FSPC Event 1 (Day 2): Day 2 Seating Assignments (By Chip Count)

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Event 1 Entries: 1,594
Players Remaining: 216/1,594

First	Last	Chips	Table	Seat
Oleg	Efremov B	500,500	10	1
Ansel	Allsop H	500,500	46	9
Angelo	Miele, Jr G	498,500	44	7
Scott	Sommer D	492,500	7	5
Jeff	Charlton	447,500	44	4
Steve	Raeman F	428,500	3	1
Brent	Granda E	409,500	14	2
Hector	Pacheco	398,500	45	5
Willie	Wiggins	395,000	11	5
Steven	Cohen C	377,500	8	1
Joe	Thomas A	374,000	9	10
Pedro	Palacio	363,000	9	9
Michael	Sklar	358,000	45	6
Andre	Chaviano	355,000	14	1
Stephen	Smith	298,000	2	9
Casey	Kaplan	293,500	5	9
Guillermo	Irving	274,500	13	6
Lawrence	Gradus	274,500	48	9
Ryan	Ricci	269,500	4	3
Robert	Transue	264,500	15	4
Steve	Zukowski	259,500	45	9
Randy	Matienzo	259,000	46	1
Ian	Cohen	257,500	16	1
Jaime	Wiegrefe	253,000	1	3
Gary	Viebahn	251,000	10	8
Eliyahu	Henn	249,000	15	6
Charles	Odenz	247,000	1	1
Jordan	Redavid	247,000	43	6
Mikael	Lundell	245,500	10	7
Peter	Valdes	241,500	1	7
Luke	Rosenberg	241,500	5	1
Alex	Shafran	241,000	5	6
Kyle	Taddgi	239,000	47	1
Larry	Bennett	238,000	48	1
John	Magnetta	235,500	16	3
Joelle	Guarino	230,000	47	6
Antoine	Bahi	225,500	46	3
Daniel	Millien	225,000	15	7
Andreas	Athanasopoulos	223,000	17	9
Troy	Parra	207,000	3	9
Donald	Delancy	207,000	43	9
Michael	Corbett	205,500	10	9
Michael	Tufaro	205,000	12	7
Ferguener	Gay	205,000	15	2
Zoltan	Czinkota	203,500	12	8
Corey "Max"	Martin	203,000	7	9
Pedro	Castro	198,000	16	4
Diane	Schmidt	196,500	6	9
Daniel	Genachte	195,000	4	5
Edward	Mandel	193,000	17	6
Christopher	Bell	191,500	2	7
Terry	Siele	186,000	9	7
Charbel	El Beyrouti	186,000	43	8
Barton	Taylor	185,000	16	5
Jerry	Willis	183,000	44	3
Kyle	Maistri	182,000	2	10
Seamus	Hoban	182,000	4	1
William	Marcum	177,000	9	5
Kevin	Scarola	176,000	17	5
Ghassan	Toubia	175,500	6	8
Anthony	Damps	174,000	47	3
Bernhard	Schmial	172,000	13	9
Angelo	Castaldi	170,500	12	2
Rafael	Ramos	169,000	4	2
Andre	Bryan	166,000	14	3
Fracisco	Castaneda	165,500	45	7
Andrew	Blake	160,500	10	2
Jason	Bartholomew	159,500	17	1
Vito	Polera	156,500	10	3
Tom	Gity	153,500	8	4
Lisa	Teebagy	153,000	3	2
Elias	Nassif	152,500	3	7
Paszuale	Caiazza	152,500	5	10
Zack	Milchman	152,000	6	5
Larry	Hirschfield	151,000	46	10
Eric	Becks	150,500	1	5
Muzaffer	Yesilce	148,500	2	6
Doron	Malinasky	147,000	43	10
Ben	Robinson	146,500	15	9
Skip	McDonough	146,000	10	10
Carlos	Garcia	146,000	47	4
James	Woodburn	144,500	44	5
Paulius	Bikus	144,000	2	1
Rayden	Abreu	143,500	2	5
Michael	Marks	143,500	14	6
Mark	Bonacquisti	143,000	5	5
Roy	Cohen	142,000	13	3
Kevin	Cruz	140,500	1	8
Joe	Ritzie	139,000	9	4
Carlos	Azuaje	139,000	14	10
Brian	Raik	138,500	38	2
Arthur	Tamasi	138,000	17	8
Eric	Brewster	137,500	43	4
Robert	Sarro	136,500	14	8
Karin	Powsner	136,500	44	6
Matthew	Goldman	135,500	16	2
Sergio	Amato	135,000	48	4
Armando	Rojas	134,000	13	10
Michael	Marrero	134,000	44	8
Max	Itkin	133,500	47	10
Ory	Hen	132,500	13	5
Michael	Eddy	132,000	47	2
