Monday was a busy one on the schedule and we had six SHRPO trophies awarded along with more than $1,000,000 in prize money.
The top one gave us an extra bonus day of poker when 12 players returned for Event 1. The big opening tournament on the schedule paid out more than $1.7 million and most it went out yesterday.
When the tournament had six players remaining, they ran the ICM numbers and quickly agreed to a deal that saw everyone pick up a six-digit payday and SHRP favorite Raminer Singh earned $200,000 for the win.
Event 1 final table results:
1st: Raminder Singh – $200,000 + SHRPO Trophy *
2nd: Kevin Blewitt – $176,335 *
3rd: Kayeen Ellis-Kemp – $144,265 *
4th: José Duarte – $120,110 *
5th: Sean Remz – $109,320 *
6th: Kevin Greene – $105,615 *
7th: Devond Marshall – $46,995
8th: Scott Weidema – $30,735
9th: Richard Gress – $21,325
* – denotes results of six-way deal
The other returning tournament was the $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty. Only seven players returned for Day 2 and it was a dominating performance by A.J. Gambino on his way to the title.
With three players remaining, Scott Zakheim and Paul Domb agreed to evenly chop up second and third place money leaving the full first place amount for Gambino. He took home $32,605 plus $4,500 in bounties.
Event 6 final table results:
1st: A.J. Gambino – $32,605 + SHRPO trophy *
2nd: Scott Zakheim – $16,080 *
3rd: Paul Domb – $16,080 *
4th: Arthur Gavrilov – $7,875
5th: David Levi – $6,085
6th: Carlos Guerrero – $4,995
7th: Adam Zeltser – $4,235
8th: Alexander Gofman – $3,695
9th: Scott Robbins – $3,260
* – denotes results of three-way deal
The Seniors Event was the first new tournament on the schedule and the always popular tournament was again a success. It drew 184 entries and Lisa Teebagy won the title for her second win in consecutive SHRP series.
Seniors Event recap and updates
Seniors Event final table results:
1st: Lisa Teebagy – $9,188 + SHRPO Trophy *
2nd: Anthony Hobbs – $8,143 *
3rd: Elizabeth Provan -$8,058 *
4th: Deborah Miller – $7,656 *
5th: Ofer Peleg – $7,130 *
6th: Chris Honore – $2,495
7th: Joseph Tumminelli – $2,125
8th: Lazaro Rodriguez – $1,870
9th: Gerald Silva – $1,620
* – denotes results of five-way deal
We couldn’t have a big day without throwing some Omaha into the mix. Event 9 was a $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament that drew 155 entries that put more than $50,000 in the prize pool. It had a tough final table that included Stewart Yanick, Stephen Ma, Melissa Singh, and poker pro Adam Owen making his SHRPO debut. Harpreet Padda outlasted them all and won his first SHRP title along with $7,511 in a six-way chop.
Event 9 final table results:
1st: Harpreet Padda – $7,511 + SHRPO trophy *
2nd: Charles Simon – $7,049 *
3rd: Antonio Fernández Millán – $6,951 *
4th: Ben Rich – $6,673 *
5th: Melisa Singh – $5,337 *
6th: Stewart Yancik – $4,459 *
7th: Stephen Ma – $1,980
8th: Adam Owen – $1,580
9th: Zhen Cai – $1,290
* – denotes results of six-way deal
Rounding out the action, Event 10 was a long one and a boosted up version of the standard Monday tournament. It had a $150 buy-in with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and a bonus $3,000,000 Guarantee SHRPO Championship seat added to the first place prize.
The sun was almost up when the tournament came to end after the last five players made a deal. Trent Smith won the trophy along with $9,200 and the Championship seat.
Event 10 final table results:
1st: Trent Smith – $9,200 + $5,250 Championship Seat *
2nd: Greg Shanower – $8,794 *
3rd: David Moreno – $8,664 *
4th: Larry Kiang – $6,272 *
5th: Francis Garcia – $5,695 *
6th: Aidan Hynes – $2,865
7th: Quyen Hoang – $2,340
8th: Alan Katsnelson – $1,895
9th: Nigel Murray – $1,425
* – denotes results of five-way deal