	7
John	Tanner	114,100	32	8
Jonathan	Concepcion	80,100	32	9
Matthew	King	55,500	37	1
Joe	Cada	36,700	37	2
Curt	Kohlberg	53,900	37	3
Eric	Afriat	127,300	37	4
Mimi	Luu	98,500	37	5
James	Gleason	93,500	37	6
Kunal	Patel	77,500	37	7
Nicholas	Mahabee	65,500	37	8
Daniel	Strelitz	44,100	38	1
Kazu	Oshima	72,800	38	3
Alan	Sternberg	107,900	38	4
Ken	Einiger	159,300	38	5
Dean	Baranowski	51,200	38	6
Eracles	Panayiotou	71,700	38	7
Dietrich	Fast	70,400	38	8
Antuan	Bunkley	16,200	38	9
Rainer	Kempe	164,400	39	1
Jake	Schwartz	143,900	39	3
Alex	Rocha	131,600	39	4
Joe	Elpayaa	114,400	39	5
Sam	Rashid	163,300	39	6
Nick	Shkolnik	93,100	39	7
Charlie	Carrel	91,700	39	8
Brett	Apter	57,600	39	9
Jeff	Gross	15,200	40	1
Brian	Cohen	119,100	40	2
Kevin	MacPhee	101,800	40	3
Daniel	Weinman	11,300	40	5
Matthew	Haugen	215,200	40	6
Benjamin	Zamani	42,000	40	7
Tim	West	145,100	40	8
Saurabh	Patel	56,000	40	9

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WPT Finale: Chip Counts After Day 1

April 3, 2017 @ 1:28AM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Remaining Players: 176 of 332 (registration still open)

