"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Final Table No More, Alvaro Grisales Tops A Ten-Way Deal

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 32 (Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 10

The ten players to chop the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), listed from left to right: Robert Tennenbaum, Rudy More, Scott Harwood (Hooters t-shirt), Guillermo Hamilton, Alvaro Grisales, Michael Anderson, Thomas Allard, Dmitry Agrachov, Michael Weinberg, Uri Teneboim.

After just two hands at the final table, players began discussing a potential ICM chop.  Once the numbers were calculated, and some negotiations were taken care of, we had a ten-way deal agreed to.  Alvaro Grisales held the chip lead at the time of the deal, and will be declared the event's winner.  The official payouts from the deal are listed below:

1. Alvaro Grisales (Miami, FL) $13,385
2. Robert Tannenbaum (Boca Raton, FL) $12,230
3. Dmitry Agrachov (Hollywood, FL) $11,872
4. Rudy Miret (Pembroke Pines, FL) $10,559
5. Michael Weinberg (Delray Beach, FL) $10,500
6. Scott Harwood (Deerfield Beach, FL) $9,839
7. Guillermo Hamilton (Miami, FL) $9,076
8. Uri Teneboim (Boynton Beach, FL) $9,000
9. Thomas Allard (Royal Oak, MI) $7,171
10. Michael Anderson (Sunrise, FL) $5,950

$175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) winner, Alvaro Grisales (Miami, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): De La Cruz Bubbles Finale Table In Dramatic Fashion, Final Ten Find New Seats

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 32 (Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 10

The $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) event has now reached it's final table, after Jose De La Cruz was eliminated by Robert Tennenbaum.  The two were all-in pre, with very similar stacks, flipping a coin for their tournament life.  Jose's A♠ K♥ took a big lead against Robert's 10♥ 10♦, on the A♠ K♣ 8♥ flop, but the turn (J♥) and river (Q♠) brought running straight cards for Robert.  Jose's stack was counted down, and after finding out he had less than Tennenbaum, the clock would pause for a final table redraw.  The new seating assignments for the final table are listed below:

1. Robert Tennenbaum - 2,900,000
2. Rudy Miret - 2,680,000
3. Scott Harwood - 2,200,000
4. Michael Anderson - 1,000,000
5. Alvaro Grisales - 3,900,000
6. Dirty Agrachov - 3,200,000
7. Uri Tenenboim - 1,700,000
8. Thomas Allard - 900,000
9. Michael Weinberg - 2,500,000
10. Guillermo Hamilton - 1,900,000

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 11th-12th Places ($2,290)

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 32 (Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 10

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $2,290:

11.

Jose De La Cruz (Flagler Beach, FL)

12.

Antoine Bahi (Deerfield Beach, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 13th-15th Places ($1,780)

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 31 (Blinds 60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 12

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $1,780:

13.

Julian Durity (Miramar, FL)

14.

Niall Costigan (Lake Worth, FL)

15. 

Michael Bonsignore (Hollywood, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 16th-18th Places ($1,465)

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 30 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 15

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $1,465:

16.

Eduardo Christ (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

17.

Michelle Roth (Seminole, FL)

18. 

Colby Covington (Coconut Creek, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): New Seating Assignments After First Redraw

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 30 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 18

With the elimination of Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL) in eighteenth place, the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) field is now down to two tables, with the new seating assignments listed below:

Table 2

1. Guillermo Hamilton
2. Dmitry Agrachov
3. Eduardo Christ
4. Niall Costigan
5. Antoine Bahi
6. Scott Harwood
7. Rudy Miret
8. Colby Covington
9. Michelle Roth

Table 3

1. Michael Bonsignore
2. Uri Tenenboim
3. Michael Anderson
4. Robert Tennenbaum
5. Thomas Allard
6. Julian Gurity
7. Michael Weinberg
8. Alvaro Grisales
9. Jose De La Cruz

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 19th-21st Places ($1,210)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 29 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 18

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $1,210:

19. Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL)
20. Daniel Saffer (Hallandale, FL)
21. Al Gomez (Miami, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 22nd-24th Places ($1,005)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 29 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 21

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $1,005:

22. Joseph Conti (Staten Island, NY)
23. Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL)
24. Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Updated Chip Counts From Final Three Tables

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 29 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 22

The remaining (23) players are currently on break, and will be returning to Level 29, with new blinds of 40,000/80,000/10,000 (1,061,000 chip average).  Updated chip counts from each table are listed below:

Table 2

1. Scott Harwood - 1,045,000
2. Rudy Miret - 1,850,000
3. Daniel Saffer - 640,000
4. Michael Anderson - 600,000
5. Robert Tannenbaum - 605,000
6. Guillermo Hamilton - 2,600,000
7. Joseph Conti - 775,000

Table 3

1. Michael Bonsignore - 1,000,000
2. Michelle Roth - 400,000
3. Thomas Allard - 1,200,000
4. Dmitry Agrachov - 430,000
5. Eduardo Christ - 1,400,000
6. Al Gomez - 600,000
7. Jose De La Cruz - 2,100,000
8. Colby Covington - 980,000

Table 5

1. Alvaro Grisales - 1,250,000
2. Antoine Bahi - 1,400,000
3. Michale Weinberg - 1,100,000
4. Thomas Millward - 1,000,000
5. Julian Gurity - 1,600,000
6. Uri Tenenboim - 850,000
7. Niall Costigan - 1,700,000

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Bonsignore Had One Foot Out The Door, Now Approaching 1,000,000

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 28 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 24

Michael Bonsignore (Hollywood, FL) was texting his buddies about his good fortune to triple-up, and then managed to find another double just a few hands later.

