Unofficial Final Table Reached

With the elimination of Robert Cullin in 11th place, the unofficial final table has been reached and play has concluded for the night. The final 10 players will return tomorrow at 1pm EST to play down to a winner.

Here are chip counts and seating assignments for the remaining players:

Seat 1: Josh Krasnecky - 325,000
Seat 2: Anthony Hoskie - 315,000
Seat 3: Chris Milano - 150,000
Seat 4: Ryan Eriquezzo - 718,000
Seat 5: Brad St. Vincent - 115,000
Seat 6: Eric Miller - 118,000
Seat 7: Joe Frizzi - 716,000
Seat 8: Zach Daly - 147,000
Seat 9: Steven Weeks - 363,000
Seat 10: Matthew Venditto - 140,000

Here are the prizes left to play for:

1st Place: $22,684
2nd Place: $14,025
3rd Place: $10,183
4th Place: $7,529
5th Place: $5,647
6th Place: $4,305
7th Place: $3,340
8th Place: $2,625
9th Place: $2,109
10th Place: $1,698

Here are recent eliminations:

11th Place: Robert Cullen ($1,698)
12th Place: Jordan Fishman ($1,698)
13th Place: Dennis Couto ($1,389)
14th Place: Gary Beekmann ($1,389)
15th Place: Eric Belanger ($1,389)

Last break of the night

Only 15 players remain as we hit the last break of the night. Tournament staff are coloring up and racing off the 500 chips, and blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante when play continues. Day 1 will end after 3 more levels or when the final table is reached, whichever comes first.

Ryan Eriquezzo has vaulted himself into the chip lead with 518,000. Earlier, Ryan had mentioned how he'd love to take this one down as he hasn't booked a win yet this year. We'll keep an eye on his stack as we near the final table.

Here are recent eliminations since combining to two tables:

16th Place: Robert Ricciuti ($1,158)
17th Place: Michael Laiosa ($1,158)
18th Place: Jeremy Ingalls ($1,158)

Final two tables reached

19th place finisher Alessandro Montecalvo

Event #1 $365 NLH is down to the final two tables, so the remaining 18 players have been redrawn. They will continue to play 3,000/6,000 blinds with 1,000 ante shortly. Here are the eliminations so far:

19th Place: Alessandro Montecalvo ($984)

20th Place: Berkess Carroll ($984)

21st Place: Kyle Adams ($984)

22nd Place: Sara Kopp ($839)

23rd Place: Kyle Carey ($839)

24th Place: Jeremy Jenkins ($839)

25th Place: Andrew Spears ($733)

26th Place: John Brakatselos ($733)

27th Place: Jonathan Romano ($733)

28th Place: Tom Dobrilovic ($646)

29th Place: Yue Chen ($646)

30th Place: Carl Stone ($646)

31st Place: Tarun G. ($579)

32nd Place: Christopher Petteruti ($579)

33rd Place: Cory Roth ($579)

Four tables remain

We are down to the final 36 players, which means 3 more players need to be eliminated before the remaining players are in the money. Here are select chip counts:

Ryan Eriqeuzzo - 246,000
Kyle Adams - 200,000
Berkess Carroll - 168,000
Andy Spears - 135,000
Alessandro Montecalvo - 76,000
Tom Dobrilovic - 68,000
Tarun G. - 33,000

99 players remain

We are now down to the double digits in players remaining: only 99 players are still in the hunt as we begin Level 12. Here are updated chip counts for select players:

Kyle Adams - 134,000
Alessandro Montecalvo - 82,100

Berkess Carroll - 71,000

Tom Dobrilovic - 37,200

Ryan Eriquezzo - 35,000

Chris Leong - 14,000

Tarun G. - 11,300

Mike Nye - eliminated

Tim West - eliminated

Second break of the day

Players are currently on their second break of the day. Less than half of the 321 entrants still remain in contention for the first WSOP Ring of the series. 

Alessandro Montecalvo - 90,000

Berkess Carroll - 67,000

Mike Nye -  34,500

Tom Dobrilovic - 24,500

Tarun G. - 21,000

Chris Leong - 10,100

Tim West - 8,100

Event #1 Prize Pool & Payouts

Event #1 $365 NLH received 321 entries, creating a $96,525 prize pool. The top 33 players will be in the money, with a mincash worth $579. First place is $22,684 along with a World Series of Poker Circuit Ring. Here are the full payouts:

1st Place: $22,684
2nd Place: $14,025
3rd Place: $10,183
4th Place: $7,529
5th Place: $5,647
6th Place: $4,305
7th Place: $3,340
8th Place: $2,625
9th Place: $2,109
10th-12th Place: $1,698
13th-15th Place: $1,389
16th-18th Place: $1,158
19th-21st Place: $984
21st-24th Place: $839
25th-27th Place: $733
28th-30th Place: $646
31st-33rd Place: $579  

Today's schedule

Today begins the World Series of Poker Circuit! This series features $1,000,000 in Guaranteed Prizes and awards 12 Gold Rings.

11am:
$365 NLH “Ring Event”
$75,000 GUARANTEED
($310 Buy-in / $55 Entry fee)
(Two Day Event)
Players start with 10,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Levels 1-12 will be 30 minutes. Remaining levels will be 40 minutes.
Registration will remain open through the end of the 6th level (approximately 2:10pm)
Dinner break is after level 12 (approximately 5:20pm)
Full structure is available here.

2pm:
$250 MEGA SUPER
($210 buy-in / $40 Entry fee)
WIN AN ENTRY INTO EVENT #3 $1,125 NLH
Players start with 12,000 in non-value tournament chips.
Registration & Re-entries will be available through the end of the 6th level (approximately 4:00pm)
Full structure is available here.

A full series schedule is available here.