$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 547

On the first hand back from dinner, Alan Wentz had his chips in the middle but chopped a pot with Michael Foley when they both had ace-queen.

A few hands later, Tim Kotocavage open-shoved for 860,000 from under the gun and it folded to Wentz in the big blind. He called with a similar stack, against with ace-queen.

Wentz:
Kotocavage:

Wentz was in better shape this time, faded the flop, the turn was safe, but Kotocavage took the pot after the river. They counted down the stacks and Kotocavage was at risk and Wentz was left with only a single 25K chip.

Tim Kotocavage – 1,790,000 (30 bb)
Alan Wentz – 25,000 (-1 bb)

Wentz was left with less than one small blind but ran that up with two big doubles to have a workable stack.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 547

Table 3
Seat 1: Bryce McVay – 765,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Cesar Fuentes – 905,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Brandon Miller – 1,225,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Craig Witz – 1,775,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Voitto Rintala – 1,200,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: Martin Borras – 595,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Ben Sirqui – 1,465,000 (24 bb)

Tablel 4 – ( bb)
Seat 1: Tim Kotocavage – 880,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Michael Foley – 1,085,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Justin Harvell – 2,340,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Jordan – 2,055,000 (34 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Price – 916,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8: Eliezer Gonzalez – 440,000 (7 bb)
Seat 9: Alan Wentz – 825,000 (14 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $37,914 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $23,446
3rd: $17,145
4th: $12,722
5th: $9,572
6th: $7,302
7th: $5,646
8th: $4,426
9th: $3,516
10th-12th: $2,830
13th-14th: $2,307

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 547

The 14 remaining Monster Stack players are taking a 40-minute dinner break at the end of the level and they will return to play it out.

Evan Teitelbaum (pictured), Robert Flacco, Zachary Hammons, and John Van Arnam made the last two tables but dropped out short of the ring.

We will take this opportunity to run a full set of chip counts as they get ready to play for a ring.

15th: Evan Teitelbaum – $2,307
16th: Robert Flacco – $1,904
17th: Zachary Hammons – $1,904
18th: John Van Arnam – $1,904

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 547

The red 100,000 chips are in play with only 18 left in the action. The Day 2 play has been at a breakneck pace as it took barely one hour to narrow from 27 to these final 18.

19th: Joseph Duchman – $1,592
20th: George Beck – $1,592
21st: Nicholas Visconti – $1,592
22nd: Dimitry Agrachov – $1,348
23rd: David Berman – $1,348
24th: Anthony Ruberto, Jr. – $1,348
25th: Scott Idsinga – $1,155
26th: David DiBernardi – $1,155
27th: Maurice Lightner – $1,155

Additional results are available in the posts below.

2019 February WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Event 9
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 102
Prize Pool: $33,660
February 13-14, 2019

(Coconut Creek, FL) — Aaron Wallace complemented his gold bracelet with a gold ring Thursday night at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The 36-year-old recreational player from Northern California defeated 102 entries in Event 9 of the WSOP Circuit, a $400 buy-in pot limit Omaha re-entry tournament. In addition to the jewelry, Wallace earned $10,099 moving him over $300,000 in reported earnings.

Wallace, who was born in Carmel, Indiana, came to South Florida on an unrelated note — to purchase a car. The deal on the car fell through and Wallace was left with nothing else keeping him in the area. A friend pointed out the WSOP was in town and his favorite game — PLO — was going on.

“I came down here to buy a vehicle, and that deal fell through,” Wallace recalled. “I didn’t even know the event was going on. I called a friend and he was like, ‘Hey. There’s a PLO event going on. You should play.’ Here we are.”

Wallace, who’s been in the natural food industry his whole life, works for a company called Coyo that offers a coconut-based yogurt alternative. He travels for work often and only gets to play tournaments when it lines up with one his trips. Making it even harder to find a game, he exclusively plays PLO.

“The thing I like about PLO players — especially Bruce [Freedman], who I was heads up against –it’s a very cordial, friendly atmosphere. It was fun times. Winning a ring doesn’t hurt, either,” Wallace laughed.

The event drew 102 entries generating a total prize pool worth $33,660. The top 12 finishers scored a payday with past Seminole champions Cory Blum (10th) and Eric Kolodny (11th) joining him in the money.

