Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players: 5 of 21

Level 15 at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open saw both Daniel Alaei and Joseph Cheong hit the rail and we are now down to the money bubble.

Daniel Alaei fell when his ran into the pocket nines of Steve Silverman on a board that was dealt . It was right near the end of the level when Joseph Cheong met his demise. His was behind the of Jeff Gross but he charged to the lead on the flop. The on the turn gave Groff the flush though and Cheong’s tournament run came to an end after the fell on the river.

Glantz still holds the chip lead with 650,000 but after a big double up Isaac Haxton is also above half a million. Steve Silverman is the shorty with less than 10 big blinds.

Seat 1: Daniel Alaei – Eliminated
Seat 2: Isaac Haxton – 525,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 355,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Steven Silverman – 95,000 (9 bb)
Seat 5: Joseph Cheong – Eliminated
Seat 6: JC Tran – 400,000 (40 bb)
Seat 8: Matt Glantz – 650,000 (65 bb)

Here is the prize pool they are gunning for:

1: $891,660
2: $526,890
3: $364,770
4: $243,180