Event 2: Returning Day 2 Chip Counts

September 16, 2018 @ 1:58AM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 143 of 1,207

Flight A: 247 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight B: 203 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C: 375 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight D: 382 Entries; 46 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	AJ	Gambino	425,500
2	Dennis	Rodriguez	403,500
3	Jonathan	Stewart	366,500
4	Herbert	Woodbery	364,500
5	Martin	Ryan	331,000
6	Zoltan	Czinkota	325,000
7	Lloyd	Gunther	313,500
8	Zo	Karim	309,500
9	Oren	Levy	297,500
10	Joshua	Beckley	278,000
11	David	Poces	273,500
12	Francis	Garcia	267,500
13	Raymond	Claus	253,500
14	Steve	Buckner	249,500
15	Julio	Tavarez	247,000
16	Kenneth	Berman	245,000
17	Walter	Kent	229,000
18	Anto	Slisko	223,000
19	Daniel	Couzens	217,000
20	Julio	Fernandez	215,000
21	Cody	Ferguson	213,500
22	Richard	Leger	199,500
23	Jeff	Rodriguez	196,000
24	Ryan	Weiss	192,500
25	Henry	Billete	190,000
26	Carlos	Vazquez	185,500
27	Hunter	Ritchie	185,000
28	Alex	Prendes	185,000
29	Uri	Kadosh	184,500
30	Truyen	Nguyen	184,500
31	Yuriy	Paccamakih	179,000
32	Ronald	Levy	177,500
33	Guillermo	Cardoso	168,500
34	Matthew	Howard	168,000
35	Jason	Schwartz	167,000
36	Brandon	Markland	160,500
37	Bill	Farnan	160,000
38	Allan	Bieler	157,500
39	Roy	Cohen	157,500
40	David	Feigenbaum	154,000
41	Hugh	Joiner	153,000
42	Andre	Bryan	150,500
43	Justin	Blair	150,000
44	David	Inselberg	149,500
45	Michael	Gross	145,000
46	Marc	Duqette	140,500
47	Femi	Fashakin	139,500
48	Gregory	Spinder	139,000
49	Haim	Toorgeman	137,000
50	Thomas	Bielecky	131,500
51	Jaime	Melgarejo	130,500
52	Nataliya	Iakovleva	128,500
53	Stewart	Newman	128,000
54	Tyler	Morgan	126,000
55	Pedro	Palacio	125,000
56	Donovan	Walker	123,500
57	Michael	Soroka	122,500
58	Philip	Shaffer	122,500
59	Angelo	Miele	121,500
60	Robert	Sheets	120,000
61	Janet	Fitzgerald	118,500
62	Chris	Strammiello	117,500
63	Paul	Prager	115,000
64	Steven	Carsvell	115,000
65	Daniel	Castoro	113,500
66	Freddy	Lee	111,500
67	David	Abertson	111,500
68	John	DePersio	108,500
69	Duane	DeKeyser	108,000
70	Carlos	Loving	106,000
71	Steven	Bennett	105,000
72	Abbey	Daniels	104,000
73	Scott	Zakheim	103,000
74	Sean	Ryan	103,000
75	Johsua	Hood	102,500
76	Raymond	Millard	99,500
77	Edward	Mroczkowski	94,500
78	Mirco	Scharen	92,500
79	Raminder	Singh	91,500
80	Rodolfo	Muret	91,000
81	Jarrett	Vaughn	89,000
82	Landon	Brown	89,000
83	Zachary	Milchman	88,000
84	Curtis	Daye	85,500
85	Frederico	Dabus	85,500
86	Ofer	Peleg	84,500
87	Joshua	Zur	84,000
88	Mark	Wiser	83,500
89	Simon	Philip	83,000
90	Robert	Kessler	82,500
91	Robert	Ortiz	81,500
92	Lou	Stadler	81,000
93	Steven	Cardarelli	81,000
94	Michael	Tomie	80,500
95	William	Smith	80,000
96	Michael	Laake	79,000
97	Francois	Zazay	78,500
98	Jacobo	Fernandez	78,000
99	Raymond	Nalbandian	76,500
100	Alan	Mertz	76,000
101	Amir	Baron	74,500
102	George	Hortelano	74,500
103	Arthur	Lucas	74,500
104	William	Marum	74,000
105	Sterling	Scott	73,000
106	Thuy	Beltran	72,000
107	Thomas	Mucci	71,500
108	Elise	Schisler	70,000
109	Jeffrey	Cohen	69,000
110	Jacques	Saban	66,500
111	Tyler	Woodward	66,500
112	Kevin	Chan	65,500
113	Stephen	Diamantas	65,000
114	Ory	Hen	64,000
115	Richard	Rice	62,500
116	Charles	Odenz	62,000
117	Alexander	Collicott	61,000
118	Verona	Mills	57,000
119	Pedro	Diaz	56,000
120	Tracy	Scala	55,000
121	Randy	Burstein	55,000
122	Dafney	Adisson	55,000
123	Jonathan	Marks	54,500
124	Wayne	Hemming	49,500
125	Robin	Jacoway	49,000
126	David	Kahan	45,500
127	Michael	Rosenberg	43,500
128	Zachary	Mullennix	43,000
129	Joseph	DiChiaro	42,500
130	Darwin	Smith	42,500
131	Jesse	Delbene	42,000
132	Nizar	Dajani	42,000
133	Marc	Sacheli	42,000
134	Martin	Mills	41,000
135	William	Kennedy	41,000
136	Christopher	Zito	36,500
137	Denise	Bohrer	34,000
138	Thao	Le	30,500
139	Rafael	Ramos	29,000
140	Nathan	Woodside	25,500
141	Dominick	Spadavecchia	24,500
142	Richard	DeVivo	18,500
143	Andrew	Daire	13,000

