$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event 6y4815
Play is done for the day and we will have 14 players returning at 1 p.m. with a shot at the $145,321 first place prize. It’s a pro heavy top of the chip counts as Matthew Waxman is leading the way with 1.302 million in chips and is followed closely by Michael Mizrachi with 1.208. Third in chips is John Pisano with 1.104 million.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 6K/12K Antes 2K
A short stacked Mark Gaudino moved the last of his chips in with A-J and was called by a bigger stack out of the blinds with 
. Gaudino was looking good to double up on the T-9-8 flop but it did contain two spades. The turn was a harmless 4 but the river was a third spade to send Mark to the cage to collect his $8,676 in winnings.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 6K/12K Antes 2K
Lenny Duvdivani opened the action and the player to his immediate left in Seat 7 moved all in. Seat 7 had Lenny covered and Duvdivani tanked for over five minutes prompting Nigel Murray to say “I don’t want to end the day with 200K, come on.” Darryl Fish from across the table asked Nigel to either call the clock or shut up and the two exchanged words for a moment before the floor stepped in and told them to stop. Another minute or two went by and just as Nigel was about to call the clock Lenny said “I call. I call.”
Lenny had pocket jacks and his opponent had 
. The flop came with a Queen and that would be the end of Duvdivani’s excellent tournament.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
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Christopher Bolek min-raised to 20K from middle position and the big blind called. The flop came 
and the big blind checked. Bolek moved all in and the big blind snap called with 
for a big blind special. “It was only 10K more for me to see a flop,” he said. Bolek had pocket 6’s and was unable to hit the 1 outer for the win and is our 17th place finisher.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 5K/10K Antes 1K
We’re down to 17 players as three players busted out in a matter of moments. First it was James Hoeppner going out in 20th place when his 
could not outdraw the 
his opponent held. Hoeppner did pick up a flush draw on the flop but was unable to hit it. James is a long time tournament player with over $850,000 in winnings to his name. He adds another $6,507 with his finish today.
At another table, two players were eliminated in one hand. Philip Randazzo moved all in for 165K and was called for less by Fernando Diaz. A bigger stack in the 1 seat called both all ins. Randazzo had 5’s, Diaz 8’s, and the big stack A-K. A King on the turn would give Seat 1 the pot and Diaz is our 19th place finisher while Randazzo get a small pay increase by finishing in 18th.
Here are the payouts for 18th through 27th:
| 18th | Philip Randazzo | $7,447.00 |
| 19th | Fernando Diaz | $6,507.00 |
| 20th | James Hoeppner | $6,507.00 |
| 21st | Matthew Mendez | $6,507.00 |
| 22nd | John Rhodes Jr. | $5,856.00 |
| 23rd | William Beasley | $5,856.00 |
| 24th | Marcus Harris | $5,856.00 |
| 25th | David Rheem | $5,133.00 |
| 26th | Benjamin Zamani | $5,133.00 |
| 27th | Steven Karp | $5,133.00 |
$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Double Stack Turbo)
Blinds 5K/10K Ante 1K
They are in the money and at the final table. 10 players remain and with the turbo structure it probably won’t be long before it’s over.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
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We caught up on the action with the board reading 
and a red all in button in front of Michael Mizrachi. Mizrachi’s opponent, Marcus Harris, only had 200K behind and was easily covered by Michael. “I told myself if you went all in you had nothing and that if you made a bit bet you had something,” said Harris as he contemplated his tournament life.
Grinder tells him “I tell you what, I’ll give you a picture.”
This seems to convince Marcus to call and he pushes his chips out on top of his cards. Mizrachi flips over 
for rivered trips. Harris meekly turns over his hand… Aces. Someone jokes that he can get that picture and he says with a small smile on his face “I don’t want no f***ing picture.” He sits there, not wanting to get up, staring at the payout card in front of him telling him that he finished in 24th place. “I should have went all in preflop,” he says, looking to the table for affirmation.
There are now 20 players left. Among the recently eliminated are Chino Rheem and Michael Beasley.
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 3K/6K Antes 1K
Three players including Tyler Stafman and Darryl Fish saw the flop in a 14K raised pre-flop pot. Fish was in the big blind and led out for 20K on the 
flop. The pre-flop raiser got out of the way and Tyler raised to 50K. It was folded back to Darryl who put in a third bet to 175K. Stafman shoved all in and Fish made the call. Stafman held 
for second pair with the open ended straight flush draw. A monster flop for his hand. Fish was in the lead though with his flopped set of 6’s. The turn gave Fish a full house but Stafman was not drawing dead as it was another 7. A 7, 8, 
or would eliminate Fish from the tournament. The river was a 5 and Fish scooped the massive pot to take his stack to 1.15 million, crippling Stafman in the process. Fish is neck and neck with Michael Mizrachi who won a huge pot when he cracked aces with a set of deuces. Local boy Nigel Murray has chipped up from a low point of 40K to over 500K after his pocket Aces held up.
Here are the 28th through 33rd place finishers:
| 28th | Jason G. | $4,483.00 |
| 29th | Evan Teitelbaum | $4,483.00 |
| 30th | Ross Fischer | $4,483.00 |
| 31st | Jose Galvez | $4,483.00 |
| 32nd | Fariborz Zojaji | $4,483.00 |
| 33rd | Bruce Reid | $4,483.00 |
$1,500 + $150 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Poker Open” Main Event
Blinds 3K/6K Antes 1K
We’re down to 27 players and one table you could say is a little bit on the tough side. In the 4 seat, Michael Mizrachi. The 6 seat has Chino Rheem occupying it. The 7 seat has the aforementioned Lenny Duvdivani. In the 8 seat is Matthew Waxman and Steve Karp in the 9. Grinder and Chino thought that was tweetworthy.
What a view. All my buddies and the famous Lenny Duvdavani. @DoveLennyOver 50! And soon to be famous @ChinoRheem @stevekarp and Matt Waxman
— Michael Mizrachi (@TheGrinder44) December 2, 2013
3 tables left & my draw was @TheGrinder44 @Matthew_Waxman @SKdaPLaYa & s. Flas best player over 50 @dovelenny #yup
— David Rheem (@ChinoRheem) December 2, 2013
$120 + $30 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Double Stack Turbo)
Blinds 2.5K/5K Ante 500
There are 18 players remaining – they are three short of the money.