$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 271

Event 3 reached the last two tables of the tournament shortly before the dinner break. Fernando Rodriguez still leads with 1,890,000 but he has company at the top now with Jeremy Becker sitting behind a castle worth 1,635,000.

17th: Viral Mehta – $1,430
18th: Alvaro Jirau Ramos – $1,430
19th: Marcus Yofon – $1,430
20th: Eric Walling – $1,430

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 271

We lost four more players after the redraw, maybe a chance of view loosened up the action. Karl Manouchakian, Frank Weigel, Robert Van Syckle, and Joao Figueiredo Filho were the latest to pick up a payout while the rest hit a pay jump.

Blinds are now 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack about 540,000 (36 bb).

21st: Karl Manouchakian – $1,220
22nd: Frank Weigel – $1,220
23rd: Robert Van Syckle – $1,220
24th: Joao Figueiredo Filho – $1,220

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 271

With the elimination of Wally Maddah in 25th place, A8 down to AK, the Event 3 field dropped down to 24 players. That triggered a three-table redraw with 24 players remaining and a pay jump to $1,220.

25th: Wally Maddah – $1,060
26th: Yan Tin G Jiang – $1,060
27th: Luanne Uligian – $1,060
28th: Brenen Chases – $1,060
29th: Dino Jagroo – $1,060
30th: Lawrence Dowling – $1,060
31st: Jeffrey Lehouillier – $1,060
32nd: Joshua Garber – $1,060

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 271

Event 3 went on their second break with 25 players remaining and 30 minutes into the new level with no change. Fernando Rodriguez continues to run good and leads everyone with 2,455,000.

The blind are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack about 435,000 (44 bb).

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 271

Ken O’Donnell was in danger of busting on the bubble to earn zero dollars but he survived and now stacked up. He is up around 550,000 as the field begins to shrink in earnest now.

There are 15 minutes left in the level before they take the second break of Day 2. Tournament staff will color off the 1K chips and they’ll return trying to get closer to the final table.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 271

Level 18 came around and we lost two players after the bubble to get the field to the last four tables. They still have a long grind to reach the final table but it is getting closer.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack about 350,000 (44 bb).

33rd: Austin Sullivan – $1,060
34th: Pablo Valdivieso – $1,060

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 271

It looked like we were in for a long process to get the Event 3 field into the money. The stacks were deep and they were most of the way through Level 17 with no end in sight. Then things happened.

With 36 remaining and 34 getting paid, a short-stacked player was all in for 35,000 and Ken O’Donnell moved all in over the top next to act. Karl Manouchakian woke up with a hand as well and put his stack in the middle as well.

Manouchakian:
O’Donnell:
Short Stack:

Manouchakian was ahead for the double knockout but both opponents paired the flop. O’Donnell was ahead and stayed that way after the turn and to nearly triple up while the short stack was eliminated to put the field on the bubble.

But they weren’t done there. At the next table over at the same time, Viral Mehta had another player at risk.

Mehta:
Opponent:

It was a flip for the money and Mehta paired his ace immediately on the flop. The short stack needed a ten but missed the turn and to exit on the bubble.

Tournament staff did a quick headcount and the Event 3 field was in the money like that.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 271

Players are getting ready to take their first break of the day with 39 players remaining. That leaves the field only a handful of knockouts away from hitting the money bubble with 34 getting paid.

Fernando Rodriguez is still way out front and pushed his stack up to 1,294,000 in two levels of play.

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 271

Event 3 dropped down to the last six tables shortly after the blinds were raised up. They still have a bit of work to get down before the money bubble and it will hit after the first break.

Blinds are now 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stack about 226,000 (45 bb).

2021 Super Stacks Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  271
Prize Pool:  $142,275
September 13-15, 2021

Registration closed for Super Stacks Event 3 at the start of Day 2 and it drew 271 entries to nearly triple the $50,000 guarantee. They combined to put $142,275 in the prize pool with the last 34 getting paid. A min-cash is worth $1,060 and the winner will take home $31,155 plus the Super Stacks trophy.

1st: $31,155 + Trophy
2nd: $20,765
3rd: $15,215
4th: $11,295
5th: $8,495
6th: $6,475
7th: $5,005
8th: $3,920
9th-10th: $3,115
11th-12th: $2,510
13th-14th: $2,050
15th-16th: $1,700
17th-20th: $1,430
21st-24th: $1,220
25th-34th: $1,060