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Jonathan Steward Bags Flight Lead

September 16, 2018 @ 1:10AM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 46 of 382

Play has come to an end in Flight D with ten minutes remaining in Level 17. Jonathan Stewart held onto the lead and put 366,500 away for Day 2 tomorrow.

We will post the complete Day 2 chip counts and seat draw later this evening as soon as it is available.

Top five Flight D stacks:

Jonathan Stewart – 366,500
Lloyd Gunther – 313,500
Oren Levy – 297,500
David Poces – 273,500
Francis Garcia – 267,500

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Jonathan Steward Leads at Last Break

September 16, 2018 @ 12:47AM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 400 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 51 of 382

The last break of the day is upon us and Flight D is very close to calling it quits. Only 51 players remain and they will stop action when 46 remain.

Jonathan Marks is the current leader with 360,000 but there are a few stacks close to catching him.

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Comeback for Cuz

September 16, 2018 @ 12:10AM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 63 of 382

Flight D is nearing the end of its evening and we have 63 players remaining with the stop coming when 46 are still here. They will take a break after Level 17 and the hard stop will hit soon after.

Steve “Cuz” Buckner was in trouble earlier when he was down to 6,000 after registration closed. That did not stop the popular Florida grinder, he ran it back up and now sits among the leaders with 235,000.

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2: Prize Pool and Payouts with $70K Up Top

September 15, 2018 @ 11:37PM

September WSOP Circuit
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Event 2
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,207
Prize Pool: $398,310
September 14-16, 2018

The accounting is complete and the official numbers were released. Event 2 drew 1,207 entries to create a prize pool worth $398,310 and it will pay out the last 135 spots. A min-cash will take home $593 while the Event 2 champion will bank $70,718 plus the WSOP Circuit ring.

1st: $70,718 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $43,814
3rd: $32,156
4th: $24,297
5th: $18,541
6th: $14,271
7th: $11,113
8th: $8,755
9th: $6,978
10th – 12th: $5,624
13th – 15th: $4,585
16th – 18th: $3,780
19th – 21st: $3,151
22nd – 24th: $2,653
25th – 27th: $2,258
28th – 30th: $1,944
31st – 33rd: $1,689
34th – 36th: $1,486
37th – 45th: $1,318
46th – 54th: $1,183
55th – 63rd: $1,071
64th – 72nd: $980
73rd – 81st: $900
82nd – 90th: $828
91st – 99th: $761
100th – 108th: $701
109th – 117th: $645
118th – 135th: $593

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Registration Closed with 382 Entries

September 15, 2018 @ 10:52PM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Flight D Entries: 382

Flight D is back in action and registration is officially closed for Event 2 on the WSOP Circuit schedule. It is the biggest of the four flights with 382 entries pushing the combined total to 1,207 with 46 slotted to advance to Day 2 tomorrow.

We will post the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is available.

Flight	Day/Time	Entries	Advanced
A	Friday at 11am	247	28
B	Friday at 4pm	203	25
C	Saturday at 11am	375	44
D	Underway	382	TBD
Totals	—	1,207	97

Chip counts through Flight C

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Last Level to Register

September 15, 2018 @ 9:57PM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Flight D Entries: 370

Level 12 is here and that means time is running out to join this big, multi-day field. We have 370 entries in Flight D to leave Event 2 only five away from putting the combined total up to 1,200.

South Florida poker wizard Stewart Newman is back with us this evening and making his first appearance of the series. He recently cashed for $999 in the SHR Hollywood Friday Big Stack tournament, not normally a tournament cash we would note. But that cash pushed Newman past a big milestone and his live tournament earnings moved over $1,000,000 for his career.

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight D: Final Flight Familiar Faces

September 15, 2018 @ 9:12PM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Flight D Entries: 351

Now that Flight C is wrapped up, we can take a closer look at the final flight. The last session moved over 350 entries after the second break and it might end up as the biggest of the four. The guarantee is long in the rearview mirror and they are pushing the prize pool higher.

A few new faces are in The Pavilion today but they are regulars in our games around all SHR poker properties. John Holley owns six WSOP Circuit rings and a handful of SHRP trophies including the Deep Stack Bounty event during the 2015 Coco Poker Open. Most recently, Holley won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seniors title a few weeks ago.