On one of the final hands of Level 27, Michael Bonsignore was all-in for just two big blinds, and watched as there was a re-shove and call behind.  When the hands were tabled, Bonsignore would have a slim lead with A♥ 5♦, against K♠ Q♥ (Jose De La Cruz) and K♣ 10♦ (Marc Duquette).  The board would run out 2♠ 8♥ 10♣ Q♠ A♣, giving Duquette the lead on the flop, and Jose the lead on the turn.  The river then gave Bonsignore the final lead, which helped him more than triple up to 460,000.  

Two hands later, in a blind versus blind situation, Colby Covington would shove all-in from the small.  Michael quickly called for all of his chips, and would hold a strong lead when the cards were tabled, with Q♠ Q♣ against Colby's J♠ 10♠.  Even though Colby flopped a ten, that's as much help as he'd get, and Michael would chip up to 950,000.

Michael Bonsignore - 950,000 (15bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 25th-27th Places ($855)

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 24

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $855:

25. Aaron Friedman (Boca Raton, FL)
26. William Underdown (Boca Raton, FL)
27. Marc Duquette (Boca Raton, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 28th-36th Places ($750)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 27

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $750:

28. Luis Mantilla (Plantation, FL)
29. Kevin McGillicuddy (Tamarac, FL)
30. Timothy Coan (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
31. Linzell Borders (Tamarac, FL)
32. Hugh Coley (Lake Worth, FL)
33. Wilson Molina (Miami, FL)
34. Michael Banas (Lighthouse Point, FL)
35. William McCool (Greenville, MS)
36. Thomas Morgado (North Palm Beach, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 37th-45th Places ($650)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 26 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 34

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $650:

37. Preach Taepakdee (Sunrise, FL)
38. Roman Ojeda (Port St. Lucie, FL)
39. Bebert Benhamo (Conord, CA)
40. James Hamburger (Delray Beach, FL)
41. Matan Yehudai (Hollywood, FL)
42. Lou Stadler (Miami, FL)
43. Gregory Shain (Briarcliff Manor, NY)
44. Douglas Baer (Aventura, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Table Lineups For The Final Four In The Field

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 26 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 34

Now that we are down to the final four tables, it's time to update the followers on all of the players that remain in the tournament.  Listed below are the table lineups for the final four that remain in the field:

Table 2

1. Preach Taepakdee
2. Hugh Coley
3. Rudy Milet
4. Daniel Saffer
5. Alvaro Grisales
6. Michael Anderson
7. William Underdown
8. Roman Ojeda 
9. Joseph Conti

Table 3

1. Michael Bonsignore
2. Michelle Roth
3. Robert Benhamo
4. Thomas Allard 
5. Dmitry Agrachov
6. Eduardo Christ
7. Tommy Morgado
8. Jose De La Cruz
9. Wilson Molina
10. Mike Banas

Table 4

1. Louis Mantilla
2. Colby Covington
3. Ari Friedman
4. Al Gomez
5. Rob Tannenbaum
6. Tom Gity
7. Guillermo Hamilton
8. Kevin McGillicuddy
9. Marc Duquette
10. Scott Harwood

Table 5

1. Linzell Borders
2. Antoine Bahi
3. Michael Weinberg
4. Jim Coan
5. Raminder Singh
6. Thomas Millward
7. Julian Durity
8. Uri Tenenboim
9. Niall Costigan
10. Frank McCool

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Raminder Singh Vaults Into The Chip Lead, Just Under 2,000,000

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 25 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 42

Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) is in a very familiar place, leading the field deep in a Isle Poker tournament.

At Table 5, Douglas Baer would shove from early position for 115,000, with action folding around to Jim Coan.  Coan (who was on the button) decided to make the call, leaving himself just under 300,000 behind.  Raminder Singh the re-shoved from the small blind, having everyone at the table covered. Once the big blind released, Coan tanked for a few moments, before folding pocket jacks face up.  Singh then tabled A♠ K♦, which held the lead against Baer's Q♥ 10♠, and stayed that way through the runout.  Raminder collected the 400,000 pot, which brought his total to 1,900,000, which is currently tops in the field.

