$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante
Another player making a move tonight is Rafael Reis. Reis built up a strong 148,300 chips putting him among the chip leaders.
The amount of players Reis will have to beat to win the Event 22 title is dwindling quickly as we’ve gone down to 198 players remaining this evening.
2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
August 16-18th, 2015
Total Entries: 502
Total Prize Pool: $1,217,350
1st: $236,400
2nd: $141,800
3rd: $84,800
4th: $70,900
5th: $59,100
6th: $47,300
7th: $35,500
8th: $29,500
9th: $23,150
10-12th: $20,100
13-15th: $17.150
16-18th: $15,350
19-21st: $13,600
22-24th: $11,800
25-27th: $10,050
28-36th: $7,700
37-45th: $5,900
46-68th: $4,450
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
As the final official number of entrants into Event 22 ends up at
502, we took a look around to find some of the top chip stacks in the room.
Among the leaders are Paul Hyden 149,100 at and Raj Vohra holding onto 142,300 and Cord Garcia with 125,100. We’ll see if these players can carry their early success into tomorrow’s Day 2.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
As registration closed for Event 22, we saw an all-star cast roll up to the table to get their seating assignments. This field just got a lot tougher as Tristan Wade, Matt Waxman, Mohsin Charania, Chris Moorman, Bryn Kenney, “Miami Boss” Dan Suied, Xuan Liu, Alex Keating and Phil Laak all threw the hats into the ring at the last second.
The entry count has stopped for the moment at a massive 502 entries. We’ll have the official count and payouts shortly.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Although a lot of money is on the line, poker players are still allowed to have some fun at the tables.
We found chip leader Zoltan Czinkota in a gleeful mood with some big stacks in front of him. Tyler Patterson was channeling his inner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jennifer Tilly was being her usual perky self always having time to strike a pose.
It’s terrific to see our players at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open with smiles on their faces and actually enjoying their time at the tables. After all, that’s what this game is all about.
Speaking of relaxing, the tournament has just reached its final break before the close of registration with 478 entries in the books so far.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
Here are some of the leaders coming off our last break in Event 22:
Zoltan Czinkota – 103,400
Ronald Sorci – 98,900
Craig Varnell – 90.000
Cord Garcia – 83,800
Thomas Sheets – 81,700
Jose Salazar – 80,650
Eric Vallee – 73,900
Jeannette Mendez – 73.025
Miguel Chajtur – 70,275
Rajesh Vohra – 69,100
Walter Buss – 63,300
Michael Dentale – 66,250
Josias Santos – 59,325
Iman Dan – 56,950
Chris Boegler – 56,675
Other Notables:
Barry Hutter – 49,425
John Racener – 47,500
Peter Walsworth – 45,600
Matt Glantz – 42,700
Darryll Fish – 42,000
Abbey Daniels – 41,100
Blake Bohn – 40,850
Mukul Pahuja – 39,825
Leo Wolpert – 36,975
Kathy Leibert – 36,000
Nigel Murray – 35,300
Nick Yunis – 30,150
Jacquelyn Scott – 27,450
Daniel Strelitz – 27,050
Matt Stout – 26,900
Tyler Patterson – 25,700
Esther Taylor-Brady – 24,625
Jared Hamby – 23,875
Byron Kaverman – 22,600
Blair Hinkle – 21,200
Ory Hen – 20,850
Sheddy Siddiqui – 19,350
Faraz Jaka – 18,050
Daniel Weinman – 15,375
Connor Drinan – 15,275
Andrew Hinrichsen – 14,925
Sasha Barrese – 14,250
Jennifer Tilly – 13,500
Allen Kessler – 13,300
David Peters – 10,200
Raymond Ruszkowski – 10,150
Matt Brady – 8,575
Ebony Kenney – 7,100
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
A star-studded field has taken to the felt in Event 22. And with the million dollar guarantee left far behind, we’re two levels away from the end of registration.
Players have come from all over the poker world to be here this weekend including all-time great Kathy Leibert and world blackjack champion Kenny Einiger. Also here is “Big Huni” Chris Hunichen who has spent time as the #1 ranked on-line poker player in the world plus newly-crowned WSOP National Champion Loni Harwood and the “Chainsaw” Allen Kessler.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante
There was little doubt that $1 Million Guarantee Event 22 would miss its mark early in the day. It crossed over that number shortly after the first break with more than three hours to register.
The field seems to be having a good time as the prize pool nears $1.1 million. A little more laid back and jovial on a Sunday afternoon.
Hooray! @AlCantHang brings me & @randomsasha donuts from #Mojos! @HardRockHolly #SHRPO @shrpo pic.twitter.com/mJ0bSxzYgo
— Jennifer Tilly (@Jtillathekilla2) August 16, 2015
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 2: 75/150
The $1 Million Guarantee Event 22 is filling up with some big names and local players who missed out on Day 2 of the Championship. There are 361 players in the freeze-out with plenty of time to get in the game.
We found John Strzemp taking a seat after falling out of the Championship yesterday. Strzemp is a top executive for Wynn Resorts but also known for his second place finish to Stuey Ungar in the 1997 WSOP Main Event.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 1: 50/100
The second tournament of Championship weekend brings another big prize pool freeze-out. This will be a great bounce-back for those who missed out making Day 2 of the Championship. The $2,650 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament has a very healthy $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and one starting day.
This tournament is part of the Big 4 events that will conclude at the same time, in the same building, in front of the live stream and television cameras.
Players sit down to 20,000 stacks and play 40-minute levels throughout Day 1. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9, just before 9pm, but no re-entries are allowed in the freeze-out format.
The tournament is underway and will keep the reporting hopping between tables.