$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 914

Brandon Eisen raised from the hijack to 115,000, and Josh Kay called from the big blind. The flop came , Kay checked, Eisen bet 100,000, and Kay called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Kay checked, Eisen bet 350,000, and Kay check-raised all in for about 1,800,000.

Eisen called, and Kay showed for two pair, aces and queens. But Eisen turned over to win the pot with a full house, aces full of queens, eliminating Kay in 17th place.

Brandon Eisen  –  6,700,000  (134 bb)
Josh Kay  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($40,561)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 422

Matt Affleck moved all in preflop for 144,000 under the gun, and Rick Alvarado called on the button. Blair Hinkle reraises all in from the small blind, and Alvarado folded. The remaining two players then revealed their cards.

Hinkle:
Affleck:

Board:

Affleck was eliminated in 16th place, good for $12,024, and Hinkle held 890,000 after the hand.

Blair Hinkle – 890,000 (74 bb)
Matt Affleck – Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,024)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 422

Brian Cowman was all in preflop for 144,000 on the big blind, and Paul Volpe had him covered on the small blind. Here is a look at their cards.

Cowman:
Volpe:

Board:

Cowman doubled up to survive with 312,000, and Volpe was down to 410,000 after the hand.

Brian Cowman – 312,000 (26 bb)
Paul Volpe – 410,000 (34 bb)

2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  640
Prize Pool:  $640,000
August 13-14, 2018

The prize pool has been released for the $1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), and with 640 entries, the total prize pool is worth $640,000. The final 80 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,824 each, and first prize is worth $119,465.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $119,465
2nd:  $83,750
3rd:  $53,939
4th:  $39,008
5th:  $29,933
6th:  $24,045
7th:  $19,981
8th:  $15,923
9th:  $11,949
10th-12th:  $9,888
13th-15th:  $7,872
16th-18th:  $6,560
19th-21st:  $5,376
22nd-24th:  $4,544
25th-27th:  $3,840
28th-36th:  $3,155
37th-45th:  $2,771
46th-54th:  $2,451
55th-63rd: $2,195
64th-72nd: $2,003
73d-80th: $1,824

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 914

Josh Kay raised early position to 115,000, Brandon Eisen reraised from the button to 350,000, and Kay moved all in.

Eisen called all in for 2,010,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kay’s .

The board came , and Eisen turned a heart flush draw with his to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brandon Eisen  –  4,100,000  (82 bb)
Josh Kay  –  2,050,000  (41 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 422

Following a flop of , Felipe Ramos checked from the small blind and Tom Nguyen bet 25,000 from the big blind. Matt Affleck raised to 62,000 from the button, Ramos check-reraised all in for 216,000 and Nguyen folded. Affleck tanked for a bit before he called with for a pair of jacks, trailing Ramos’ .

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Ramos to double up.

Felipe Ramos – 480,000 (40 bb)
Matt Affleck – 95,000 (8 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 914

After the back-to-back eliminations of Loni Harwood (19th place) and Pat Quinn (18th place), the final 17 players redraw for random seats at the final two tables:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Aaron Kupin
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter
Seat 3.  Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo
Seat 5.  Matt Bretzfield
Seat 6.  Steve Trizis
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi
Seat 8.  Edgar Vares
Seat 9.  Adam Adler

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Jacob Bazeley
Seat 2.  Joseph Cheong
Seat 3.  Noah Schwartz
Seat 4.  Josh Kay
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Imar Soika
Seat 8.  Jared Griener
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 422

Mike Dispascale moved all in preflop on a short stack from the button, and Brian Cowman called on the big blind. The two players then tabled their cards.

Cowman:
Dipascale:

Board:

Dipascale was eliminated in 17th place, good for $12,024, and Cowman held 155,000 after the hand.

Brian Cowman – 155,000 (12 bb)
Mike Dipascale – Eliminated in 17th Place ($12,024)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 914

This hand was already in progress when Loni Harwood busted in 19th place.

Noah Schwartz raised under the gun to 120,000, Pat Quinn moved all in from the cutoff for 825,000, and Ryan D’Angelo moved all in over the top from the small blind for 1,650,000.

Schwartz, who started the day as the chipleader, said, “From chipleader to bustout, I guess.” Schwartz thought for a while before he folded, surviving to play another hand.

Quinn turned over , but he was dominated by D’Angelo’s .

The board came — Quinn flopped a diamond flush draw, but improved no further. D’Angelo won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Quinn in 18th place.

Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,700,000  (54 bb)
Pat Quinn  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($40,561)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 and a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 640

Action folded to Joseph Hernon on the button and he raised to 10,000. The player in the big blind then jammed for roughly 30,000 and Hernon, who didn’t have much more than that, made the call.

Hernon:
Big Blind:

Hernon was ahead and improved on the flop, thought his opponent flopped a gutshot to Broadway. The turn didn’t change anything and neither did the river. Ship the pot to Hernon.

Joseph Hernon – 65,000 (26 bb)