$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 474

Mike Wang – 73,000
Jared Reinstein – 70,000
Blake Bohn – 64,000
Justin Young – 58,000
James Sutherland – 55,000
Tom Middleton – 49,500
Anthony Spinella – 47,000
Scott Clements – 44,800
Zach Gruneberg – 43,850
Jared Jaffee – 42,500
Ryan Tepen – 38,400
Noah Schwartz – 38,000
Ben Yu – 37,200
Brian Hastings – 37,000
Pratyush Buddiga – 35,500
Shannon Shorr – 34,600
Javier Zarco – 34,000
Ryan Laplante – 33,300
Jeremy Ausmus – 33,000
Christian Harder – 32,200
Jake Schindler – 32,000
Harrison Gimbel – 31,800
Jonathan Duhamel – 31,300
Vinny Pahuja – 30,000
Matt Berkey – 27,500
John Reading – 27,475
Natasha Barbour – 27,400
Hunter Cichy – 26,000
Marvin Rettenmaier – 25,000
Mohsin Charna – 22,750
Cate Hall – 17,475
Jake Schwartz – 17,000
Andy Spears – 17,000
Matt Stout – 16,600
Dan O’Brien – 16,250
Thayer Rasmussen – 15,325
Amir Lehavot – 13,275
Allen Kessler – 8,000
Richard Seymour – 7,650

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 200/400/50
Players: 474

This past summer, Ben Keeline, a down-on-his-luck poker pro, went from driving for Uber in his home state of Colorado to winning the 2016 World Series of Poker $565 Colossus II for $1 million. It was one of the “feel good” stories of the summer.

Keeline, who will be taking his first trip to Europe to play poker later this month, was here at SHRPO looking for more success, but he’s not going to find it in this event as he was just eliminated in the last hand of Level 6.

It happened when Greg Spinder opened for 1,000 from middle position and Keeline jammed for 8,400 from the hijack. The rest of the field folded and Spinder snap-called.

Spinder:
Keeline:

The flop gave Keeline a little help, but he needed more to stay alive. The turn wasn’t what he was looking for, and neither was the river.

Greg Spinder – 30,000
Ben Keeline – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 200/400/50
Players: 471

In October 2014, Scott Davies defeated Jack Salter to win the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Main Event for $850,000 and a gold bracelet.

Since then, he has been traveling the world playing poker, which included a visit to the 2016 SHRPO. Unfortunately for him, his hope of cashing this event just came crashing down.

We missed his demise, but he was kind enough to share some details after the fact. According to him, he was crippled after picking up . He raised to 1,000 from the cutoff, the player in the big blind three-bet to 3,000, and Davies shipped. His opponent, who as it turned out held , called off for 16,000 total and held.

In the very next hand, Scott Clements raised to 1,000 from middle position and then called when Davies jammed for 2,950 total from the hijack.

Clements:
Davies:

Davies got it in good, but he failed to hold as the board ran out .

Scott Davies – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 200/400/50
Players: 471

I had AK vs Q8 on AQ4Q3 and lost a little then got in with 88 vs AK for 45bbs. Tomorrow is the $25500 @shrpo event.

— Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) August 14, 2016

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 200/400/50
Players: 471

A player in middle position opened for 1,200 and Minnesota’s Blake Bohn called from the button. Both blinds folded and it was heads-up action to the flop.

Bohn proceeded to call a bet of 1,200, and then called when his opponent bet 2,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, action went check-check.

“Nines,” declared the middle-position player before tabling the . It was no good as Bohn held top pair with the .

Blake Bohn – 70,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 150/300/50
Players: 460

Aaron Massey – Eliminated
Kathy Liebert – Eliminated
Daniel Strelitz – Eliminated
Joe McKeehen – Eliminated
Neil Blumenfield – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 5: 150/300/50
Players: 460

With around 7,000 in the pot and a board reading , the under-the-gun player checked and Las Vegas poker pro Matt Berkey did the same from middle position.

When the completed the board on the river, the under-the-gun player checked and Berkey tossed out a single gray chip for a bet of 5,000. His opponent snap called and Berkey confidently rolled over the . However it was no good as his opponent held a bigger flush with the .

Matt Berkey – 14,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 4: 100/200/25
Players: 444

After the under-the-gun player raised to 500 and both a player in middle position and the cutoff called, Minnesota’s Blake Bohn, a Mid-States Poker Tour Pro, called from the big blind to make it four-way action to a [8h5dqc] flop.

Bohn checked, the original raiser continued for 1,300, and the middle-position player folded. The cutoff called and then the remaining three players checked after the turn paired the board.

When the double paired the board on the river, all three players checked once again. Bohn quickly tabled the for eights full of queens, and it was good as both his opponents mucked.

Blake Bohn – 33,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 4: 100/200/25
Players: 429

Ryan Tepen limped from middle position and Mike Leah, who was to his direct left, raised to 700. The player in the big blind called, as did Tepen, and three players saw a flop of .

Two checks saw Leah continue for 1,100, the big blind folded, and Tepen called to see the turn. Tepen checked, Leah bet 2,500, and Tepen check-raised to 5,500. Leah responded by moving all in for 14,300 and Tepen snap-called.

Tepen:
Leah:

Tepen flopped a set to pull ahead of Leah’s aces, and the river allowed him to dispatch a tough opponent.

Ryan Tepen – 50,000
Mike Leah – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 4: 100/200/25
Players: 399

Level 4 is underway. Here are some notable chip counts from the break:

Alexander Vhanas – 44,450
Tom Thomas – 42,000
Blake Bohn – 40,000
Mike Wang – 35,800
Shannon Shorr – 32,000
Ryan Tepen – 29,700
Matt Stout – 27,000
Harrison Gimbel – 26,200
Jonathan Little – 26,000
Jake Cody – 25,300
Scott Clements – 25,050
Kane Kalas – 25,000
Nick Yunis – 24,675
Melanie Weisner – 24,600
Brian Hastings – 24,000
Anthony Spinella – 23,900
Darren Rabinowitz – 23,000
Jason Wheeler – 20,400
Darryll Fish – 20,225
Scott Davies – 19,600
Mike Leah – 19,950
Vinny Pahuja – 19,400
Ryan Olisar – 19,000
Allen Kessler – 18,600
Joe McKeehen – 18,550
Mukul Pahuja – 16,000
Jonathan Duhamel – 14,500
Jennifer Tilly – 10,800