$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Mike Laake — who also happens to be seated next to Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah — did the dirty work on the Event 7 money bubble. A few hands after he and another player chopped a pot that saw a third player in the hand hit the rail, Laake peeked down at . Another player at the table got the last of his 202,000 chips in with
and it was a race.
The board ran out and Laake’s pair was best. The hand busted an unknown player 64th leaving the remaining 63 in the money. They are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Here’s a look at the prize structure:
1st – $75,718 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $42,572
3rd – $26,805
4th – $21,759
5th – $17,344
6th – $14,348
7th – $11,510
8th – $8,672
9th – $5,992
10th-12th – $4,100
13th-15th – $2,996
16th-18th – $2,207
19th-27th – $1,734
28th-36th – $1,545
37th-45th – $1,388
46th-54th – $1,230
55th-63rd – $1,072