$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante (15 minutes remaining)
Players Remaining: 9 of 887

The cards are now in the air for the final table of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship!

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante (15 minutes remaining)
Players Remaining: 9 of 887

Welcome to final table coverage of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship!

What started with a field of 887 entries is down to just nine hopefuls, each looking to capture the first-place prize of $754,083. Two-time WPT champion Aaron Mermelstein (pictured) has been on top of the chip counts since late on Day 2 and is in pole position to capture the title. A talented bunch is hot on his heels, though.

Here is the final table lineup:

Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 2,110,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 2,020,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 2,200,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 2,675,000 (67 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,320,000 (58 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 6,150,000 (154 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 4,045,000 (101 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,555,000 (114 bb)
Seat 9: Joe Kuether – 565,000 (14 bb)

All told, these nine players have more than $17 million in career live tournament earnings. Joe Kuether accounts for nearly $6 million of that number and is the short stack entering the final table. He’ll be multi tabling in Hard Rock Live today as he also is at the final table of the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry).

Cards will be in the air at noon, and we’ll be providing hand-for-hand coverage of the action.

Remaining Prize Pool:

1st: $754,083
2nd: $528,322
3rd: $341,618
4th: $252,481
5th: $191,437
6th: $152,547
7th: $126,305
8th: $100,408
9th: $75,413

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 117

Omar Zazay raised to 28,000 from the button, Isaac Haxton three-bet shoved from the big blind for about 298,000, and Zazay called after a few moments with a slightly covering stack.

Zazay:
Haxton:

The board came down , no help to Haxton, locking up the pot for Zazay.

Omar Zazay – 640,000 (53 bb)
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 117

Doug Polk raised all in for 136,000 from the hijack, and Sam Panzica isolated the pot from the button with a raise of his own.

Polk:
Panzica:

The board came down , no help to Polk, ending his tournament.

Sam Panzica – 980,000 (82 bb)
Doug Polk – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 117

Anthony Spinella opened to 28,000 from early position, Jonathan Jaffe three-bet shoved from the hijack for 127,000, Dan Shak four-bet shoved from the cutoff, and Spinella folded.

Jaffe:
Shak:

The board came down , giving Jaffe queens full of aces to double through Shak.

Jonathan Jaffe – 318,000 (27 bb)
Dan Shak – 270,000 (23 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Upcoming Level 13: 6,000/12,000  with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 117

TABLE 90
Seat 1: Joseph Cheong – 195,000
Seat 2: Erik Seidel – 141,000
Seat 3: Ray Qartomy – 285,000
Seat 4: Omar Zazay – 300,000
Seat 5: Richard Rice – 210,000
Seat 6: Isaac Haxton – 200,000
Seat 7: Alex Papazian – 360,000
Seat 8: Zach Smiley – 200,000

TABLE 91
Seat 1: Kathy Lehne – 205,000
Seat 2: Ben Yu – 240,000
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 170,000
Seat 4: John Andress – 375,000
Seat 5: Dan Colman – 270,000
Seat 6: Matt Glantz – 660,000
Seat 7: Grayson Ramage – 510,000
Seat 8: Chris Hunichen – 765,000

TABLE 92
Seat 1: Jonathan Jaffe – 155,000
Seat 2: Dan Shak – 445,000
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth – 620,000
Seat 4: Mike Leah – 910,000
Seat 5: Jason Mercier – 330,000
Seat 6: Tom Marchese – 60,000
Seat 7: Anthony Spinella – 550,000
Seat 8: Tim West – 270,000

TABLE 93
Seat 1: Jeff Gross – 730,000
Seat 2: Doug Polk – 130,000
Seat 3: Marvin Rettenmaier – 565,000
Seat 4: Sam Panzica – 735,000
Seat 5: Michael Kamran – 250,000
Seat 6: Nick Schulman – 236,000
Seat 7: John Racener – 150,000
Seat 8: Brandon Adams – 470,000

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 5,000/10,000  with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 117

Cate Hall raised all in for about 60,000 from the cutoff and found action from Chris Hunichen in the small blind.

Hall:
Hunichen:

The board came down , safe for Hunichen to score the elimination.

Chris Hunichen – 780,000 (78 bb)
Cate Hall – Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 5,000/10,000  with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 117

Chance Kornuth raised to 23,000 from under the gun, Anthony Spinalla three-bet shoved from the cutoff for about 155,000, Scott Wright called all in from the button for about 90,000, and Kornuth folded.

Spinella:
Wright:

The board came down , giving Spinella a pair of aces to score the elimination.

Anthony Spinella – 290,000 (29 bb)
Scott Wright – Eliminated

Other recent eliminations include Dan Smith and Shaun Deeb.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 11: 4,000/8,000  with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 117

Mike Leah raised to 20,000 from middle position, Matt Glantz called from the hijack, Jonathan Little three-bet shoved for 159,000 from the button, James Calderaro called all in for 129,000 from the small blind, Leah tanked for a bit before he called, and Glantz folded.

Leah:
Little:
Calderaro:

The board came down , giving Leah aces and fives to score the double elimination, easily giving him the chip lead.

Mike Leah – 1,080,000 (135 bb)
James Calderaro – Eliminated
Jonathan Little – Eliminated