$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 48 of 483
Flight A came to an end with 48 players advancing to Day 2, and 9:31 remaining in Level 17. The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight flights. Players who survive multiple flights, will play their largest stack on Day 2, and receive $2,500 for each of their smaller stacks.
Here are the six players from Flight A who bagged up at least 300K:
1. Bret Grebow – 557,500 2. James Salmon – 429,500 3. Dejan Petkovic – 388,500 4. Jason Young – 361,000 5. Frankie Flowers – 356,000 6. David Bradshaw, Jr. – 317,000
Flight B is currently underway, with registration open (unlimited re-entries) until 11:45 pm.
There will be two more flights tomorrow (Friday), with Flight C beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight D beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 48 of 483
With 49 players remaining, and only 48 advancing to Day 2 to reach the money, a player got it all in with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Paul Pantoja’s .
But the board came , and Pantoja rivered a diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate his opponent to burst the Money Bubble and end Flight A.
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/300 with a 300 ante Flight B Entries: 284
The players in Flight B return from their first break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 200/300 and a big-blind ante of 300.
There are currently 284 entries and counting, with unlimited re-entries until registration closes at the start of Level 13 (11:45 pm). The field will play down to the final 10% of the field before stopping for the night.
A scan of the field turned up three players with at least 50K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida SHRPO Championship $5,250 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed Entries: 914 Prize Pool: $4,432,900 August 10-14, 2018
Brandon Eisen came into the final table of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship with the chip lead, and while he didn’t lead wire-to-wire, he comfortably cruised to heads-up play against Jeremy Ausmus.
Even though Eisen entered heads-up play with a big lead, both players had more than 100 big blinds, and Ausmus put up a strong fight that lasted more hands (84 hands) than it took to reach heads-up play (61 hands). But Eisen came out on top to win the top prize of $771,444.
These were the official chip counts at the start of the final table:
In Hand #8, Stoyan Obreshkov and Marcos Exterkotter built up a pot of 3.2 million on a board of . Obreshkov moved all in, and Exterkotter called with . But Obreshkov turned over for a seven-high straight to send Exterkotter home in ninth place.
Marcos Exterkotter – Eliminated in 9th Place ($77,132)
In Hand #17, Joseph Cheong shoved for 13 big blinds with , but it failed to hold up against the of Jeremy Ausmus, and Cheong busted in eighth place.
Joseph Cheong – Eliminated in 8th Place ($102,843)
In Hand #26, Jared Griener check-raised all in after a flop of . Obreshkov called with , and Griener was on a draw with . The on the turn completed Griener’s flush, but the on the river gave Obreshkov a full house to eliminate Griener in seventh place.
Jared Griener – Eliminated in 7th Place ($129,308)
Ido Ashkenazi had been the short stack ever since Cheong busted, and he had slowly dwindled down to just five big blinds by the time he shoved with in Hand #54. Unfortunately, he ran into Eisen’s , and the best hand held up to bust Ashkenazi in sixth place.
Ido Ashkenazi – Eliminated in 6th Place ($156,215)
Three hands later, in Hand #57, Adam Adler three-bet all in with , and Ausmus called with . Usually this would be a chop, with Adler the favorite to make a flush. But the board came , sending Adler home in fifth place on one of the most annoying beats in hold’em.
Adam Adler – Eliminated in 5th Place ($195,491)
The players were still talking about that hand when another all-in situation developed in Hand #58. Eisen four-bet all in, and D’Angelo called with — the same hand that sent Adler home a few minutes earlier. Eisen turned over , and it was a race situation.
The board came , and the pocket sixes held for Eisen to win the pot and eliminate D’Angelo in fourth place.
Ryan D’Angelo – Eliminated in 4th Place ($258,615)
Stoyan Obreshkov was the short stack at that point, but he still had more than 50 big blinds, and with 90-minute levels, there should have been no sense of urgency.
But three hands later, in Hand #61, Obreshkov raised, Ausmus called, and Eisen three-bet it from the big blind. Obreshkov called, and Ausmus folded. There was already more than 2.8 million in the pot as the flop came . Eisen bet 900K, and Obreshkov called, building the pot to 4.6 million.
The turn card was the , Eisen check-raised all in, and Obreshkov called with and a freshly-turned pair of queens. But Eisen turned over , and when the hit the river, Obreshkov was out in third place.
Stoyan Obreshkov – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($349,889)
Unbelievably, it took only 61 hands to shrink the field down from nine to two, but that meant the final two were deep, with more than 100 big blinds each. These were the approximate chip counts at the start of heads-up play:
The situation didn’t change much over the next 23 hands. Then, in Hand #84, Eisen and Ausmus saw a flop of . Ausmus bet 300,000, and Eisen called. the turn was the , Ausmus bet 800,000, and Eisen called.
The river card was the , Ausmus checked, Eisen bet 2.1 million, and Ausmus check-raised to 8 million. Eisen eventually called with for a rivered nine-high straight, but Ausmus turned over to win a pot worth 18.9 million with a flopped full house.
The chip stacks didn’t change too much over the next 22 hands, until the next big pot in Hand #107. Eisen three-bet it before a flop of , and then check-called a 1 million bet from Ausmus. The turn was the , and again Eisen checked, Ausmus bet 2.5 million, and Eisen called.
With 9.95 million in the pot, the river card was the . Eisen checked for the third street in a row, and Ausmus moved all in.
Eisen tanked for a long time before he called, and Ausmus showed for a flopped two pair. But Eisen turned over to win the pot with a jack-high straight and double up into a massive 30 million-to-6 million chip lead.
Ausmus was knocked down, but not out, and he fought hard for more than an hour on the short stack, making great folds and unwilling to give up.
But as the blinds got larger and his stack got smaller, he would have to make a stand, and when Eisen shoved the button in Hand #144 with , Ausmus eventually called all in for 19 big blinds with .
The board came — Eisen flopped two pair and Ausmus turned a king, but the river card was a blank. Eisen won the pot — and the SHRPO Championship — with two pair, queens and jacks.
And with that, the $5,250 SHRPO Championship was the third of the Big 4 tournaments to come to an end. Here are the final table results:
1st: Brandon Eisen – $771,444 2nd: Jeremy Ausmus – $540,459 3rd: Stoyan Obreshkov – $349,889 4th: Ryan D’Angelo – $258,615 5th: Adam Adler – $195,491 6th: Ido Ashkenazi – $156,215 7th: Jared Griener – $129,308 8th: Joseph Cheong – $102,843 9th: Marcos Exterkotter – $77,132
$5,250 SHRPO Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 914
Hand #144 – Brandon Eisen moved all in from the small blind/button, and Jeremy Ausmus tanked for a long time before he called all in from the big blind for 3,825,000 with .
Eisen turned over , and Ausmus needed his king-high hand to hold to stay alive.
The flop came , and Eisen flopped two pair to take a big lead.
The turn card was the , and Ausmus turned a pair of kings to pick up some outs to survive. Ausmus needed a king or a five to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Brandon Eisen won the pot — and the SHRPO Championship — with two pair, queens and jacks.
Jeremy Ausmus finished as the runner-up, earning $540,459.
Brandon Eisen won the 2018 SHRPO Championship, earning $771,444 and a SHRPO trophy.
Congratulations to Brandon Eisen!
1st: Brandon Eisen – $771,444 2nd: Jeremy Ausmus – $540,459 3rd: Stoyan Obreshkov – $349,889 4th: Ryan D’Angelo – $258,615 5th: Adam Adler – $195,491 6th: Ido Ashkenazi – $156,215 7th: Jared Griener – $129,308 8th: Joseph Cheong – $102,843 9th: Marcos Exterkotter – $77,132
$5,250 SHRPO Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 914
Hand #138 – Brandon Eisen limped for 200,000, Jeremy Ausmus moved all in, and Eisen folded. Ausmus took the pot.
Hand #139 – Jeremy Ausmus limped for 200,000, Brandon Eisen moved all in, and Ausmus folded. Eisen took the pot.
Hand #140 – Brandon Eisen limped for 200,000, and Jeremy Ausmus checked his option. Both players checked to the river on a board of . Ausmus checked, Eisen bet 600,000, and Ausmus folded. Eisen took the pot.
Hand #141 – Jeremy Ausmus limped for 200,000, and Brandon Eisen checked his option. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Eisen bet 300,000, and Ausmus called.
The river card was the , and both players checked. Eisen showed , but Ausmus turned over to win the pot with two pair, jacks and deuces.
Hand #142 – Brandon Eisen folded, giving Jeremy Ausmus a walk.
Hand #143 – Jeremy Ausmus raised to 400,000, and Brandon Eisen called. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Eisen bet 400,000, and Ausmus folded. Eisen took the pot.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 31: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 914
Hand #132 – Brandon Eisen raised to an unknown amount, and Jeremy Ausmus quickly folded.
Hand #133 – Jeremy Ausmus limped for 200,000, and Brandon Eisen checked his option. The flop came , Eisen checked, Ausmus bet 200,000, and Eisen called. The turn card was the , and both players checked.
The river card was the , Eisen checked, Ausmus bet 500,000, and Eisen tanked for a while before he called. Ausmus showed to win the pot with a pair of jacks, and Eisen mucked.
Hand #134 – Brandon Eisen limped for 200,000, and Jeremy Ausmus checked his option. The flop came , Ausmus checked, Eisen bet 200,000, and Ausmus called. The turn card was the , Ausmus checked, Eisen bet 600,000, and Ausmus folded. Eisen took the pot.
Hand #135 – Jeremy Ausmus limped for 200,000, Brandon Eisen moved all in, and Ausmus quickly folded. Eisen took the pot.
Hand #136 – Brandon Eisen moved all in, and Jeremy Ausmus folded.
Hand #137 – Jeremy Ausmus moved all in for about 2.8 million, and Brandon Eisen folded. Ausmus took the pot.