$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 41

HAND #29  –  Jason Mercier completed the small blind to 20,000, and Tom Boivin checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Mercier bet 20,000, and Boivin folded. Mercier took the pot.

HAND #30  –  Jason Mercier raised from the button to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #31  –  Jason Mercier raised UTG/cutoff to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #32  –  Everyone folded to Jason Mercier, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #33  –  Jason Mercier raised from the small blind to about 380,000, showing as he took the blinds and ante.

HAND #34  –  Jason Mercier moved all in from the button, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #35  –  Everyone folded to Giuseppe Iadisernia, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #36  –  Tom Boivin raised UTG/cutoff to 210,000 (with 40K behind), taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #37  –  Jason Mercier completed the small blind to 20,000, Tom Boivin moved all in from the big blind for 280,000, and Mercier folded.

HAND #38  –  Jason Mercier raised from the button to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #39  –  Jason Mercier raised UTG/cutoff to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #40  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia completed the small blind to 20,000, and Jason Mercier checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Iadisernia bet 60,000, and Mercier folded. Iadisernia took the pot.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 41

HAND #27  –  Franklin Fok moved all in from the button for 245,000, and Manig Loeser moved all in over the top from the small blind for 345,000.

Manig Loeser:  
Franklin Fok:  

The board came , and Fok paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Franklin Fok  –  530,000  (27 bb)
Manig Loeser  –  100,000  (5 bb)

HAND #28  –  Manig Loeser raised button to 95,000, leaving himself just 5,000 behind, and Jason Mercier called from the big blind and showed , thinking Loeser was all in.

Mercier bet 5,000 in the dark to put Loeser all in, and the flop came , giving Mercier top pair with top kicker.

Loeser called with for a diamond flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card is the , and Mercier won the pot with his pair of eights to eliminate Loeser in fifth place. Mercier now has more than 65% of all the chips in play.

Jason Mercier  –  3,370,000  (169 bb)
Manig Loeser  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($139,195)

The final four players are guaranteed at least $198,850 each.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 41

HAND #14  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia limped from the cutoff for 20,000, Tom Boivin moved all in from the small blind for about 280,000, and Iadisernia folded. Boivin took the pot.

HAND #15  –  Everyone folded to Franklin Fok, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #16  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia raised from the hijack to 85,000, and Jason Mercier called from the cutoff. The flop came , Iadisernia checked, Mercier bet 80,000, and Iadisernia folded. Mercier took the pot.

HAND #17  –  Jason Mercier raised under the gun to 40,000, Tom Boivin moved all in from the cutoff for 300,000, and Mercier folded. Boivin took the pot.

HAND #18  –  Everyone folded to Jason Mercier, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #19  –  Jason Mercier completed the small blind to 20,000, Tom Boivin moved all in from the big blind for 370,000, and Mercier folded. Boivin took the pot.

HAND #20  –  Jason Mercier raised from the button to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #21  –  Jason Mercier raised from the cutoff to 500,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #22  –  Everyone folded to Giuseppe Iadisernia, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #23  –  Manig Loeser raised from the button to 330,000 (with 5K behind), taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #24  –  Jason Mercier moved all in from the small blind, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #25  –  Jason Mercier moved all in from the button, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #26  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia limped under the gun for 20,000, Jason Mercier raised from the cutoff to 65,000, and Iadisernia called. The flop came , Iadisernia moved all in for about 710,000, and Mercier folded. Iadisernia took the pot.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 290

The first break is complete and Championship players are back in their seats. Out of all of them, it seems Trent Smith had the best time so far. He ran his 40,000 starting stack all the way up to 134,000 in two hours for 447 big blinds at this point.

Smith is having a nice run this week; besides his fine start today, he won SHRPO Event 10 a few days ago. That win earned him $9,200 along with his seat today in the Championship.

Other big stacks include Mike Del Vecchio (98,100), Jacob Naumann (81,000), Mike Leah (80,000), and Mike Graffeo (78,000).

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 41

HAND #13  –  Manig Loeser raised from the cutoff to 40,000, Giuseppe Iadisernia called from the dead button, and Sam Sweilem called from the big blind.

The flop came , and Sweilem moved all in for about 270,000. Loeser folded, and Iadisernia called.

Giuseppe Iadisernia:    (flush draw, gutshot straight draw)
Sam Sweilem:    (pair of fours)

Sweilem needed his pair of fours to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Iadisernia turned a diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate Sweilem in sixth place.

Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  935,000  (47 bb)
Sam Sweilem  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($109,370)

The remaining five players are all guaranteed at least $139,195 each.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 41

HAND #12  –  Albert Daher moved all in from the small blind for about 475,000, and Jason Mercier called from the big blind with . Daher turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Mercier won the pot with his ace to eliminate Daher in seventh place.

Jason Mercier  –  3,070,000  (154 bb)
Albert Daher  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($79,540)

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 41

HAND #3  –  Jason Mercier raised from middle position to 40,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #4  –  Everyone folded to Albert Daher, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #5  –  Albert Daher moved all in from the small blind for 475,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #6  –  Franklin Fok moved all in from middle position for 230,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #7  –  Jason Mercier moved all in from the button, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #8  –  Sam Sweilem raised from the button to 65,000, Franklin Fok moved all in from the big blind for 260,000, and Sweilem folded. Fok took the pot.

HAND #9  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia raised under the gun to 50,000, and Manig Loeser called from the big blind. The flop came , Loeser checked, Iadisernia bet 70,000, and Loeser folded. Iadisernia took the pot.

HAND #10  –  Manig Loeser moved all in from the small blind for about 340,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #11  –  Jason Mercier raised under the gun to 40,000, Manig Loeser moved all in from the button for about 380,000, and Mercier folded. Loeser took the pot.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 41

HAND #1  –  Giuseppe Iadisernia raised from middle position to 50,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #2  –  Jason Mercier raised from the hijack to 40,000, Tom Boivin moved all in from the small blind for 130,000, and Franklin Fok moved all in over the top from the big blind for 360,000. Mercier folded.

Boivin turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Fok’s .

The board came , and Boivin won the pot with a spade-high flush to double up in chips.

Tom Boivin  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Franklin Fok  –  230,000  (12 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 269

As with all things, there had to be a beginning. The first Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was held at the end of August in 2013, an ambitious debut that featured a $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool for a $5K Championship. The prize pool rose to $11,920,000 by the time registration closed, the biggest we’ve ever run.

Blair Hinkle outlasted the 2,384-entry field to become our first ever SHRPO Champion and he banked $1,745,000 for the feat. He returns every year hoping to be the first two-time SHRPO Champion and 2019 is no different.

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 41

There are about 55 minutes remaining in Level 16, with blinds at 10,000-20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante.

The final seven players have taken their seats, and everything is set and ready to go. It’s time to shuffle up and deal!

We will be providing hand-for-hand coverage for this event. Here are the starting chip counts, with Jason Mercier holding a huge lead:

Seat 1.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  550,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Albert Daher  –  465,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Mercier  –  2,635,000  (132 bb)
Seat 4.  Sam Sweilem  –  480,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Tom Boivin  –  140,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Franklin Fok  –  400,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Manig Loeser  –  465,000  (23 bb)