Nader	Bahhur	131,000	45	8
Alex	Michaels	130,500	45	2
Luis	Mantilla	129,500	5	8
Frank	Scala	129,000	9	2
Elliot	Goldman	127,000	11	8
Allen	Gload	127,000	15	1
Mark	Hartstein	126,000	38	4
Shaun	Glennon	126,000	46	8
Alfredo	Guevara	125,500	8	2
Danielle	Bastarache	124,500	4	8
Alberto	Niebla	124,500	6	1
Robert	Chusid	123000	11	9
Luminita	Petric	122,000	15	5
Keith	Wagner	121,500	10	6
Brian	Chase	121,000	43	2
Bruce	Kahn	120,500	8	10
Justin	Lucii	118,500	9	6
Eric	Piperit	118,500	46	2
Martin	Markov	117,000	38	8
Andres	Morales	116,000	9	8
Jeffrey	Lutin	115,000	11	6
Marla	Crumpler	114,500	48	8
Pantelis	Hatzkontos	113,500	7	2
Gary	Fitzgerald	113,500	10	4
Kevim	Naim	113,500	46	7
Manuel	Soltero	112,500	11	4
Kenneth	Carl	109,000	6	2
Michael	Lewin	109,000	15	3
Ronny	Aparicio	108,500	48	5
Vincenzo	Lombardi	108,000	17	2
Marcus	Neal	107,500	4	4
Thomas	Gari	106,000	7	6
Michael	Rizzuto	105,000	4	10
Daniel	Saffer	105,000	13	8
Eric	Kessler	104,000	2	4
Robert	Riva	103,000	11	2
Eli	Math	103,000	12	10
Jeffrey	Keiser	101,500	12	9
Luke	Poljak	101,500	48	7
JD	Jiang	101,000	9	3
David	Albertson	101,000	16	8
Amit	Savani	100,000	7	10
JC	De Arriba	100,000	43	1
Rodolfo	Mirat	99,000	7	3
Fernando	Pages	99,000	45	4
Ryan	Bunes	98,500	1	10
Gail	Sandler	98,500	11	10
Jacki	Cohen	98,000	11	1
Randy	Burstein	97,000	14	7
Michael	Landress	96,500	3	5
Jose	Ordonez	94,500	12	4
Andrew	Sussman	94,000	38	1
Emanuel	Cohen	93,000	3	6
Zaki	Lichaa	92,500	15	10
Brendan	Mironov	89,500	48	2
Elgin	Young	89,000	12	1
James	Newcomb	88,500	6	6
Blaine	McRae	83,500	2	3
Alfred	Vargas	82,500	45	1
Adam	Koppel	80,500	12	5
Paul	Berenson	79,000	4	6
Gail	Lutin	79,000	5	4
Robert	Patterson	79,000	10	5
Georgia	Felger	79,000	16	9
Blake	Robbins	78,500	38	3
Luis	Guarda	78,500	47	7
Peter	Fellows	77,500	14	9
James	Hamburger	74,000	2	8
Giovanni	Skurta	73,000	1	4
Susan	Lichtenstein	72,500	3	10
Erik	Reed	71,000	14	4
Ralph	Maula	67,500	44	9
Ken	Bruno	67,500	48	3
Scott	Hecker	67,000	17	3
Dolline	Willis	67,000	48	6
Al	Gomez	65,500	47	9
George	Zammar	64,500	8	5
Bruce	Snell	64,000	47	5
Gary	Levinger	63,500	17	7
Aaron	Friedman	61,500	6	3
Scott	Loiselle	59,500	12	3
Russ	Stampler	58,500	38	7
Michael	Mizrachy	58,500	46	5
Roberto	Schmeda	58,000	6	10
John	Bikas	58,000	7	8
David	Poces	58,000	16	6
Jose	Parra	57,000	1	9
Manuel	Acebo	57,000	3	3
Steve	Slon	57,000	17	10
Anthony	Mucci	56,000	6	7
Jean	Zabin	56,000	8	9
Perry	Werbel	55,000	13	4
Rob	Tannenbaum	55,000	13	7
David	Clark	55,000	46	6
George	Berindei	54,500	5	2
Robert	Arahovites	53,000	7	4
Martin	Jorgensen	50,500	5	7
Kirk	Toney	50,500	45	3
Renaldo	Troconis	46,500	44	1
Marcus	Wu-Hamel	45,500	3	4
Paul	Gregory	45,500	44	2
Jonathan	Brown	42,500	13	2
Didier	Bramy	42,000	1	6
Bill	Oderal	42,000	38	5
John	Palace	41,500	8	6
Walter	Bravo	41,000	38	9
Edward	Salaya	39,500	11	7
Patrick	Somboons	36,500	38	6
Revier	Gonzalez	35,000	43	3
Juan	Ferrer	34,000	7	7
Alexander	Thomas	31,500	8	8
Jeff	Sutherland	29,500	16	10
Kenneth	Arnaez	26,000	4	9
Sandy	Sanchez	22,500	43	7

