$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Ido Ashkenazi moved all in from the cutoff for 545,000, and Edgar Vares called from the button with . Ashkenazi turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Vares flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Ashkenazi won the pot with two pair, kings and jacks, to double up in chips.

Aaron Kupin claimed he folded pocket deuces in the big blind, which would have won the hand.

Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,250,000  (21 bb)
Edgar Vares  –  425,000  (7 bb)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 123

Alex Turyansky opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Anthony Zinno moved all in for 80,000. Mark Fisher called the shove from the button and action was back on Turyansky. He moved all in for approximately 170,000 but we never had an official count because Fisher quickly called once again.

Turyansky tabled and Zinno, with , said “please have ace-king” to Fisher.

He did not have ace-king and his was looking pretty good. The board ran and Fisher sent two tough players out.

Mark Fisher – 1,020,000
Alex Turyansky – Eliminated
Anthony Zinno – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Jared Griener raised from the cutoff to 135,000, Brandon Eisen thought for a while before he reraised from the button to 400,000, and Griener thought for a while before he four-bet it to 1,035,000.

Eisen folded, and Griener took the pot.

Jared Griener  –  3,005,000  (50 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  6,095,000  (102 bb)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 640

It took just one hand for the bubble to burst.

It happened when Joe Elpayaa got his stack of roughly 75,000 all in preflop against Mike Newman.

Newman:
Elpayaa:

Elpayaa needed some help and the flop gave him some chop outs to a queen. The turn offered him more outs, but he missed when the bricked the river.

Elpayaa left the tournament emptyhanded while the remaining 80 players are guaranteed $1,824 in prize money.

Mike Newman – 320,000 (64 bb)
Joe Elpayaa – Eliminated in 81st place

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Marcos Exterkotter raised from early position to 125,000, Steve Trizis moved all in from the cutoff for 725,000, and Exterkotter folded. Trizis took the pot.

Steve Trizis  –  950,000  (16 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  4,550,000  (59 bb)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 123

There was a three-way preflop all in between Kristen Bicknell in the cutoff, all in for 93,000, Darren Elias in the small blind, all in for 65,000 and Elio Fox in the big blind, who had both players covered.

Bicknell tabled , Elias showed and Fox turned up .

The board ran out and Elias won the race to triple up. Fox won a small side pot and Bicknell was eliminated near the end of the level.

Darren Elias – 201,000
Elio Fox – 95,000
Kristen Bicknell – Eliminated 

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Matt Bretzfield moved all in from the small blind for 935,000, showing as he took the blinds and ante.

The next hand, Bretzfield moved all in from the button for 1,055,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Matt Bretzfield  –  1,205,000  (20 bb)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 640

With around 50,000 in the pot and a flop of , a player got his last 45,000 all in holding the and was called by Scott Caracciolo, who had flopped a set with the .

Neither the turn nor river influenced the hand and Caracciolo scored the knockout to bring the field to 81 players. That means just one more needs to leave empty handed before the top 80 are guaranteed $1,824 in prize money.

Hand-for-hand play has begun.

Scott Caracciolo – 300,000 (60 bb)

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
SHRPO Big 4 High Roller
$25,500 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  123
Prize Pool:  $3,136,500
August 13-14, 2018

With level 10 underway, registration for the $25,000 High Roller event is now closed. The event drew 123 entries, which generated a prize pool of $3,136,500.

The top 16 spots will finish in the money with a min-cash worth $59,778 and the winner walking away with $800,758.

Here is a look at the payouts:

1st: $800,758
2nd: $534,989
3rd: $371,183
4th: $265,311
5th: $195,570
6th: $148,769
7th: $116,942
8th: $95,110
9th-10th: $80,073
11th-12th: $69,926
13th-14th: $63,407
15th-16th: $59,778

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 123

On the turn with the board reading , Aram Zobian checked from the small blind and Sam Soverel bet 47,000 from under the gun. Zobian called and the river was the .

Zobian checked again and Soverel moved all in. Zobian snap-called. Soverel showed and Zobian grimaced as he flashed the before mucking his hand.

“Do you have me covered?” asked Zobian.

They broke down the stacks and Zobian was the player at risk and was all in on the river for about 150,000. He hit the rail in one of the first hands back from the 60-minute dinner break.

Sam Soverel – 440,000
Aram Zobian – Eliminated