Rank	First	Last	Chips	Table	Seat
1	David	Laka	223,200	24	5
2	Matthew	Haugen	215,200	40	6
3	Farid	Jattin	203,600	5	4
4	James	Romero	196,000	31	8
5	Ben	Tarzia	186,300	31	7
6	Eugene	Katchalov	176,200	30	2
7	Jean	Gaspard	173,400	16	2
8	Rainer	Kempe	164,400	39	1
9	Sam	Rashid	163,300	39	6
10	Noah	Vaillancourt	161,700	12	3
11	Miguel	Use	159,600	30	6
12	Ken	Einiger	159,300	38	5
13	Casey	Yontz	158,800	6	6
14	Omar	Zazay	157,000	24	6
15	Tim	West	145,100	40	8
16	Jake	Schwartz	143,900	39	3
17	Jason	Koon	142,100	21	5
18	Brandon	Adams	138,300	21	7
19	Cliff	Josephy	135,800	4	8
20	Dani	Dayan	135,700	8	2
21	Seamus	Cahill	132,400	6	3
22	Joey	Weissman	131,800	22	5
23	Alex	Rocha	131,600	39	4
24	Eric	Afriat	127,300	37	4
25	Jonathan	Little	126,600	5	3
26	Jake	Bazeley	125,000	23	9
27	Kevin	Eyster	125,000	22	2
28	Alex	Keating	123,700	16	1
29	Blair	Hinkle	123,600	22	7
30	Tony	Dunst	120,300	8	1
31	Brian	Cohen	119,100	40	2
32	Walter	Treccarichi	117,300	22	1
33	Joe	Elpayaa	114,400	39	5
34	John	Tanner	114,100	32	8
35	Brian	England	111,800	29	7
36	Brett	Silverman	110,700	16	8
37	Leo	Clavel	110,200	22	8
38	Ben	Heath	109,300	14	9
39	Alan	Sternberg	107,900	38	4
40	Kristin	Bicknell	105,000	21	2
41	Paul	Snead	103,900	13	7
42	Jason	Wheeler	102,300	4	7
43	Kevin	MacPhee	101,800	40	3
44	Marvin	Rettenmaier	100,500	6	7
45	Alexander	Turyansky	99,500	29	9
46	Phil	Hui	99,500	5	1
47	Terry	Schumacher	99,300	14	7
48	Mimi	Luu	98,500	37	5
49	Michael	Telker	98,500	21	3
50	Nick	Pupillo	94,100	12	6
51	James	Gleason	93,500	37	6
52	Nick	Shkolnik	93,100	39	7
53	Aaron	Massey	92,200	15	4
54	Charlie	Carrel	91,700	39	8
55	Mike	Sexton	91,200	7	8
56	Jesse	Sylvia	90,800	21	1
57	Jonathan	Abdellatif	87,100	12	8
58	Mukul	Pahuja	85,700	24	2
59	Tony	Cousineau	85,000	7	5
60	Tom	Sheets	84,000	4	5
61	Don	Dorey	84,000	29	3
62	Vitor	Coelho	83,600	14	1
63	Mark	Teltscher	82,800	23	3
64	Gerald	Karlic	80,800	13	5
65	Tim	Reilly	80,500	14	3
66	Oleg	Vasylchenko	80,300	21	9
67	Jonathan	Concepcion	80,100	32	9
68	Jonathan	Jaffee	79,000	7	2
69	David	Fuss	78,400	32	1
70	Ryan	Riess	78,400	15	2
71	Kunal	Patel	77,500	37	7
72	Jeffrey	Saunders	75,600	7	6
73	Alex	Foxen	75,500	24	7
74	Tony	Ruberto	74,900	29	4
75	Jared	Griener	74,900	32	5
76	John	Nelson	74,100	14	4
77	Stephen	Chidwick	74,000	29	1
78	Kazu	Oshima	72,800	38	3
79	Eracles	Panayiotou	71,700	38	7
80	Matthew	Sloan	71,000	23	2
81	Dylan	Wilkerson	71,000	15	8
82	Joe	McKeehen	70,800	13	6
83	Mark	Sandness	70,700	4	1
84	Dietrich	Fast	70,400	38	8
85	Sunny	Patel	69,900	15	9
86	John	Magnetta	68,300	8	6
87	Jeremy	Ausmus	68,100	8	4
88	Richard	Rice	67,000	29	8
89	Alexander	Queen	66,600	7	1
90	Richard	Foster	65,900	14	2
91	Nicholas	Mahabee	65,500	37	8
92	John	Racener	64,200	7	4
93	Sheddy	Siddiqui	62,900	8	5
94	Ray	Qartomy	62,600	4	4
95	Jack	Duong	62,600	31	1
96	Will	Failla	61,100	30	7
97	Jake	Cody	60,800	13	4
98	Sam	Panzica	60,700	31	6
99	Marc-Andre	Ladouceur	60,400	30	1
100	Craig	McCorkell	60,000	32	3
101	Ryan	Van Sanford	59,200	23	1
102	Bryn	Kenney	58,000	23	6
103	Adrian	Mateos	57,700	6	2
104	Brett	Apter	57,600	39	9
105	Robert	Heidorn	57,500	31	4
106	Mike	Shariati	57,400	31	9
107	Harrison	Gimbel	57,200	32	7
108	Saurabh	Patel	56,000	40	9
109	Glenn	Blumberg	55,800	4	6
110	Matthew	King	55,500	37	1
111	Ubaid	Habib	55,300	5	8
112	Mark	Radoja	54,500	4	3
113	Taylor	Von Kriegenbergh	54,300	12	7
114	Curt	Kohlberg	53,900	37	3
115	Staffan	Lind	53,300	8	7
116	Johanssy	Joseph	52,400	15	7
117	Dean	Baranowski	51,200	38	6
118	Lucian	Cappello	50,300	15	5
119	Paul	Volpe	50,100	24	4
120	Charlemagne	Benjamin	50,000	23	4
121	Harry	Cullen	48,100	6	5
122	Rees	Scruggs	47,200	24	9
123	Matt	Glantz	46,300	32	2
124	Seth	Davies	44,900	7	9
125	Joseph	Couden	44,700	15	3
126	Ronit	Chamani	44,500	12	4
127	Daniel	Strelitz	44,100	38	1
128	Benjamin	Zamani	42,000	40	7
129	Ido	Ashkenazi	40,800	8	8
130	Anthony	Spinella	40,700	5	2
131	John	Krpan	40,000	24	3
132	Bernard	Lee	39,900	14	6
133	Barry	Hutter	39,800	30	9
134	Gil	Morgensztern	39,500	4	2
135	Josh	Kay	39,300	29	6
136	Anton	Astapau	39,000	7	3
137	Stefan	Schillhabel	39,000	23	5
138	Shawn	Daniels	38,400	22	6
139	Robert	Black	38,000	23	7
140	Sheldon	Gross	37,900	32	6
141	Lee	Markholt	37,100	22	4
142	Aditya	Prasetyo	36,700	13	8
143	Joe	Cada	36,700	37	2
144	William	Vo	36,300	5	9
145	Kane	Kalas	34,900	16	5
146	Phong	Nguyen	34,000	29	2
147	Daren	Stabinski	33,100	30	8
148	James	Hughes	33,000	12	1
149	Ian	O'Hara	32,900	6	8
150	Andrew	Crookston	31,000	5	5
151	Taylor	Paur	30,000	13	2
152	Yevgeniy	Timoshenko	29,500	5	7
153	Tanner	Millen	28,800	12	2
154	Brent	Roberts	27,300	16	7
155	Talesh	Patel	27,000	16	4
156	Byron	Kaverman	26,600	8	3
157	Dale	Smith	26,400	16	9
158	Shea	Smith	26,200	31	2
159	Keven	Stammen	25,400	30	3
160	Tyler	Kenney	25,100	6	9
161	Ari	Engel	24,400	15	6
162	Mazin	Khoury	23,500	21	4
163	Jeffrey	Manders	22,000	21	6
164	Derek	Wolters	21,600	12	9
165	Daniel	Fuhs	21,500	31	3
166	Eric	Semel	20,000	13	9
167	Niall	Farrell	20,000	13	1
168	Alex	Condon	19,200	14	5
169	Phuong	Phan	18,200	24	8
170	Antuan	Bunkley	16,200	38	9
171	Jeff	Gross	15,200	40	1
172	Andy	Philachack	15,000	6	1
173	Lexy	Gavin	14,600	30	4
174	Ben	Yu	12,000	22	3
175	Daniel	Weinman	11,300	40	5
176	David	Zemel	9,800	16	6

