Nov 23, 2018
Day 1A of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open came to an end with 149 players remaining from a field of 417, and the big stack belonged to Ajay Gnanasambanthan (pictured) with 364,500 (243 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts are at the bottom of this post, but here are the top five:
1. Ajay Gnanasambanthan – 364,500 (243 bb)
2. Tony Sinishtaj – 318,500 (212 bb)
3. Lucas Braga – 312,500 (208 bb)
4. Ryan Hughes – 278,500 (186 bb)
5. Erkut Yilmaz – 266,000 (177 bb)
Day 1B begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:00 noon EST, with unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the start of Level 9 (around 10:15 pm). Return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.
Ajay Gnanasambanthan – 364,500
Tony Sinishtaj – 318,500
Lucas Braga – 312,500
Ryan Hughes – 278,500
Erkut Yilmaz – 266,000
Alexander Gofman – 255,000
Pavel Plesuv – 245,500
Marc Macdonnell – 215,500
Peter Lockwood – 215,000
Michael Rossitto – 213,000
Aaron Massey – 206,500
Nicholas Augustino – 205,000
David Guay – 200,000
Bruce Kramer – 197,500
John Dubois – 196,000
Josh Kay – 192,500
Roberto Bendeck – 189,500
Peter Eichhardt – 189,000
Jeremiah Williams – 187,500
Carlos Cruz – 184,000
Robert Greenberg – 184,000
Michael Jagroo – 183,500
Natalia Panchenko – 177,000
Femi Fashakin – 176,500
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 176,000
Haim Toorgeman – 175,000
Alan Wentz – 174,000
Jeremy Joseph – 172,000
Aleksey Istomin – 171,500
Jason Cruse – 170,500
Ofer Peleg – 170,500
Joseph McKeehen – 169,500
Arsenii Kapmatchkii – 167,500
Edward McNamara – 165,000
Arunas Sapitavicius – 160,500
Joey Weissman – 158,000
Edward Foster – 156,000
Michael Dwyer – 149,000
Ido Ashkenazi – 148,500
Jonathan Jaffe – 147,000
Brett Apter – 141,000
Miguel Capriles – 141,000
Adam Hendrix – 138,500
Jeffrey Colpitts – 138,000
Guillaume Diaz – 136,500
Michael Tureniec – 136,500
Brock Wilson – 135,500
Martin Mathis – 133,000
Steven Karp – 132,500
Sorel Mizzi – 131,500
Nadir Lalji – 131,000
Rajai Wazwaz – 129,000
Joseph Couden – 127,500
Loni Harwood – 126,500
Zachary Goodman – 126,000
Curt Kohlberg – 125,500
George Hortelano – 125,000
Rogen Chhabra – 124,000
Vladislav Mezheritsky – 123,000
Benjamin Yu – 123,000
Scott Zakheim – 122,500
Jorge Martinez – 122,000
Viet Vo – 119,500
Ryan Anderkin – 118,000
Nick Raio – 116,500
Ryan Yu – 113,500
Justin Harvell – 111,000
Peter Shapiro – 107,500
Brian Altman – 107,000
Phil Laak – 102,000
Troy Quenneville – 100,000
Justin Zaki – 98,500
Igor Titovets – 93,500
Lumni Zhuta – 92,500
Matthew Leecy – 92,000
Christopher Bolek – 91,500
Edgar Varas – 91,500
Alberto Rodriguez – 90,500
Jorge Gomez – 90,000
Oliver Weis – 90,000
Jared Hemingway – 87,500
Anthony Zinno – 87,500
Heidi Erickson – 86,500
Corey Burbick – 86,000
Alexander Peirce – 85,500
Faisal Khan – 85,000
Ivan Deyra – 84,000
David Yun – 84,000
Thomas Gity – 83,500
Mark Morris – 83,500
Marc Duquette – 83,000
John Strzemp – 83,000
Samuel Phillips – 82,500
Larry Lipman – 82,000
Sam Panzica – 82,000
A.J. Gambino – 80,500
David Peters – 80,500
Joshua Garber – 78,000
Steven Wolansky – 78,000
Ory Hen – 77,500
Jorge Aristizabal – 76,000
Thomas Burandt – 75,000
Christopher Weber – 75,000
Jerry Wong – 75,000
Jake Bazeley – 73,500
Michael Garavuso – 72,000
Jose Cavazos – 68,500
Staffan Lind – 68,500
David Clark – 67,500
Aleksei Ponomarev – 66,000
Boris Kolev – 65,500
Jake Schwartz – 65,500
Jennifer Tilly – 65,000
Danglis Tompkins – 63,000
Erik Christensen – 62,000
Daria Feshchenko – 61,500
Richard Rice – 59,000
Joe Serock – 57,500
Richard Alsup – 56,500
Riley Fuller – 56,000
Matthew Wantman – 55,000
Clement Delacroix – 53,500
Ralph Massey – 53,500
Jaime Campos – 53,000
Philip Consolo – 53,000
Nissin Vaknin – 45,500
Jeff Gross – 43,000
Brian Hastings – 43,000
Donovan Walker – 42,500
Marc Wolfe – 42,500
Alex Rocha – 41,500
Jeffrey Fielder – 41,000
David Levi – 39,000
Raj Vohra – 38,500
Jaime Wiegrefe – 38,000
Georges Boyadjian – 36,000
Steve Moreno – 35,500
Kurt Lichtman – 33,500
Anthony Diotte – 33,000
Heinz Schluter – 32,500
Stephen Sullo – 26,500
Yvonne McQuillan – 24,000
Abbey Daniels – 23,500
Kelly Minkin – 23,500
Kharlin Sued – 22,000
James Rann – 19,500
Jason Wandling – 15,500
Anthony Utnage – 14,000
Matthew Waxman – 12,500
Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com