America's Poker Tour Updates

Seth Templeton is your newest America's Poker Tour Champion taking home $57,880. It was a fast final table clocking in at under 3 hours but the Sarasota One Eyed Jacks Champion has been crowned. Seth outlasted a star-studded field to take down the title and the cash. Great job Seth! Final Table finish: 1st Seth Templeton - $44,275 2nd Raymond Jake - 42,482 3rd Matthew Buckshaw - 30,913 4th Stephan Brite - 17,115 5th Carlos Loving - 13,260 6th Michael Turton - 10,850 7th Randy Span - 9,040 8th Tony March - 7,595 9th Steve Allen - 6,270

The TV final table will be live streamed on a 30 minute delay at https://www.youtube.com/ channel/ UCSfUkZc6nHfoakwSJg71tzg/live Level - 21 Blinds - 6k/12k Antes - 2k Remaining - 9/246

George Hajal started the day second in chips but is eliminated just short of the TV final table in 10th place taking home $4940. Great run George! Players are on a 30 minute dinner break while we set up the live stream final table. Streaming on a 30 minute delay on Youtube. $57,880 going to the champion! Level - 21 Blinds - 6k/12k Antes - 2k Remaining - 9/246

Ahn Lu's day comes to an end as he finishes in 11th place for $4940. Great work Lu! Level - 20 Blinds - 5k/10k Antes - 1k Remaining - 10/246

We lost a few more and are down to 11. One more player to the unofficial final table and then one more before the feature final table livestreamed on a 30 minute delay. Link will be posted at americaspokertour.com. 15th - Victor Morcos 14th - Alan Jones 13th - Will Galloway ---------each received $3855 12th - Doyle "Scott" Elliot ---------received 4940 Level - 20 Blinds - 5k/10k Antes - 1k Remaining - 11/246

Carlos Loving gets a much needed triple up with pocket kings versus AK and AQ. Carlos now has 315,000 as is close to chip average. Level - 20 Blinds - 5k/10k Antes - 1k Remaining - 12/246

Eight more are felted including one of Tampa's finest Danny Labato. We are down to 16 players and the pay jumps are increasing. 23rd - Lily Kernick 22nd - Chase Madden 21st - Filipp Khavin 20th - Abdel Bounedono 19th - Danny Labato ----------each received $2650 18th - Tony Vittale 17th - Joey D Pascale 16th - Carl Petrat ----------each received $3015 Level - 20 Blinds - 5k/10k Antes - 1k Remaining - 15/246

Four drop right away! Including Karl Mann who came in today 5th in chips. 27th - Brandon Abbaspour 26th - Karl Mann 25th - Jenny Marczynski 24th - Thomas Thole Each received $2650. Level - 19 Blinds - 4k/8k Antes - 1k Remaining - 23/246

WE ARE IN THE MONEY! The action has been intense and the bubble didn't take long as we are down to 27. Each player is now guaranteed a minimum of $2650, but everyone has their eye on the top price of $58,000! Level - 18 Blinds - 3k/6k Antes - 500 Remaining - 27/246

50 players returned to Sarasota's One Eyed Jacks Poker Room for Day 2 of America's Poker Tour $1100 Main Event. 27 places get paid with close to $58k going to the Champion! Level - 14 Blinds - 1200/2400 Antes - 400 Remaining - 50/246

Official prize pool. Total prize pool $241,080 with first place taking home $57,880. Thanks to all the players that came out to support America's Poker Tour!

Karl Mann is your Flight C chipleader at the end of level 12 with 204,300. Players will play one more level and the bag for day two. Notable chip counts: Karl Mann - 204,300 Seth Templeton - 189,100 Jenny Marczynski - 145,300 Victor Morcos - 124,500 Steve Allen - 85,100 Byron Schenk - 79,600 Collin Baranick - 76,600 Danny Labato - 64,500 Pete Walsworth - 62,100 Steve Berry - 47,200 Allan Hedin - 30,800 Becky Moyer - 0 Level -13 Blinds - 1k/2k Antes - 300 Remaining - 35/115

Big hand at the end of level 12. Jenny Marczynki holds pocket queens on a board of A Q X. She gets it all in and her opponent holds AK. A queen on the river gives her quads and she wins a healthy pot eliminating her opponent. Jenny is currently at 145,300. Level - 12 Blinds - 800/1600 Antes - 200 Remaining -35/71

Registration is officially closed with a total Main Event of 246. Prize pool coming soon. Notable chips counts as we enter level 10. Becky Moyer - 104,200 Allan Hedin - 93,000 Collin Baranick - 82,100 Pete Walsworth - 61,000 John Racener - 58,500 Seth Templeton - 51,000 Steve Allen - 39,500 Karl Mann - 36,900 Marvin Karlins - 20,000 Danny Labato - 16,100 Amelio Amato - 11,800 Michael Mizrachi - 8,000 Level - 10 Blinds - 500/1000 Antes - 100 Remaining - 54/115

After not finding a bag in Flight B yesterday, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi and defending champion John Racener are firing again in flight C. We are well over the $200k guaranteed prize pool and still climbing. Good luck guys! Level - 9 Blinds - 400/800 Antes - 100 Remaining - 55/111

America's Poker Tour Ambassador and Tampa's favorite professor, Marvin "Duckman" Karlins, has entered flight C. When asked where his red chips (5k) went, he said he's already shared them with the table haha. Good luck Duckman! Make us proud.

Chip counts after the first two flights. First six names are Flight A, followed by the names for Flight B. Flight C today with late registration ending at 7pm.