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1H): Official End Of Flight 1H Chip Counts

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1H Entries: 355
Flight 1H Players Remaining: 47/55

Ansel	Allsop	500,500
Jeff	Charlton	447,500
Hector	Pacheco	398,500
Michael	Sklar	358,000
Casey	Kaplan	293,500
Steve	Zukowski	259,500
Ian	Cohen	257,500
Jordan	Redavid	247,000
Peter	Valdes	241,500
Larry	Bennett	238,000
Antoine	Bahi	225,500
Ferguener	Gay	205,000
Pedro	Castro	198,000
Jerry	Willis	183,000
William	Marcum	177,000
Angelo	Castaldi	170,500
Brian	Raik	138,500
Eric	Brewster	137,500
Karin	Powsner	136,500
Sergio	Amato	135,000
Max	Itkin	133,500
Ory	Hen	132,500
Alex	Michaels	130,500
Marla	Crumpler	114,500
Kevim	Naim	113,500
Marcus	Neal	107,500
David	Albertson	101,000
JD	Jiang	101,000
Amit	Savani	100,000
Rodolfo	Mirat	99,000
Randy	Burstein	97,000
Brendan	Mironov	89,500
Luis	Guarda	78,500
Ken	Bruno	67,500
Ralph	Maula	67,500
Dolline	Willis	67,000
Scott	Hecker	67,000
George	Zammar	64,500
Scott	Loiselle	59,500
Michael	Mizrachy	58,500
Rob	Tannenbaum	55,000
Kirk	Toney	50,500
Martin	Jorgensen	50,500
Jonathan	Brown	42,500
John	Palace	41,500
Revier	Gonzalez	35,000
Sandy	Sanchez	22,500

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Official End Of Flight 1G Chip Counts

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 45/316

Angelo	Miele, Jr	498,500
Andre	Chaviano	355,000
Stephen	Smith	298,000
Lawrence	Gradus	274,500
Randy	Matienzo	259,000
Kyle	Taddgi	239,000
Joelle	Guarino	230,000
Donald	Delancy	207,000
Charbel	El Beyrouti	186,000
Barton	Taylor	185,000
Anthony	Damps	174,000
Fracisco	Castaneda	165,500
Larry	Hirschfield	151,000
Doron	Malinasky	147,000
Carlos	Garcia	146,000
James	Woodburn	144,500
Mark	Bonacquisti	143,000
Roy	Cohen	142,000
Michael	Marrero	134,000
Michael	Eddy	132,000
Nader	Bahhur	131,000
Shaun	Glennon	126,000
Mark	Hartstein	126,000
Brian	Chase	121,000
Eric	Piperit	118,500
Michael	Lewin	109,000
Ronny	Aparicio	108,500
Vincenzo	Lombardi	108,000
Michael	Rizzuto	105,000
Luke	Poljak	101,500
JC	De Arriba	100,000
Fernando	Pages	99,000
Michael	Landress	96,500
Alfred	Vargas	82,500
Paul	Berenson	79,000
Georgia	Felger	79,000
Peter	Fellows	77,500
Al	Gomez	65,500
Bruce	Snell	64,000
David	Clark	55,000
Renaldo	Troconis	46,500
Paul	Gregory	45,500
Patrick	Somboons	36,500
Alexander	Thomas	31,500
Kenneth	Arnaez	26,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Chaviano Coolers Cui To Grab Late Chip Lead

