Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante
Players: 14 of 16

The field size at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has grown to 16 players during Level 5 thanks to the arrivals of Matt Glantz and Joseph Cheong. Registration has been extended to 8 p.m. ET and we will probably get a few more late arrivals during that time. Andrew Lichtenberger was the first player to bust out of the tournament and it came in a hand against Jason Mercier, who is now the chip leader with 220,000.

In the hand LuckyChewy was all in for 38,500 with pocket sevens and Mercier had him covered with . The board was dealt and Lichtenberger was eliminated on the hand. Daniel Alaei was busted a short time after Lichtenberger as well.

Joining Mercier at the top of the chip standings is Erik Seidel, who is also above the 200,000-mark with 205,000. A stack getting into the danger zone is Jason Koon with 40,000.

Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 102,000 (102 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon – 40,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 100,000 (100 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 140,000 (140 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Perper – 90,000 (90 bb)
Seat 5: Bill Perkins – 155,000 (155 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 220,000 (220 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger – Eliminated

Table 90

Seat 1: Tom Hall – 145,000 (145 bb)
Seat 2: Brandon Stevens – 65,000 (65 bb)
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton – 110,000 (110 bb)
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 50,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei – Eliminated
Seat 6: Joseph Cheong – 100,000 (100 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 205,000 (205 bb)
Seat 8: Steve Silverman – 90,000 (90 bb)