Day 4 of WPT Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open Sees 17 Players Remain and Fabian Gumz in the Lead

By Tim Duckworth

Welcome back to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, for Day 4 of the Season XVIII WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

There are 17 players remaining from the 988-entrant field, and those players are all guaranteed a $22,975 payday. The schedule for the day will see play continue until the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open final table of six players is reached and a $111,895 payday awaits.

Leading the field into Day 4 is Germany’s Fabian Gumz who went on a late rush to finish with 6,620,000 in chips ahead of his nearest rivals Cesar Fuentes (4,075,000), Danny Fuhs (3,715,000), Milen Stefanov (3,115,000), and David Novosel (3,055,000) as the only players with over 3 million in chips.

Still in contention are WPT Champions Club members Aaron Mermelstein (1,950,000) and Jonathan Jaffe (790,00) who are both in the hunt and searching for their third WPT title to join other three-time WPT champions that include Carlos Mortensen, Gus Hansen, Chino Rheem, and Anthony Zinno.

With Donald Maloney finishing in 41st place, he ascended into the lead in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year standings with 1,300 points ahead of Aaron Van Blarcum (1,275 points) and Geoffrey Hum (1,250 points). Jeffrey Colpitts sits with 2,570,000 in chips and has ammassed 400 points this season following his sixth-place finish at WPT Maryland at Live! Casino, and if he finishes in third place he will be tied with Maloney, while second-place-or-better will move him into first overall.

Table 39
Seat 1: Roman Korenev – 1,425,000
Seat 2: David Novosel – 3,055,000
Seat 3: Aaron Mermelstein – 1,950,000
Seat 4: — empty —
Seat 5: — empty —
Seat 6: Jeff Blenkarn – 2,215,000
Seat 7: Mitchell Smith – 1,375,000
Seat 8: Antonio Mallol – 1,585,000

Table 40
Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: Arkadiy Tsinis – 1,375,000
Seat 3: Cesar Fuentes – 4,075,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Colpitts – 2,570,000
Seat 5: — empty —
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe – 790,000
Seat 7: Fabian Gumz – 6,620,000
Seat 8: Toby Joyce – 1,345,000

Table 50
Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: Milen Stefanov – 3,115,000
Seat 3: — empty —
Seat 4: Hiroaki Harada – 635,000
Seat 5: Bin Weng – 2,185,000
Seat 6: — empty —
Seat 7: Danny Fuhs – 3,715,000
Seat 8: Francis Anderson – 1,500,000

With that, the stage is now set for Day 4 of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event to begin at 12 p.m. (ET) from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Stay tuned right here to WPT.com for the exclusive live coverage of the tournament from start to finish to see who becomes the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open champion, and wins his or her way to the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

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