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 50/316

Changfei Cui (pictured left) watches as Andre Chiviano celebrates

Changei Cui and Andre Chiviano (Hollywood, FL) had been involved in a number of hands during Level 15, so when Cui opened and Chiviano flatted, the players behind folded.  After a 3♠ 5♣ 7♠ flop, Cui continued with a 12,000 bet, and Chiviano raised all-in (for over 160,000).  Cui was playing a similar sized stack, but didn't think long before making the call.  Andre rolled over 4♠ 6♣, with most of the table thinking Cui was drawing close to dead.  To their surprise, Changfei flipped over 5♦ 5♥ (bottom set), and would need the board to pair on the turn or river.  Both players stood and watched, while the board ran out with a 4♣ on the turn, and an 8♦ on the river.  The stacks were counted down to see who was at risk, to find Cui eliminated.  Andre now holds the chip lead (335,000) with just (20) minutes remaining in the flight.

Andre Chaviano - 335,000

Official chip counts from this flight will be posted between 8:00-8:30pm latest, as the bagging and verification process will take some extra time with this sized field.

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Ory Has New Plans For Tonight

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 58/316

Shaun Glennon (Miami, FL) 

Tournament Director Ralph Brandt asked the dealers to have one player collect the black chips at the table, so Ory Hen (Cooper City, FL) was appointed the player at Table 6.  While this was going on, Ory got involved in a hand with Shaun Glennon, as the two got it all-in (with Ory at risk) on a flop of 3♠ 4♣ 6♥ (both holding over pairs).  Ory's J♠ J♣ was in tough shape against the K♠ K♦ of Glennon, and with no help on the turn and river, Ory Hen would be eliminated from this flight.

Shaun Glennon - 207,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Guarino Gets Max Value Out Of Kings

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/400)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 74

Joelle Guarino (Parkland, FL) 

Action at Table 2 was approached on a flop of J♥ 2♠ 7♥, with Joelle Guarino (Parkland, FL) tossing forward a bet of 20,000, after her opponent checked.  The call would be made, and the two watched as the 10♥ came on the turn, completing certain draws.  Guarino's opponent checked once again, with Joelle quickly glancing down at her chips, and announcing all-in (for just under 60,000).  After getting an exact count, the unknown player would make the call, and see Joelle roll over K♥ K♠.  She'd be up against 9♥ 9♠, and just needed to fade an eight or nine on the river.  The 2♥ on the river gave Joelle the higher flush, and she'd double to over 175,000.

Joelle Guarino - 178,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Lewin And Endara Lead The Way

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 85

Juan Endara (pictured right) and Michael Lewin

As the flight winds down, and we shift our focus to the race for the chip lead bonus, two names currently stand out.  Juan Endara (Miami, FL) and Michael Lewin (Delray Beach, FL) are players with impressive resumes, Endara boasting career numbers north of $56,000, and Lewin over $260,000.  Lewin's name may sound familiar to those in the Florida poker community, having chopped one of the largest events ever held in the state.  Michael took home $125,211in a four-way deal that ended Event #10 of the 2015 SHRPO ($570 No Limit Hold'em - $1,464,000 prize pool).

Lewin may own the better career record, but Endara is the one seeing more Flight 1G success at the moment.  Juan sits with just over 280,000, and looks to become the first to eclipse 300,000, a mark that's already double the Day 2 chip average (which can change before the night's end).

Juan Endara - 280,000
Michael Lewin - 220,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Members Of the Century Cub

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 12 (Blinds 800/1,600/200)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 106

Luke Poljak (Pittsburgh, PA)

The remaining Flight 1G players are heading on their final break of the flight, and will return to finish off the final four levels.  There has been a lot of movement on the leaderboard, with numerous players having eclipsed the century mark.  The field is still looking for the player that is going to real gain some separation from the rest, but it just hasn't happened yet.  

Luke Poljak (Pittsburgh, PA) currently leads the way with 180,000, and is looking to record his first ever Isle Casino Poker cash.  Poljak has two results on his tournament resume, both from Seminole Hard Rock (one in 2014, and the other earlier this year).

Luke Poljak - 180,000

Juan Endara - 175,000

Angelo Miele - 160,000

Peter Fellows - 160,000

Michael Lewin - 130,000

Marc Duquette - 120,000

Ory Hen - 100,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Gross Flop For Gomez, Gin Turn Card

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 11 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 130

Gomez grabs the lead back with a fortunate turn card

Table 13 was approached just as one of the larger pots of the tournament was beginning, with Al Gomez limping UTG.  Action folded around to a player in the hijack, who open-shoved for 2,600 (this was at 1,200 big blind).  Patrick Carnackie called on the button, and after the blinds folded, Al Gomez back-raised to 6,500.  Carnackie made the call, and after the side pot was worked out, the dealer would fan out a flop of K♦ J♥ 8♣.  Gomez led for 9,000, and after about (45) seconds, Patrick shoved for just under 50,000.  Gomez had him covered, and took little time before deciding to make the call, only to see he was behind.  Patrick flopped two pair with K♣ 8♠, grabbing the lead away from Gomez's A♠ A♥.