Raminder Singh - 1,900,000 (63bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 46th-54th Places ($580)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 25 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 44

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $580:

46. Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL)
47. Alan Saltzman (Lantana, FL)
48. Chad Millward (Boca Raton, FL)
49. Danilo Parada (Oakland Park, FL)
50. David Feyjin (Deerfield Beach, FL)
51. Roy Key (Aspen, CO)
52. Rudy Vazquez (Port St. Lucie, FL)
53. Michael Mayo (Dania Beach, FL)
54. Kelly Alonso (Palmetto Bay, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Updated Chip Counts From The Day's Second Break

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 25 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 44

UFC star Colby Covington (Coconut Creek, FL) is one of a group of players in the field to have eclipsed the million chip mark.

Players are currently on their second break of the day, with the field now down to five active tables.  When action resumes in Level 25, the new blinds being posted will be going up to 15,000/30,000/5,000, with a chip average of 554,000.  The stacks are still on the shallow end, meaning the action should continue with the same rapid pace we've seen to this point.  Guillermo Hamilton (Miami, FL) continues to lead the field, and is accomplishing a very difficult task, of staying atop the leaderboard on a Day 2.  Updated chip counts from break are listed below:

Guillermo Hamilton - 1,600,000 (53bb)
Raminder Singh - 1,350,000 (45bb)
Alvaro Grisales - 1,200,000 (40bb)
Robert Benhamo - 1,100,000 (36bb)
Colby Covington - 1,000,000 (33bb)
Thomas Allard - 1,000,000 (33bb)
Tom Gity - 1,000,000 (33bb)
Dmitry Agrachov - 985,000 (32bb)
Michael Weinberg - 900,000 (30bb)
Niall Costigan - 900,000 (30bb)
Louis Mantilla - 850,000 (27bb)
Daniel Saffer - 850,000 (27bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 55th-63rd Places ($530)

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$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 24 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 53

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $530:

55. Damien Simon (Hialeah, FL)
56. Gilbert Sanchez (Bartow, FL)
57. Sagi Zommer (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
58. JC Madrid (Margate, FL)
59. Zoltan Czinkota (Davie, FL)
60. Louis Conte (Boynton Beach, FL)
61. Moises Cohen (Hallandale Beach, FL)
62. Shawn Vrenna (Davie, FL)
63. Lisa Teebagy (Lighthouse Point, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 64th-72nd Places ($490)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 24 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 62

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $490:

64. Nagui Yassa (Deerfield Beach, FL) 
65. Jonathan Shapiro (Boca Raton, FL)
66. Edgardo Rosario (Newark, DE)
67. Phillip Consolo (Boca Raton, FL)
68. Kenneth Bruno (Lake Worth, FL)
69. Tyler Bonenfant (Pompano Beach, FL)
70. Matthew Lambrecht (Stuart, FL)
71. Ira Horowitz (Miami Beach, FL)
72. Scott Hartman (Parkland, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 73rd-81st Places ($450)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 23 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 71

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $450:

73. Fabrice Mace (Boca Raton, FL)
74. Joseph Quaider (Tamarac, FL)
75. Larry Bass (Tamarac, FL)
76. Anthony Abdo (West Palm Beach, FL)
77. Leonid Goldshteyn (Tamarac, FL)
78. Anthony Bennett (West Palm Beach, FL)
79. Craig Witz (Hollywood, FL)
80. Anthony Hobbs (Naples, FL)
81. Susan Lichtenstein (Boynton Beach, FL)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): 82nd-90th Places ($410)

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 23 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 76

The following players have been eliminated from the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and have cashed for $410:

82. Lad Gaddh (Boca Raton, FL)
83. Charles MacLennan (Boca Raton, FL)
84. Jamie Maas (Delray Beach, FL)
85. Alex Martinez (Miami Beach, FL)
86. Richard Glabman (Davie, FL)
87. Jessica Beyrer (Hobe Sound, FL)
88. Rafael Calero (Deerfield Beach, FL)
89. Angel Sanchez (Las Vegas, NV)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Gity Scores A Double Elimination, Now Over 575,000

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 22 (Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 76

Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) has been away from the game for a while, but after focusing on business matters, is right back where he likes to be...running deep in tournaments.

The action at Table 4 was caught pre-flop, with four players heading to a flop in a raised pot (one all-in).  After the dealer fanned out a flop of Q♣ 2♥ 3♠, Pasquale Caiazza checked to Tom Gity, who drop a bet of 105,000 across his cards.  Charlie McLennan was next to act, and after getting the exact count of Gity's bet, he would announce himself all-in (for just over 250,000).  Caiazza released his hand behind, and the three players would table their hands:

Gity: A♠ A♥
McLennan: A♥ Q♠
Player X: 4♦ 5♥

Turn: 8♣
River: 9♥

Gity was in great shape to win the side pot, having Charlie drawing to just two outs heading to the turn.  The main pot was still in question, as the all-in player flopped an open-ended draw, but bricked the turn and river.  "Thank you," Gity said to the dealer, after running the board out clean.  With the double elimination, Tom chipped up to 575,000, and it almost double the current chip average.

Tom Gity: 577,000 (36bb)