$2,650: Michael Scoma Doubles Thru Matt O’Donnell

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 422

Michael Scoma was all in for 45,000 with QdJc in the hole on the big blind, and Matt O’Donnell had him covered holding Qc8d on the button.

The board ran out Ah4s2dAs7s, and Scoma doubled up to survive with 115,000. O’Donnell held 560,000 after the hand.

Michael Scoma – 115,000 (11 bb)
Matt O’Donnell – 560,000 (56 bb)

$1K: Matt Glantz In and Out

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 ante
Entries: 640

Matt Glantz was among the throng of players to late register the tournament and in the first hand he played, he moved all in for 20,000 from early position. Sam Panzica called out of the small blind and Glantz discovered the bad news.

Panzica: 10d10c
Glantz: As10h

Glantz’s best shot at survival was to catch an ace but it wasn’t in the cards as the board ran out a dry 5h5cKh9d5s.

Sam Panzica – 51,000 (26 bb)
Matt Glantz – Eliminated

Championship: Marcos Exterkotter Doubles Thru Brandon Eisen

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 914

Brandon Eisen raised from late position to 115,000, Marcos Exterkotter moved all in from the button for about 1,300,000, and Eisen called with 4s4d.

Exterkotter turned over AsQd, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came AcJh8cKs5h, and Exterkotter paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Marcos Exterkotter  –  2,725,000  (55 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  2,600,000  (52 bb)

$1K: Big Slick Does the Trick for Viet Vo

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 ante
Entries: 640

Viet Vo got his stack of 23,000 all in preflop and was flipping for his tournament life.

Vo: AdKh
Opponent: 4s4d

Vo was the one at risk and in need of improvement. The 9h6d10d flop didn’t do anything for him, but the Qc turn did give him a gutshot to Broadway.

The dealer burned and put out the Kd on the river. Vo paired up and received new life in the tournament.

Viet Vo – 46,000 (23 bb)

$2,650: Philip Wojtuniecki Eliminated by Blair Hinkle

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 422

Matt Affleck raised to 24,000 from the hijack, Philip Wojtuniecki three-bet to 75,000 from the cutoff and Blair Hinkle four-bet shoved for about 450,000 from the button. Affleck folded and Wojtuniecki called all in for about 300,000 with KsKd. Hinkle was in the lead with AhAc.

The board came down 9s5s5d6dAs, no help to Wojtuniecki, locking up the pot for Hinkle.

Blair Hinkle – 790,000 (79 bb)
Philip Wojtuniecki – Eliminated in 21st Place ($10,029)

Championship: Josh Kay Doubles Thru Loni Harwood

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 914

Josh Kay was all in from the small blind for 1,155,000 with QcJc, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the Ah10c of Loni Harwood in the big blind.

The board came KhKc9cJdAc, and Kay wins the pot with an ace-high flush to double up in chips.

Josh Kay  –  2,400,000  (48 bb)
Loni Harwood  –  530,000  (11 bb)

High Roller: Jonathan Jaffe Doubles With Quads

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 8: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Total Entries: 111

Jonathan Jaffe

On the turn with the board reading TsTh7cTd, the player under the gun bet 75,000 and Jonathan Jaffe called from the cutoff.

The river was the 3c and the under the gun player bet enough to put Jaffe all in. Jaffe called and was all in for his last 65,000. Jaffe showed Tc9h, giving him quads, and won the pot against his opponent’s 5d5s.

Jaffe dragged the pot with quads and quickly recouped some of the chips he lost to Imsirovic.

Jonathan Jaffe – 410,000

$2,650: Kharlin Sued Eliminated by Stephen Sullo

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 422

Alex Foxen raised to 22,000 from middle position, Kharlin Sued reraised all in for about 130,000 from the button and Stephen Sullo isolated with a shove of his own from the small blind.

Sued: AhJd
Sullo: AcAd

The board came down 8d5c4s10cJc, not enough help to Sued, locking up the pot for Sullo.

Stephen Sullo – 410,000 (41 bb)
Kharlin Sued – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($8,443)

Championship: Level 25 Begins; Updated Chip Counts

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 914

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big-blind ante of 50,000.

Here are the updated chip counts from the break:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  2,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 3.  Jared Griener  –  3,350,000  (67 bb)
Seat 4.  Noah Schwartz  –  735,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Jacob Bazeley  –  2,400,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6.  Pat Quinn  –  1,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  1,350,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8.  Erik Christensen  –  2,160,000  (43 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Loni Harwood  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Imar Soika  –  1,500,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)
Seat 6.  Adam Adler  –  1,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7.  Aaron Kupin  –  2,200,000  (44 bb)
Seat 8.  Josh Kay  –  1,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Steve Trizis  –  1,400,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Brandon Eisen  –  3,400,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Matt Bretzfield  –  1,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,160,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Edgar Vares  –  895,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  3,580,000  (72 bb)
Seat 9.  Joseph Cheong  –  2,735,000  (55 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  $102,843
9th:  $77,132
10th-12th:  $62,415
13th-15th:  $49,117
16th-18th:  $40,561
19th-20th:  $34,045

$2,650: Jerome Neloms Eliminated by Rick Alvarado

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 422

Jerome Neloms raised all in for about 180,000 from under the gun and Rick Alvarado called from the button with KcKh, leading Neloms’ Ah10d.

The board came down Qs7d2d7s2c, securing the pot for Alvarado.

Rick Alvarado – 700,000 (70 bb)
Jerome Neloms – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($8,443)

Shankar Pillai was also recently eliminated in 24th place for $8,443.