The turn changed everything though, as the board paired with a jack, counterfeiting Patrick's two pair and giving Gomez a strong lead.  The river 10♣ would eliminate Carnackie (as well as the short stacked player who had shoved), and Gomez would rake in the pot worth close to 115,000.

Al Gomez - 113,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Bahhur Not Ready To Go Just Yet

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 10 (Blinds 500/1,000/100)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 146

Nader Bahhur (Hollywood, FL)

Nader Bahhur (Hollywood, FL) is a tournament veteran with over $110,000 in lifetime earnings, so he's aware that it only takes one hand to turn things around.  Grinding a below average stack for most of the day, Bahhur just got it in with Q♥ 10♠ against 3♥ 6♥ on a 10♥ 2♥ 3♦ flop.  His opponent had a bunch a equity with the pair and flush draw, but would brick turn and river.  Bahhur was playing a 25,000 stack to start the hand, so he's now over average for the first time all day (54,000).

Nader Bahhur - 54,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Updated Chip Counts Post-Break

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 9 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 316
Flight 1G Players Remaining: 165

Larry Gradus (Margate, FL)

With the size of the field, one would think that there would be some bloated chip counts across the room, but there isn't a player of the (165) that remain over 100,000.  Larry Gradus (Margate, FL) is the closest player to the number with 92,000, and is coming off a deep run in the "June $50,000" ($75 No Limit Hold'em $50,000 GTD).  Larry was still around with two tables remaining, but ended up bowing out in 20th place ($515).

Larry Gradus - 92,000

Steven Bennett - 82,000

David Clark - 80,000

Fernando Pages - 80,000

Kenneth Bruno - 65,000

Michael Lewin - 63,000

Stephen Smith - 56,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Registration Period Winding Down For Massive Afternoon Flight

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 283

The final minutes are ticking off the tournament clock in Level 8, with players heading on a (10) minute break at the level's conclusion.  Once the break is over and play resumes, registration will be closed for this flight.  That leaves one more flight this evening (Flight 1H) as the final opportunity for players to try and bag chips...a flight that could be even bigger than this one.

There have been new players arriving every few minutes since the last break, including numerous notables to the Isle Poker Room:

Rafael Ramos
Errol Massey
Evan Teitelbaum
Barry Chazen
Jonathan Marks
Sergio Amato
Richard Blanchar
Bruce Snell
Luke Dootlittle
Arnold Erenstoft
David Coughlin

The clearing out of the tournament area during break will allow for a better view of chip stacks, with updated counts to follow.

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Just A Warm-Up For David Clark

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 7 (Blinds 250/500/50)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 271

David Clark (St. Augustine, FL)

It's still very early, but David Clark (St. Augustine, FL) was leading at the first break of the day, and continues to do so almost an hour later.  Clark is sitting on a stack of 80,000, and although he'd likely sign up for a deep run right now, he's thinking a little bit about the future.  Last year during this same series, Clark reached the final table of both the $360 No Limit Hold'em (Event #7), and the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em FSPC Main Event.  The combined earnings from the two final tables was over $35,000, with both cashes still standing as his career one-two.  

Clark then parlayed those results into a run in the $5,250 SHRPO Championship Event, and min-cashed for $7,500.  A top two or three finish in this tournament would likely best either of last year's results, with the projected first place prize to fall somewhere in the $35,000 range.

David Clark - 84,000

FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1G): Powsner Recapturing The Magic

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 6 (Blinds 200/400/50)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 255

Karin Powsner (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 

Karin Powsner's tournament poker highlight came in 2015, when she finished in third place of Event #8 ($350 No Limit Hold'em) during the Coco Poker Showdown ($32,571).  The next two years would be full of deep runs and cashes, but nothing like that event from Coconut Creek.  While it wasn't a five-figure score, Powsner did earn her first tournament win just a few months ago, taking home first place money in a recurring nightly event ($130 No Limit Hold'em - $3,889).  She entered the field during the last break, and joins a large group of ladies in the field, including:

Debra Neser

Tamra Piderit

Rita Balbirer

Linda Lipkins