$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
The players are back from break and playing forward into the money. Bob Panitch (pictured above) was the first player to bust in the money, busting in 18th place to take home $1,710 in prize money. There are 17 players still in the hunt for the final table and here is a look at the big stacks among them.
Cliff Goldkind – 121,000
Victor Coelho – 118,000
Stuart Greenbaum – 114,000
Angel Vu – 111,000
Daniel Buzgon – 104,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante
Stuart Greenbaum was all in preflop for 53,300 from late position with the flop reading 
and Bob Panitch called on the hijack. Greenbaum flipped over 
and Panitch showed down 
. The turn and river ran out 
and Greenbaum doubled to six figures.
Panitch dropped to 15,000 and he soon got all of those chips into the middle from the big blind against Jie Liu, who was on the button. Panitch held 
and Liu had 
. The board was dealt 
and Panitch survived with 30,000.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante
Stewart Greenbaum moved all in preflop under the gun and Maroun Akiki called all in on the big blind. The two players then tabled their hands.
Greenbaum: 
Akiki: 
Board: 
Akiki was eliminated on the money bubble by a wheel on the river. Greenbaum stacked up 50,500 after the hand. All 18 players remaining are now in the money and they will all take home at least $1,710 in prize money.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante
The biggest buy-in event to date in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is underway and begins with hand-for-hand action on the money bubble. There are 19 players returning from the starting 114 and one of them will not make the money. The top 18 players get paid and they will play down to a winner today.
Victor Coleho has the lead but everyone has plenty of chips to make their moves. Min-cash for the tournament is $1,710 with the champion set to take home $34,200.
Event 4 chip counts:
Victor Coleho – 160,000
Emil Soffer – 117,300
Angel Vu – 115,200
Daniel Buzgon – 104,100
Walter Pietrzak – 97,400
Cliff Goldkind – 78,800
Dimas Martinez Jr. – 76,600
David Felger – 75,400
Gordon Battle – 71,500
Paul Domb – 65,800
Carlos Cruz – 65,800
Jie Liu – 64,800
Jonathan Marks – 60,200
Stuart Greenbaum – 55,100
Bob Panitch – 35,800
Stewart Newman – 47,900
Maroun Akiki – 28,900
Yigal Hen – 27,700
Richard Leger – 19,100
Payouts:
1: $34,200
2: $18,810
3: $10,830
4: $9,120
5: $6,840
6: $5,700
7: $4,560
8: $3,420
9: $2,565
10-12: $2,280
13-15: $1,995
16-18: $1,710
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Day 1 has come to a close with 19 players remaining in Event 4 ($1,100 NLHE) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The clock was paused with 25 minutes and 49 seconds remaining and that is where the returning field will pick up the action when Day 2 begins on Monday at 3 p.m.
The tournament attracted a total of 114 entries and the total prize pool is $114,000. The top 18 players will take home at least $1,710 in prize money and the eventual winner will take home $34,200. We lost a few big names today as Harrison Gimbel, Tony Ruberto, Errol Massey, Evan Teitelbaum, and Nancy Birnbaum hit the rail. There are some familiar faces still in the hunt as well, including Daniel Buzgon (pictured above), Angel Vu, Bob Panitch, and Dimas Martinez Jr.
Here is a look at the overnight chip counts:
Victor Coleho – 160,000
Emil Soffer – 117,300
Angel Vu – 115,200
Daniel Buzgon – 104,100
Walter Pietrzak – 97,400
Cliff Goldkind – 78,800
Dimas Martinez Jr. – 76,600
David Felger – 75,400
Gordon Battle – 71,500
Paul Domb – 65,800
Carlos Cruz – 65,800
Jie Liu – 64,800
Jonathan Marks – 60,200
Stuart Greenbaum – 55,100
Bob Panitch – 35,800
Stewart Newman – 47,900
Maroun Akiki – 28,900
Yigal Hen – 27,700
Richard Leger – 19,100
Here are the payouts awaiting the final 18:
1: $34,200
2: $18,810
3: $10,830
4: $9,120
5: $6,840
6: $5,700
7: $4,560
8: $3,420
9: $2,565
10-12: $2,280
13-15: $1,995
16-18: $1,710
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Four players contributed 6,000 to a pot preflop and then they checked down a board dealt 
. Angel Vu bet 6,000 from the small blind and Gordon Battle folded on the big blind. Emil Soffer also folded (UTG) but Jonathan Marks called on the hijack. Vu flipped over and Marks mucked 
faceup on the table. Vu stacked up 93,000 after the hand.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
The players are back from their final break of the night. Just 20 players remain and the top 18 make the money. The field will play until 3 a.m. and then Day 1 will end. The remaining players will return tomorrow at 3 p.m. for the final day of the tournament. Here are the chip standings at the break.
Emil Soffer – 118,400
Victor Coleho – 112,400
Gordon Battle – 104,700
Walter Pietrzak – 104,400
Daniel Buzgon – 94,500
Cliff Goldkind – 80,700
Jonathan Marks – 79,000
Bob Panitch – 77,100
Dimas Martinez Jr. – 76,100
Angel Vu – 72,600
Jie Liu – 64,400
Stuart Greenbaum – 60,200
David Felger – 44,000
Richard Leger – 42,000
Joe Gibbons – 40,700
Paul Domb – 40,400
Stewart Newman – 40,200
Yigal Hen – 40,100
Maroun Akiki – 34,500
Carlos Cruz – 22,000
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
Richard Leger was all in preflop for 14,100 under the gun and Emil Soffer called him down on the button. The two players then revealed their hands.
Leger: 
Soffer: 
Board: 
Leger doubled up on the hand to survive with 30,000 and Soffer was still cruising with 132,000.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
David Felger was all in preflop for 20,000 under the gun and Richard Leger called on the big blind. The two players then tabled their hands.
Felger:
Leger: 
Board: 
Felger doubled up to survive with 42,000 and Leger dropped to 48,000.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
Cilea Organ was all in preflop for 12,000 on the cutoff and Dimas Martinez Jr. called her down on the hijack. The two players then revealed their hands.
Dimas: 
Organ:
Board: 
Organ was eliminated on the hand and Dimas stacked up 92,000 after the dust settled.