Day 4 Ends a Little Early

Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

It was a speedy Day 4 at the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown as the field went from 51 to 18 players in the span of just seven and a half hours.

Blair Hinkle is the player to beat heading into Day 5.  He is the chip leader with 1,783,000, while Day 3 chip leader Taylor Von Kreigenbergh ended the day in second place with 1,341,000.  Past WPT title winner Tommy Vedes is still in the field, as is the only player who can catch Andy Frankenberger in the WPT Player of the Year race, Noah Schwartz.

Day 5 will see the players convene in the poker room at 12PM and play until the six-handed final table is set.  Here are the chip counts and seat assignments for the start of play tomorrow:

Seat 1: Abbey Daniels – 1,038,000 (87 BBs)
Seat 2: Nick Avena – 428,000 (36 BBs)
Seat 3: Noah Schwartz – 152,000 (13 BBs)
Seat 4: Allen Bari – 866,000 (72 BBs)
Seat 5: Bruce Snell – 1,235,000 (103 BBs)
Seat 6: James Mackey – 958,000 (80 BBs)
Seat 7: Ronny Beda – 274,000 (23 BBs)
Seat 8: Justin Zaki – 678,000 (57 BBs)
Seat 9: Zuhdi Mansour – 365,000 (31 BBs)

Seat 1: Derek Buonano – 233,000 (19 BBs)
Seat 2: John Dobson -156,000 (13 BBs)
Seat 3: Kazu Oshima – 480,000 (40 BBs)
Seat 4: Blair Hinkle – 1,783,000 (149 BBs)
Seat 5: Taylor Von Kriegenbergh – 1,341,000 (112 BBs)
Seat 6: Mike Shklover – 869,000 (72 BBs)
Seat 7: Tommy Vedes – 907,000 (76 BBs)
Seat 8: Charles Wiper – 828,000 (69 BBs)
Seat 9: Curt Kohlberg – 403,000 (34 BBs)