$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 407
Scott Clements, who was our 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $2,200 Pot Limit Omaha champion, moved all in on the board of 
from the small blind and Paul Volpe called all in for 52,400.
Clements turned over 
and was behind Volpe’s 
. The 
hit the river and Volpe’s higher two-pair secured him the double.
Paul Volpe – 136,000
Scott Clements – 35,000
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 158 of 407
Jason Koon who is our reigning champion, moved all in for 27,000 on a flop of 
and Jonathan Jaffe called. Koon turned over and was in good shape against Jaffe’s 
.
The board ran out 
, 
and Koon’s pocket queens held up keeping him in contention to defend his title.
Jason Koon – 80,000
Jonathan Jaffe – 178,000
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 158 of 407
Curt Kohlberg opened the cutoff to 2,400, and Aaron Massey three-bet shoved for 17,900 in the small blind. Kohlberg eventually called to put him at risk.
Kohlberg:
Massey: 
The board ran out 
, and Massey doubled up.
Aaron Massey – 38,600 (32 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – 57,000 (48 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Total Entries: 407
Level 9 is under way, and the staff has finalized the numbers. During the break, Mark Herm snuck into the field before the close of registration, bringing the total to 407 entries for Day 1A.
That turnout puts the field more than two-thirds of the way to reaching the $3 million guarantee.
The Day 1B flight runs tomorrow starting at 11 a.m.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 406
Level 8 is complete, and the field is on their last break of the night. When they return, registration and re-entry will close for this flight, so this represents the last chance to join (or re-join) the Day 1A field.
Two more levels are on deck following the break, after which the survivors will bag up for the night.
Danny Shiff has taken over the chip lead, one of three players with more than 200,000 chips at the break. Here’s the top of the leaderboard:
Danny Shiff – 273,000
Nick Nieto – 248,000
Danny Schechter – 203,000
The board shows 406 entries so far.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 406
A player in middle position opened to 2,200, and Jake Schwartz three-bet shoved for 9,700. Curt Kohlberg called behind him, and the initial raiser folded out of the way to leave Schwartz heads-up for his tournament life. He was dominated.
Schwartz: 
Kohlberg: 
Schwartz out-flopped Kohlberg, though, and the 
run-out doubled him up.
Jake Schwartz – 80,000 (133 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – 23,600 (30 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405
Alex Queen opened to 2,500 from late position and Anthony Spinella, who final tabled the $25,500 High Roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown last April, called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The 
came on the turn, Spinella checked, and Queen bet 3,200. Spinella called. The 
hit the river, and both players checked. Spinella turned over 
for the winning two-pair and Queen mucked.
Anthony Spinella – 120,000
Alex Queen – 90,000
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405
Seminole Hard Rock team member Darryll Fish and Robert Mizrachi were both all in preflop with Fish having Mizrachi slightly covered.
Darryll Fish: win 81.3% tie 0.35%
Robert Mizrachi: 
win 18.4% tie 0.35%
The board came 
and Mizrachi hit his gutshot on the river to leave Fish with crumbs.
Robert Mizrachi – 95,000
Darryll Fish – 1,500
The very next hand Fish was eliminated when he was all in with pocket jacks against Jeff Gross’s 
. Fish flopped a set of jacks but Gross ran out a straight on the river.
Darryll Fish – Eliminated
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405
The board showed 
, and there was just under 40,000 in the middle of a heads-up pot. John Hennigan moved all in from the blinds, putting A.J. Kelsall to the test for his last 30,400. Kelsall took a long soak in the tank before calling to put himself at risk.
Hennigan showed a defeated , and Kelsall tabled 
to double up with tens up.
A.J. Kelsall – 99,000 (124 bb)
John Hennigan – 7,500 (9 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405
Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Affleck moved all in for his last 7,100 and got called by Chris Hunichen. It was a race as Affleck’s was up against Hunichen’s pocket sixes.
The board came 
and Hunichen ran out a straight eliminating Affleck from today’s Day 1A field.
Chris Hunichen – 78,000
Matt Affleck – Eliminated
