$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock FinaleLevel 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 349 14l2x

Players are back from break and cards are back in the air with new blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a 5,000 ante.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
End of Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 349

The final eight players are taking a 15-minute break while they race off the orange, 1,000 denomination chips.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 349

Cliff Josephy raised to 54,000 from under the gun and Josh Kay called from the cutoff. Jason Koon called from the small blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

Koon and Josephy checked. Kay bet 82,000, Koon folded, and Josephy check-raised all in for effectively Kay’s remaining 600,000. Kay tanked for several minutes before folding.

Another player at the table asked if Josephy had a flush draw. Josehpy let them pick one card to see and Timothy West picked one card to table. It was the .

Josephy mucked his other card and took the pot.

Cliff Josephy – 1,730,000 (70 bb)
Josh Kay – 600,000 (25 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 349

On a flop of , Cliff Josephy checked from the big blind and Alan Sternberg bet 76,000 from middle position.

Jason Koon called on the button and Josephy called as well. The turn was the and Josephy checked again. Sternberg bet 250,000, Koon folded and Josephy called.

The river was the and Josephy checked. Sternberg bet 700,000 and Josephy tanked for several minutes before calling. Sternberg tabled and Josephy mucked his hand.

Sternberg took the pot with a set of eights and he took the chip lead as well.

Alan Sternberg – 3,645,000 (151 bb)
Cliff Josephy – 1,700,000 (70 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 349

Alan Sternberg raised from middle position and Marvin Rettenmaier called from the big blind, all in for 40,000.

Rettenmaier tabled and needed to improve against Sternberg’s .

The flop was and Rettenmaier flopped an open-ended straight draw to go with his pair outs. The turn was the , adding a flush draw to Rettenmaier’s hand.

“That’s too many outs,” said Rettenmaier.

The river was the and Rettenmaier missed his big draw and was eliminated in ninth place. Rettenmaier took home $70,103 for his deep run.

Alan Sternberg – 2,360,000 (98 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 349

Jason Koon raised from under the gun and Jonathan Jaffe moved all in from the cutoff for 414,000. Koon called.

Koon showed and was flipping with Jaffe’s .

The board ran out and Jaffe won the flip to earn the second double up since dinner break.

Jonathan Jaffe – 900,000 (37 bb)
Jason Koon – 1,470,000 (61 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 349

Josh Kay moved all in from early position for 335,000 and Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in from the cutoff for about 400,000.

Kay showed and needed to hit an ace against Rettenmaier’s .

The flop was and Kay took the lead on the flop after hitting his ace. The turn was the and the river was the , securing Kay’s double up with aces full. Rettenmaier was left very short.

Josh Kay – 742,000 (30 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – 65,000 (3 bb)

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 349

Players are back from dinner and cards are back in the air.

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Returning to Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 349

The nine remaining players are on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return and continue playing down to the live-stream final table six.

Seat 1: Josh Kay – 339,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Tim West – 1,905,000 (79 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Koon – 1,875,000 (78 bb)
Seat 4: Ryan Riess – 2,865,000 (119 bb)
Seat 5: Marvin Rettenmaier – 403,333 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Cliff Josephy – 2,268,000 (95 bb)
Seat 7: Terry Schumacher – 1,553,000 (65 bb)
Seat 8: Jonathan Jaffe – 433,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Alan Sternberg – 2,345,000 (98 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $716,088
2nd: $491,081
3rd: $315,726
4th: $204,466
5th: $157,599
6th: $130,370
7th: $109,412
8th: $89,609
9th: $70,103

$10,000 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 349

After nearly an hour of ten-handed play and more than 30 hands, the final table was broken.

Cliff Josephy opened to 45,000 and Ken Einiger three-bet shoved for 233,000 from the button. The blinds released and Josephy called.

Josephy:
Einiger:

Einiger needed to catch something to stay in the game but blanked the entire board to go out in tenth place.

Cliff Josephy – 2,160,000 (108 bb)
Ken Einiger – Eliminated in 10th place ($59,079)