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Championship: Aaron Massey Eliminated by Salomon Sutton

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 887

Aaron Massey

Salomon Sutton opened to 2,500 from under the gun and it folded around to the small blind. He called and Aaron Massey moved all in from the big blind for 29,200. Sutton called, the small blind released, and the hands were tabled.

Massey: TsTd
Sutton: AcKc

It was a race and Massey was ahead for the double until Sutton tripped up on the KhKs9s flop. The 2c turn left Massey with two outs but he blanked the 5s river to end his day.

Salomon Sutton – 119,500 (50 bb)
Aaron Massey – Eliminated

Championship: David Bradshaw Eliminated by Taylor Paur

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 887

David Bradshaw

Action folded around to David Bradshaw in the cutoff and he moved all in for 28,000. Taylor Paur moved all in over the top from the button and the blinds released.

Bradshaw: 8d6d
Paur: KsQd

Bradshaw had two live cards to stay alive but missed the AsJdJh flop. Paur paired the Qc turn and Bradshaw was drawing dead to an early exit.

Bradshaw was one of seven players today with a chance to catch Nathan Papp for the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. The remaining players are Robert Mizrachi, Darryll Fish, Staffan Lind, Marsha Wolak, Glenn Becker, and WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champ Tony Sinishtaj.

Taylor Paur – 165,000 (28 bb)
David Bradshaw – Eliminated

Championship: Day 2 Ready to Go

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 266 of 887

Diana Shirey returns for Day 2 with the chip lead

The two starting flights are complete and all survivors return today for Day 2 of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship. The spotlight event of The Big 4 drew 887 entries with 224 players returning for some action today. They pushed the $3 million guaranteed prize pool up to $4.3 million with more than $750,000 set aside for the next SHRPO champ.

Maryland’s Diana Shirey will begin the day with the Championship chip lead and she had a good time getting there. She’s followed by Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Chance Kornuth in second with WSOP bracelet winner David Diaz, WPT SHRP Showdown final table member Shawn Nguyen, and two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Andy Philachak rounding out the top five.

Besides Kornuth, Team SHRP is also represented by Michael Laake, Darryll Fish, and Jessica Dawley. We also have WSOP three Main Event champs coming back with Ryan Riess and Scotty Nguyen joined by reigning champ Scott Blumstein.

The schedule is to play another ten hour-long levels today, with a break every two hours, and those with chips at the end of Level 20 will return tomorrow for Day 3. They will make down to the money later today, likely near the dinner break, when only 111 players remain.

Cards go back in the air at noon and we will track them all the way down.

Top ten returning stacks:

  1. Diana Shirey – 398,900 (199 bb)
  2. Chance Kornuth – 365,000 (183 bb)
  3. David Diaz – 346,000 (173 bb)
  4. Shawn Nguyen – 345,800 (173 bb)
  5. Andy Philachak – 290,000 (145 bb)
  6. Pablo Fernandez – 290,000 (145 bb)
  7. Benjamin Ridgway – 285,900 (143 bb)
  8. Gabriel Andrade – 277,000 (139 bb)
  9. Lahn Pham – 270,500 (135 bb)
  10. Alexander Turyansky – 263,300 (132 bb)

Day 2 Counts | Day 2 Seats | Championship Payouts

SHRPO Day 11 Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $5,250 SHRPO Championship

2PM: Day 1 – $2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 9; No Re-Entries
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Big 4 Freeze-Out Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 47 – $300 Turbo Satellite into Event 12 (1-in-10)

  • 1 seat guaranteed into the $1 Million GTD Big 4 Event 12
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 47 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 48 – $2,650 Big 4 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $25,000 SHRPO High Roller
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 48 Structure Sheet

Championship Day 1B: Break Time Chip Dump; Vornicu Leads Big

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 414
Total Entries: 821

Valentin Vornicu

The second break is complete and nine-time WSOP Circuit champ Valentin Vornicu continues to hold a big lead. He moved up to 181,200 with Wesley Holland and Alan Schein rounding out the six-digit stacks.

Top counts and random notables:

Valentin Vornicu – 181,200 (362 bb)
Wesley Holland – 143,000 (286 bb)
Alan Schein – 101,000 (202 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 98,900 (198 bb)
Stephen Buell – 91,000 (182 bb)
Javier Saralhe – 90,000 (180 bb)
Robert Heidorn – 89,000 (178 bb)
Deborah Lavigne – 88,000 (176 bb)
Ho Duy – 87,000 (174 bb)
Samuel Bernabeu – 81,600 (163 bb)
Alexandre Caperonis – 80,000 (160 bb)
Chris Bolek – 75,000 (150 bb)
Mohsin Virani – 74,500 (149 bb)
Neil Patel – 74,000 (148 bb)
Scott Wright – 71,400 (143 bb)
Jonathan Little – 70,000 (140 bb)
Shaun Deeb – 65,300 (131 bb)
Tim Reilly – 60,000 (120 bb)
Nathan Papp – 57,800 (116 bb)
Nipun Java – 57,000 (114 bb)
Matt Salsberg – 44,000 (88 bb)
Stewart Newman – 43,000 (86 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 41,475 (83 bb)
Scott Blumstein – 40,000 (80 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 39,250 (79 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 39,000 (78 bb)
Loni Harwood – 36,000 (72 bb)
Niall Farrell – 34,850 (70 bb)
Matt Affleck – 31,725 (63 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 31,000 (62 bb)
Darryll Fish – 30,000 (60 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 29,000 (58 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 28,500 (57 bb)
John Dolan – 27,000 (54 bb)
Michael Laake – 26,800 (54 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 26,000 (52 bb)
Tim West – 18,250 (37 bb)

Wesley Holland

Championship Day 1B: Break Again

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 414
Total Entries: 821

It’s time for another break away from the tables. The Flight B players are away for 15 minutes and we’ll take another clean look at the stacks.

The entry count sits at 821 total, leaving the field only four entries away from hitting a $4,000,000 prize pool.

Championship Day 1B: McKeehen and Blumstein Back

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 403
Total Entries: 810

Scott Blumstein (left) and Joe McKeehen (right) re-enter the Championship

It didn’t take long to answer the question about when Joe McKeehen would re-enter the Championship.

He was not gone long and found himself standing at the feeder table with current WSOP Main Event champ Scott Blumstein. Both are on their last entry and Blumstein is now seated next to Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui.

Sheddy Siddiqui (left) and Scott Blumstein (right)

Championship Day 1B: Racener Up; McKeehen Out

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 403
Total Entries: 810

John Racener

The players are still coming in, the stacks are going up, but we are also seeing some players hit the rail.

John Racener is one player moving in the right direction. The 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up sits with 65,000 and one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Meanwhile, in the meeting room we caught 2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen packing up his bag and heading out the door. McKeehen did not fire today so we expect he’ll take a breather, hit the registration desk, and come back for another chance.

Joe McKeehen

Championship Day 1B: Bazeley and Altman Go for Two

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 392
Total Entries: 799

Brian Altman

During the last break, we found two players searching for a second major SHRP title.

Brian Altman began his 2015 campaign with an early title when he won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship for more than $723,000. He followed that up with his first career WSOP Circuit ring a year later.

In November 2015, Jake Bazeley captured the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship title for over $263,000. He continues to pile up the big scores with the latest coming courtesy of a 25th place finish in the WSOP Main Event a few weeks ago.

Each owns a big SHRP trophy but wouldn’t mind adding something to their mantle.

Jake Bazeley