$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 60 of 112

The counting is complete and Flight B officially drew 112 entries to bring the total Championship field up to 254 with one flight to go. The prize pool surpassed the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool earlier in the day and it has reached $381,000.

Tomorrow’s final flight goes off at 11am with registration closing on the Championship at 7:15.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 112

Players are back in their seats following the dinner break and we await the accounting from the big brains to give us the official Flight B numbers. The $300,000 guaranteed prize pool has been bypassed and we’ll see how close we get to $400,000 with one flight to go.

Sitting at the front of the room we found Tim Burt, another player here on a freeroll thanks to the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year race. The three-time WSOP Circuit winner’s most recent big SHRP score came with a third place finish in the 2016 SHRPO Championship.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 109

Players are in the midst of their 60-minute dinner break and registration will close when they return. Zo Karim holds one of the biggest stacks in the room with plenty of big names trying to chase him down.

Notable counts:

Zo Karim – 130,000 (130 bb)
Russ Head – 114,500 (115 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – 114,000 (114 bb)
Manny Minaya – 109,000 (109 bb)
Al Krux – 94,100 (94 bb)
John Templeton – 89,000 (89 bb)
Jamie Kerstetter – 72,000 (72 bb)
Paul Balzano – 62,500 (63 bb)
Claudemir Osorio – 54,800 (55 bb)
Erik Christensen – 50,000 (50 bb)
Peter Vitantonio – 44,000 (44 bb)
Michael Laake – 43,500 (44 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 42,000 (42 bb)
Tim Burt – 40,400 (40 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 40,000 (40 bb)
Chris Conrad – 38,000 (38 bb)
Carl Carodenuto – 37,500 (38 bb)
Matt Stout – 28,500 (29 bb)
Wally Maddah – 24,200 (24 bb)
Allen Kessler – 23,500 (24 bb)
David Prociak – 12,000 (12 bb)

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
End of Level 9: 400/800 with a 75 ante
Entries: 108

While most of the field was walking out the door for their dinner break, there was a hand still brewing in the middle of the room. Paul Stanechewski and Evan Teitelbaum were all-in and waiting on Patrick Eskandar to make a decision with the board reading .

Apparently, Teitelbaum had already flashed the accidentally and Eskandar still called with his flush draw/wheel draw . Stanechewski was ahead with bottom set and Teitelbaum’s flush draw with was useless. He was stuck looking for one of the non-spade jacks for a straight and Stanechewski needed to dodge Eskandar’s draws to triple up.

The binked the river to complete Eskandar’s flush (and less wheel) to send Stanechewski out and Teitelbaum down.

Patrick Eskandar – 114,000 (143 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 40,000 (50 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – Eliminated

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 75 ante
Entries: 107

Poker pro Zo Karim is among the field today and he’s had a little success in SHRP events. He’s freerolling today’s entry courtesy of a 20th place finish in the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year race.

Among his nearly $1.5 million in career earnings, Karim final tabled this summer’s Big 4 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship and finished fifth in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 5.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 107

Carl Carodenuto placed seventh in this very event last year earning $25,000 in the process. He’s back and actively in search of another deep run. He recently three-bet pre, then C-bet big on the flop to take a pot without contest. He’s been hovering right around starting stack and appears to claim slightly more than that at this juncture.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 104

Jamie Kerstetter recently got about 14,000 in the pot between flop and turn bets then checked down the river. Her opponent’s pair was good and the East Coast pro surrendered the pot.

Despite the loss, she still sits at about 32,000.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 106

Reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year David Prociak was recently eliminated by Winter Poker Open prelim winner Manny Minaya.

Picking up the action on a board of , Minaya checked to Prociak. Prociak bet 3,000. Minaya raised to 9,200 and Prociak called.

The river fell the and Minaya, who had Prociak covered, open-shoved. Prociak called off and Minaya turned over for a straight. Prociak mucked his cards and stood from the table, eliminated.

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 104

Minnesota’s Todd Breyfogle needed little excuse to make the trek south to Seminole Hard Rock Tampa for the Winter Poker Open (see Tweet below). He arrived yesterday, played some cash and is now taking his shot in the $1,650 Championship. So far the trip has paid off for Breyfogle who’s more than doubled up in the first six hours of play.

It’s not often you get to experience almost a 90 degree swing in temperature in 4 hours????@HardRockTommy @SHRTPoker pic.twitter.com/POqfsfLWcw

— Todd Breyfogle (@sharkslayerrr) December 15, 2016

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 103

Chris Conrad is on his second entry in this Championship and yet again drew the seat next to friend and travelmate Russ Head. Entry number two is proving to be a bit better for Conrad as he recently doubled after calling off his chips in a heads up pot.

The board was and Conrad was under the gun. The button player moved all in having Conrad covered. After some thought, Conrad called.

Conrad: for an overpair
Button player: fair a pair plus straight and flush draws

River:

The opponent missed his slew of outs and Conrad’s tens held. He double up to about 47,000.