Steve “Cuz” Buckner is another Florida grinder with some big scores. He cashed in the WSOP Main Event this summer and his big payout was a year earlier when he final tabled the WSOP $1,500 Six-Handed tournament.

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2: Chip Counts Through Flight C

September 15, 2018 @ 8:30PM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 97 of 825

Flight A: 247 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight B: 203 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C: 375 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight D: Late registration until 10:30pm
Day 2: Sunday at noon

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	AJ	Gambino	425,500
2	Dennis	Rodriguez	403,500
3	Herbert	Woodbery	364,500
4	Martin	Ryan	331,000
5	Zoltan	Czinkota	325,000
6	Zo	Karim	309,500
7	Joshua	Beckley	278,000
8	Julio	Tavarez	247,000
9	Kenneth	Berman	245,000
10	Walter	Kent	229,000
11	Anto	Slisko	223,000
12	Daniel	Couzens	217,000
13	Julio	Fernandez	215,000
14	Cody	Ferguson	213,500
15	Richard	Leger	199,500
16	Ryan	Weiss	192,500
17	Henry	Billete	190,000
18	Carlos	Vazquez	185,500
19	Hunter	Ritchie	185,000
20	Uri	Kadosh	184,500
21	Truyen	Nguyen	184,500
22	Yuriy	Paccamakih	179,000
23	Ronald	Levy	177,500
24	Guillermo	Cardoso	168,500
25	Jason	Schwartz	167,000
26	Brandon	Markland	160,500
27	Bill	Farnan	160,000
28	Allan	Bieler	157,500
29	David	Feigenbaum	154,000
30	Andre	Bryan	150,500
31	Justin	Blair	150,000
32	David	Inselberg	149,500
33	Michael	Gross	145,000
34	Marc	Duqette	140,500
35	Femi	Fashakin	139,500
36	Gregory	Spinder	139,000
37	Haim	Toorgeman	137,000
38	Thomas	Bielecky	131,500
39	Nataliya	Iakovleva	128,500
40	Pedro	Palacio	125,000
41	Michael	Soroka	122,500
42	Philip	Shaffer	122,500
43	Angelo	Miele	121,500
44	Robert	Sheets	120,000
45	Janet	Fitzgerald	118,500
46	Chris	Strammiello	117,500
47	Freddy	Lee	111,500
48	David	Abertson	111,500
49	Duane	DeKeyser	108,000
50	Steven	Bennett	105,000
51	Abbey	Daniels	104,000
52	Scott	Zakheim	103,000
53	Edward	Mroczkowski	94,500
54	Mirco	Scharen	92,500
55	Jarrett	Vaughn	89,000
56	Curtis	Daye	85,500
57	Ofer	Peleg	84,500
58	Mark	Wiser	83,500
59	Robert	Kessler	82,500
60	Robert	Ortiz	81,500
61	Lou	Stadler	81,000
62	Steven	Cardarelli	81,000
63	Michael	Tomie	80,500
64	Michael	Laake	79,000
65	Francois	Zazay	78,500
66	Jacobo	Fernandez	78,000
67	Raymond	Nalbandian	76,500
68	Amir	Baron	74,500
69	George	Hortelano	74,500
70	William	Marum	74,000
71	Sterling	Scott	73,000
72	Thuy	Beltran	72,000
73	Thomas	Mucci	71,500
74	Elise	Schisler	70,000
75	Jeffrey	Cohen	69,000
76	Ory	Hen	64,000
77	Richard	Rice	62,500
78	Charles	Odenz	62,000
79	Alexander	Collicott	61,000
80	Verona	Mills	57,000
81	Tracy	Scala	55,000
82	Randy	Burstein	55,000
83	Jonathan	Marks	54,500
84	Wayne	Hemming	49,500
85	Robin	Jacoway	49,000
86	David	Kahan	45,500
87	Jesse	Delbene	42,000
88	Nizar	Dajani	42,000
89	Marc	Sacheli	42,000
90	Martin	Mills	41,000
91	Christopher	Zito	36,500
92	Denise	Bohrer	34,000
93	Thao	Le	30,500
94	Rafael	Ramos	29,000
95	Nathan	Woodside	25,500
96	Dominick	Spadavecchia	24,500
97	Richard	DeVivo	18,500

2018 WSOP Circuit - September

Event 2 Flight C: AJ Gambino Bags the Overall Lead

September 15, 2018 @ 8:01PM

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 44 of 375

It took only ten minutes of play in Level 17 for Flight C to reach 44 players, two gone on the last hand. They have booked their seat into Day 2 tomorrow and will return at noon trying to win the WSOP Circuit ring.

AJ Gambino took the lead in the middle of the flight and continued to build until he finished with the overall lead so far. He will return to a stack worth 425,500 with one more flight of players trying to catch him.

Others advancing include Josh Beckley, Ory Hen, Richard DeVivo, and Richard Rice. We will post full chip counts as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight C stacks:

AJ Gambino – 425,500
Martin Ryan – 331,000
Joshua Beckley – 278,000
Kenneth Berman – 245,000
Anto Slisko – 223,000