2017 Showdown Live Updates

WPT Finale: Five More Hands

April 3, 2017 @ 12:03AM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players: 332

The clock was paused with 10 minutes left in the level, a five was drawn from the deck, and each table will play that many more hands before bagging up for the night. Less than 200 players will advance to Day 2.

It’s a close race for the end-of-day chip lead, with Matt Haugen, David Laka, and Ben Tarzia in contention for the overnight honors.

A full list of chip counts will be posted shortly after play concludes, along with a recap of the action and the Day 3 seat draw.

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WPT Finale: The Brothers Kenney

April 2, 2017 @ 11:39PM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players: 331

In an earlier post, we highlighted Joseph and Lucian Cappello, the brothers from New Rochelle, New York who were both in the field at the start of the day. Joseph was eliminated before the dinner break, but Lucian is still in contention to win a title for the Cappello family.

While that duo of brothers has been split up, another one has just manifested itself in the field.

Bryn and Tyler Kenney were both among the Day 2 restart in the $3,500 WPT Showdown, but they were eliminated 10 spots apart in 56th and 46th places, respectively. The younger Tyler jumped straight into the WPT Finale field after picking up his check for $12,081, but Bryn the Elder waited around for most of the day before entering.

Bryn has just joined with a fresh stack of 40,000 chips, taking a seat at the table that includes Tony Cousineau, Dylan Wilkerson, Alex Keating, and Mike Leah among others. His starting stack gives him more chips than his little brother, who’s struggling to gain traction as Day 1 winds down.

Bryn Kenney – 40,000
Tyler Kenney – 26,000

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WPT Finale: Chino Rheem Eliminated by Matt King

April 2, 2017 @ 11:27PM by Eric Ramsey

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players: 329

There won’t be a repeat victory for Chino Rheem in this WPT Finale.

Rheem lost most of his stack in an ill-fated pot against Walter Treccarichi during the last level, a pot in which Rheem went to war with against Treccarichi’s . It’s not clear when the money went in, but Treccarichi ended up doubling up on the run-out.

Rheem was left with something like 4,000 chips, and he quickly set about trying to nurse that back to health. It looks like he caught a full double-up somewhere in there, and he was able to take down a few more pots that were small but substantial for his stack.

In one of them, Matt King opened to 1,800 under the gun, and Rheem three-bet shoved for 8,700 in the big blind. King gave it a look but ultimately surrendered, and Rheem won the pot with no showdown. King would get his revenge, though.

In Rheem’s final hand, he open-shoved for 15,100 in middle position, and King called to put him at risk.

Rheem:
King: