$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 480
The clock has run out on Day 1B, and the survivors in the process of bagging up. A recap of the day’s action will be posted alongside the end-of-day chip counts shortly.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 10: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 185 of 480
Adnan “nypokerking” Mohammad shoved his last ten big blinds with 
and got called by pocket nines.
Mohammad couldn’t win the flip as the board came seven high, eliminating Mohammad from today’s $5,250 Championship field.
Adnan Mohammad – Eliminated
Players Remaining: 198 of 480
Lexy Gavin was all in pre flop with 
for her last 18,000 against Jay Casey’s 
.
The board ran clean 
until the 
hit the river giving Casey a pair of aces eliminating Gavin.
Jay Casey – 50,000
Lexy Gavin – Eliminated
Scott Blumstein bet 3,000 on a flop of 
and Mike Leah called from the button. The 
hit the turn, Blumstein checked and Leah bet 5,000. Blumstein three-bet to 12,000, Leah four-bet to 20,000 and Blumstein went all in.
Leah turned over 
but was no good against Blumstein’s 
trip deuces. The 
came on the river to give Blumstein quad deuces to double through Leah.
Scott Blumstein – 78,000
Mike Leah – 48,000
Mike Leah opened to 2,200 from early position and Scott Blumstein called from the big blind. The flop came 
Blumstein led 7,000, Leah three-bet to 12,600 and Blumstein called.
The hit the turn, Blumstein bet and Leah put out a stack of 5,000 chips enough to cover his opponent. Blumstein thought about it four minutes into the break and decided to fold.
“You’re lucky Joe [McKeehen] was standing behind me or I would have called, he saved you”
Mike Leah – 86,500
Scott Blumstein – 40,000
Sam Taylor opened to 2,500 from middle position and the hijack moved all in for around 30,000. Taylor thought a while before eventually calling with 
. His opponent turned over and the race was on.
The board came 
and Taylor’s pocket nines held up eliminating his opponent.
Sam Taylor – 80,000
Total Entries: 878
Today is Seminole Hard Rock team member Stewart Newman’s birthday.
Newman moved all in for around 20,000 from the cutoff and Justin Warner called from late position. It was a coin flip as Newman turned over 
against Warner’s .
The board came 
and Warner hit a pair of aces to eliminated Newman on his birthday.
Justin Warner – 92,000
Stewart Newman – Eliminated
On a board reading 
Valentin Vornicu made it 9,000 from the button. Seminole Hard Rock Team Member Chance Kornuth three-bet to 21,000 and Vornicu called.
The 
hit the river and Kornuth shoved for around 20,000. Vornicu thought for a while before eventually folding.
Chance Kornuth – 90,000
Valentin Vornicu – 115,000
Total Entries: 876
Bryn Kenney opened to 2,000 from late position, Kevin Saul callled from the cutoff, as did Matt Salsberg and Barry Hutter.
The flop came 
it checked around to Saul who bet 3,500, Kenney three-bet to 10,000, and Saul put him all in.
Kenney called with 
for a flopped straight and Saul turned over for top two-pair. The turn 
gave Saul more outs. The hit the river, and Kenney’s straight held.
Bryn Kenney – 95,000
Kevin Saul – 48,000
Total Entries: 861
The 75-minute recess gave us a chance to scout the room for big and notable stacks. Here are a few:
John Lennon – 217,000
Jose Reyes – 162,400
Niall Farrel – 136,900
John Dubois – 134,000
Jason Southwell – 115,500
Diana Shirey – 112,000
Blake Bohn – 110,000
Kane Kalas – 79,600
Ryan LaPlante – 64,500
Jonathan Little – 53,800
Adnan Mohammad – 53,000
Scott Blumstein – 43,400
Dan Shak – 39,300
John Dolan – 37,800
Corey Burbick – 36,000
Chino Rheem – 36,000
Ben Yu – 35,900
Jacob Bazeley – 32,300
Michael Laake* – 27,300
Brian England – 26,500
Noah Schwartz – 25,500
Phil Hui – 19,400
Matt Affleck* – 19,200
*denotes Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member