Final results:

1st: Aaron Wallace – $10,099 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Bruce Freedman – $6,241
3rd: Royce Matheson – $4,444
4th: Robert Banks – $3,228
5th: David Stewart – $2,391
6th: Christoph Gow – $1,805
7th: Lance Hendricks – $1,388
8th: Brandon Noe – $1,088
9th: Jordan Dhahani – $867
10th: Cory Blum – $703
11th: Eric Kolodny – $703
12th: Gabriel Ramos – $703

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 547

The Monster Stack played to the final three tables and tournament supervisor Ben Beighle redrew to the field. After being down to his last roughly 125,000 early, Tampa’s Bryce McVay has rebounded and sits toward the top of the counts with about 1,250,000. That’s not the biggest in the room, but it’s solid and a great trend upward late in the event.

28th: Ory Hen – $1,002
29th: Perry Shiao – $1,002
30th: Zach Milchman – $1,002
31st: Gerald LeBlanc – $881
32nd: Russell Sullivan – $881
33rd: William Kennedy – $881
34th: Simon Philip – $783
35th: Casey Kaplan – $783
36th: Joseph Biegler – $783
37th: Matthew Lambrecht – $704
38th: Jeff Trudeau, Jr. – $704
39th: Jonathan Huckaby – $704
40th: Engelberth Varela Moreno – $704
41st: Javier Zarco – $704

Additional results are available in the posts below.

$3,250 High Roller
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

One of the headline events of the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek begins at 4pm — the $3,250 buy-in High Roller. This is officially Event 10 of the series and marks the largest buy-in on the schedule. Accordingly, it boasts a big, $100,000 guarantee and is expected to draw a decorated field competing for the WSOP’s gold ring prize.

Players in the High Roller begin with 40,000 chips and they’re set to log 40-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry are available until the start of Day 2.

Here are the details:

4PM: Event 10 Day 1 – $3,250 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Day 2
• Day 1 will end after Level 13 or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet

Last year’s tournament drew 74 entries smashing the guarantee to the tune of a $222,000 prize pool. Defeating Matt Stout heads-up to take the title and $75,480 prize was Dominique Mosley.

Much of our live reporting efforts will be concentrated on the Monster Stack that’s playing down to a champion. We encourage followers to check out the WSOP.com dedicated updates for the event which are available HERE. We will pick up full time updates of the High Roller for tomorrow’s Day 2.

Good luck, High Rollers!

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 1 of 102

World Series of Poker bracelet winner Aaron Wallace is a gold ring champion after defeating Bruce Freedman in Event 9 of the WSOP Circuit at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. Wallace parlayed a huge heads-up chip lead into a victory and pocketed $10,099 along with his hard ware. Freedman, meanwhile, earned $6,241 for his runner-up finish.

A full report on the tournament will be posted later this evening. In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s final results:

1st: Aaron Wallace – $10,099 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: Bruce Freedman – $6,241
3rd: Royce Matheson – $4,444
4th: Robert Banks – $3,228
5th: David Stewart – $2,391
6th: Christoph Gow – $1,805
7th: Lance Hendricks – $1,388
8th: Brandon Noe – $1,088
9th: Jordan Dhahani – $867
10th: Cory Blum – $703
11th: Eric Kolodny – $703
12th: Gabriel Ramos – $703

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 102

The eliminations of Royce Matheson in third and Robert Banks in fourth leave Aaron Wallace and Bruce Freedman heads up in the pot limit Omaha ring event. Wallace has a huge chip advantage with about 1,250,000 to Freedman’s 280,000.

1st: $10,099 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $6,241

3rd: Royce Matheson – $4,444
4th: Robert Banks – $3,228

We will provide another update when the tournament concludes.

$400 Monster Stack
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 547

The Day 2 action has continued at a brisk pace as Level 23 brought more feltings.

The most decorated player to hit the rail thus far is Athanasios Polychronopoulos. Polychronopoulos owns nearly $2,400,000 in career earnings including two World Series of Poker gold bracelets. He got short running in to an opponent’s aces, then went bust when his was smashed by on a three-heart flop.

42nd: Roberto Bendeck – $704
43rd: Brian Nelli – $704
44th: Athanasios Polychronopoulos – $704
45th: Gary Friedman – $704
46th: Ofer Peleg – $641
47th: Carlos Torres Vazquez – $641
48th: Sokchheka Pho – $641
49th: James Hundt – $641
50th: Matthew Yorra – $641
51st: Christian Rodriguez – $641