WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 64

Table 1
Seat 1: Keven Stammen
Seat 2: Darren Elias
Seat 3: Dylan Wilkerson
Seat 4: Shawn Cunix
Seat 5: Tyler Patterson
Seat 6: Asher Conniff
Seat 7: Jared Mahoney
Seat 8: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Table 2
Seat 1: Noah Schwartz
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Bobby Oboodi
Seat 4: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 5: Farid Yachou
Seat 6: Ravi Raghavan
Seat 7: Nam Le
Seat 8: Andy Frankenberger

Table 3
Seat 1: Vlad Darie
Seat 2: Matt Salsberg
Seat 3: Anthony Zinno
Seat 4: Justin Young
Seat 5: Michael Mizrachi
Seat 6: John Hennigan
Seat 7: Jonathan Roy
Seat 8: Empty

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 64

With 22 players remaining, the WPT Tournament of Champions is a few eliminations into the final three tables. Redraws take place when 16 players remain and then again when the field is down to nine. Play is set to conclude at the six-handed final table.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 64

Darren Elias and Ryan Van Sanford were heads up with the entire board out and reading when Elias put him all-in.

Van Sanford called with but the pair was no good against Elias’ rivered flush holding .

With Van Sanford’s knockout, they broke the first table of the day to get the WPT Tournament of Champions down to 24 players remaining.

Ryan Van Sanford – Eliminated
Darren Elias – 190,000 (79 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 64

The first 60 minutes of Day 2 have expired and it’s on to Level 12. Players are now ponying up a 1,200 small blind, a 2,400 big blind and a 400 ante. The average stack sits at 128,000 good for 53 big blinds.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 64

Andy Frankenberger was in the big blind and Michael Mizrachi was under gun. The pair was heads up on a flop of . Frankenberger checked to Mizrachi who bet 5,000. Frankenberger ran the action clock to within the 10-second window and then announced, “15,000.’ Mizrachi had Frankenberger covered and put him at a decision for tournament life three-betting all in. Frankenberg called with the best of it.

Frankenberger: for two pair
Mizrachi: for top pair and a gutshot

The turn fell the and the river the . Frankenberger held and doubled through Mizrachi.

Andy Frankenberger – 180,000 (90 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 195,000 (97 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 64

Amir Babakhani found himself all-in preflop holding against the of Jonathan Jaffe. The cards were tabled and Babakhani stood from his seat.

The flop improved Jaffe to a set and Babakhani began to grab his thing.

Babakhani was officially drawing dead to a chop following the turn, but Jaffe hit the for quads on the river for good measure. He took the pot and busted Babakhani.

Jonathan Jaffe – 180,500 (90 bb)
Amir Babakhani – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 64

WPT World Champion Asher Conniff began the day with one of the shorter stacks in the room but he’s given himself a little breathing room at the expense of Tyler Patterson.

They were heads up to the flop and Patterson check/raised Conniff all-in. Patterson was on a flush draw with against Conniff’s .

The board finished with the turn and the river to send Conniff the double.

Tyler Patterson – 120,000 (60 bb)
Asher Conniff – 70,000 (35 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 64

Joe Hachem, who started the day with just nine big blinds, doubled on the first hand of play after his held against the of Justin Young. While it was as good a start as he could hope for, it was short lived for the 2005 World Champion. He busted a little while later holding top two pair to Anthony Zinno’s Broadway.

Joe Hachem – Eliminated

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 64

Cards are in the air for the second day of play in the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions. The 64-player field is down to 31 following yesterday’s 10 levels and they’re all jockeying for one of eight in-the-money spots. Leading the way is Farid Yachou with a stack of 216,700.

Yachou sits in pole position against a top-five that includes Michael Mizrachi in second, Justin Young in third, Ravi Raghavan in fourth and Noah Schwartz in fifth.

Full chip counts:

• Farid Yachou – 216,700
• Michael Mizrachi – 210,100
• Justin Young – 196,600
• Ravi Raghavan – 188,300
• Noah Schwartz – 170,200
• Tyler Patterson – 155,600
• Jonathan Jaffe – 154,100
• John Hennigan – 150,300
• Darren Elias – 137,900
• Mohsin Charania – 125,500
• Darie Vlad – 125,000
• Amir Babakhani – 115,100
• Jonathan Roy – 112,100
• Shawn Cunix – 111,300
• Griffin Paul – 99,200
• Andy Frankenberger – 98,700
• Bobby Oboodi – 91,200
• Keven Stammen – 67,600
• Matt Salsberg – 62,900
• Iaron Lightbourne – 61,600
• Anthony Zinno – 55,400
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 55,000
• Dylan Wilkerson – 52,000
• Jared Mahoney – 51,400
• Michael Scarborough – 47,400
• Taylor Paur – 45,800
• Asher Conniff – 39,000
• Ryan Van Sanford – 32,200
• Nam Le – 30,500
• Christopher Leong – 24,200
• Joe Hachem – 18,900

Cards are in the air now with blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante. A min-cash in the elite event earns $38,160 while the Champion of Champions pockets $381,600 along with a slew of added prizes.

Updates will be available throughout the day right here at SHRPO.com.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Returning to Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 64

The WPT Tournament of Champions had an exclusive field, filled with 64 title-holders from around the world. Less than half of them made it through the first day and come back today to the Paradise Live Theater. Here they will play down to the televised final table of six for taping in Hard Rock Live tomorrow.

WPT Amsterdam winner Farid Yachou leads the way at the restart with local legend Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi in second and our 2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Justin Young in third.

Last year’s WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion Griffin Paul is still in along with WPT Player of the Year Anthony Zinno and 2015 WPT World Champion Asher Conniff.

They will take their seats at noon and we’ll wrap up the day when we have six remaining.

Top ten returning stacks:

Farid Yachou – 216,700 (108 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 210,100 (105 bb)
Justin Young – 196,600 (98 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 188,300 (94 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 170,200 (85 bb)
Tyler Patterson – 155,600 (78 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 154,100 (77 bb)
John Hennigan – 150,300 (75 bb)
Darren Elias – 137,900 (69 bb)
Mohsin Charania – 125,500 (63 bb)

Returning Day 2 Chip Counts
Returning Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
WPT Tournament of Champions Payouts