WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante
99 players remaining, 126k avg (63 bb)

The fields is down to 99 players as it creeps towards the 54 paying places.  The min cash is $6,204, while the field chases the $271,103 top prize.

Michael Lewin continues to lead the chip counts with more than 500k.

Recent eliminations include Jerry Wong, Daniel Letts and Adam Levy.

$560 No Limit Hold’Em (Re-entry)

Alex Michaels puts in his last 45k all in with AK against the AQ of Jermaine Phang.

Phang flops a Queen for the lead, while a Jack on the turn gives Michaels more outs with a gutshot straight draw. But a deuce on the river gives the pot to Phang.

Michaels is out in 6th place for $1,377.

Chip Counts

Jermaine Phang 124k
Shana Matthews 115k
Ronny Beda 105k
Malik Khan 82k
Howard Hobbs 46k

$560 No Limit Hold’Em (Re-entry)

Nick Gellepis flops top two against the bottom set for Ronny Beda for his last 40k chips.

Gellepis: 98
Beda: 33

Board: 9-8-3-A-T

“What are you going to do,” says Gellepis, “the guy runs way too good.”

Gellepis finishes in 7th place for $500, while Beda is the chip leader with 135k.

$560 No Limit Hold’Em (Re-entry)

$560 No Limit Hold’Em (Re-entry)

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
117 players remaining, 106k avg (66 bb)

On a flop of , Michael Lewin (Delray Beach) check-calls 14k from Robert Panitch.

Turn:

Lewin checks, Panitch bets 40k, Lewin moves all in, Panitch snap calls for 160k more.

Lewin: (nut flush)
Panitch: (Ace high, drawing dead)

After a close count, Lewin has Panitch covered and gets a virtual double-up to 500k and is the clear chip leader, ~200k ahead of the nearest stack.

Panitch, who earlier in the day was a top three stack, is on the rail.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
135 players remaining, 92k avg

Players are back from break and Jaime Rubinsteyn continues to lead the way with 280k and there’s a lot of chips on Table 11. Robert “Uncle Krunk” Panitch is on the table and is third overall at 225k.

Chip Leaders

Jaime Rubinsteyn 280k
Ben Tarzia 275k
Robert Panitch 225k

Twitter Updates

Guy open jams butt 35k w 66 at 1200. I call from bb w 1010 River 6. Down to 15k. Find out the 6 was a 1 outer too. #needle @WPT @STAX_Poker

— Alan Kraut (@AlanKrautPoker) February 9, 2014

GeeZe Busto. What a fun day lol

— Chance Kornuth (@ChancesCards) February 9, 2014

$200 Double Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Level 10: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante
Entries: 205

As soon as players get used to the blinds and antes, the levels move up. That’s the nature of the 15 minute turbo levels.

The big stacks are in the 80k (80 bb) range and includes Oneil McCalla (Miramar).

Registration and re-entry is open for 12 levels with the cage closing at ~3:10 pm.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante
144 players remaining, 86k avg (72 bb)

Notables who have busted on Day 2 include former WPT winners Andy Frankenberger and
Shawn Cunix.

Also on the rail:

Vincent Spadavecchia
Victor Figueroa
Arkadiy Tsinis

*Seminole Hard Rock archive photo

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante
153 players remaining, 81k avg (68 bb)

Down to 45k early. Bb is 1200 tho so chillin still.

— Chance Kornuth (@ChancesCards) February 9, 2014

QQ<A10 vs short stack then lost flip for rest out of 3.5k

— Brayden Fritzshall (@BRAYD3N) February 9, 2014