At the end of level 12, we have 20 players remaining from the 90 entries today. Players will come back from break and play one more level to finish at the end of 13 just as Flight A did. Notable Chip Counts: Carlos Loving - 123,300 Aric Pluskat - 109,600 Tony March - 109,000 Jeff Baar - 87,300 Anthony Astarita - 55,200 Jack Dunn - 31,900 Mike Raimon - 0 Level - 13 Blinds - 1k/ Antes - 300 Remaining - 20/90

The chipleader returning from dinner break is Sarasota's own Jack Dunn with 122,600. Good luck Jack! Level - 10 Blinds - 500/1000 Antes - 100 Remaining - 46/90

Flight B players are on a 30 minute dinner break. When they return registration will close. We currently have 90 entries in Flight B bringing the total $1100 Main Event entries to 131. With one more flight remaining tomorrow, we are set for an amazing prize pool! Chip Counts: Jack Dunn - 122,600 Tony March - 90,500 Carlos Loving - 51,000 Anthony Astirita - 42,100 Aric Pluskat - 36,500 John Racener - 36,200 Mike Raimon - 31,800 Mark Hayes - 29,100 Michael Mizrachi - 25,500 Pete Walsworth - 0 Level - 10 Blinds - 500/1000 Antes - 100 Remaining - 46/90

We had a chance to talk with defending champion John Racener and Florida's very own Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi here at Sarasota's One Eyed Jacks Poker Room. Level - 8 Blinds - 300/600 Antes - 75 Remaining -  45/85

At the second break we have 80 entries in Flight B with over two hours of late reg remaining. Pros John Racener and Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi are here and the room is electric! Chip Counts: Chad Pease - 80,650 Jack Dunn - 60,400 Austin Buchanan - 59,300 Jason McMahon - 50,475 Pete Walsworth - 47,475 Lu Ahn - 46,100 Jason Williamson - 42,500 Carlos Loving - 28,525  Mike Raimon - 24,250 Michael Mizrachi - 19,800 John Racener - 11,000 Jeff Baar - 0 Jay O'Loughlin - 0 Level - 7 Blinds - 250/500 Antes - 50 Remaining - 51/80

We are getting some of Tampa's finest here at Sarasota's One Eyed Jacks Poker Room. Anthony Astarita has arrived and is looking to make a run. Good luck Anthony! Level - 5 Blinds - 150/300 Antes - 25 Remaining - 55/69

In a very entertaining (and loud haha) hand, Chad Pease gets it all in with A 8 offsuit against Ad Ks on a board of A 7s 8s 9s. The river is a brick and Chad doubles up and states "I just need one more double up to get my $3300 worth!" Players are having fun. The beer is flowing. And the room is filling up. Late registration is open until 9pm so get to Sarasota's One Eyed Jacks Poker Room for your shot at the title and a piece of the $200k Guaranteed prize pool! Level - 4 Blinds - 100/200 Antes - 25 Remaining - 54/66

At the first break we have many notables in the field. Late registration is open until 9pm and there is a $240 Qualifier tonight at 6:30pm which we expect to have close to 150 entries. Lots of action! Chip Counts: Jason McMahon - 53,675 Pete Walsworth - 50,625 Austin Buchanan - 28,900 Jeff Baar - 22,125 Carlos Loving - 19,425 Mike Raimon - 19,075 Tony March - 18,875 Jay O'Loughlin 17,000 Amelio Amato 14,075 Level - 4 Blinds- 100/200 Antes -25 Remaining -52/60 By Derek Melicher

The chips are being racked as we just got to 15%. Six players bagged for day two which will be on Sunday. We expect great turnouts for Flight B tomorrow and Flight C on Saturday. George Hajal - 242,900 Carl Petrat - 227,600 Chase Madden - 119,500 Will Galloway - 111,500 Doyle Elliot - 69,700 Mark Wiser - 48,800

We've reached the Flight A final table right before dinner break. Players will play 3 more levels or down to 6 players (whichever happens first). George Hajar - 210,600 Carl Petrat - 152,100 Chase Madden - 130,600 Ricky Petal - 69,000 Amelio Amato - 0 Allan Hedin - 0 Level - 13 Blinds - 1k/2k Antes - 300 Remaining - 8/41 -- Derek Melicher

Ricky Patel (pictured) sits at 38,600. Players are on a 30 min dinner break and registration will close when they return. Notable chip counts: Chase Madden - 130,800 Jim Aman - 89,800 Allen Hedin - 42,400 Ricky Patel - 39,100 Amelio Amato - 38,600 Level - 10 Blinds - 400/800 Antes - 100 Remaining - 15/41 -- Derek Melicher

At the end of level 6, we have many notables in Flight A of the $1100 Main Event. Chase Madden leads the way with 88,850. Registration still open for 2.5 hours so lots of play left. Chase Madden - 88,850 Allan Hedin - 79,350 Amelio Amato - 37,200 George Hajal - 35,075 Alex Beece - 0 Level - 7 Blinds - 250/500 Antes - 50 Remaining - 28/41 -- Derek Melicher

Seth Templeton was the Flight A chip leader a year ago when we were here at Sarasota's One Eyed Jacks Poker Room and he was looking to make that a reality again. Seth had ran his 20k chip starting stack up to over 50k by the end of level 3. But during level 4 they all went away leaving a disappointed Seth looking at tomorrow's flights. Level - 5 Blinds - 150/300 Antes - 25 Remaining - 35/40 -- Derek Melicher

The $1100 Main Event is officially underway here at One Eyed Jacks poker room inside Sarasota Kennel Club. $200k Guarantee. Late registration is open until 9pm so get down here and take your shot at the cash and title There are also flights on Friday and Saturday. Day 2 and the final table on Sunday. Full schedule at www.americaspokertour.com . Level - 4 Blinds - 100/200 Antes - 25 Remaining - 36/39 -- Derek Melicher