$2,650: Matthew Kuba Doubles Thru Matt O’Donnell

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 422

Matthew Kuba

Matthew Kuba was all in preflop for 360,000 on the big blind, and Matt O’Donnell has him covered from the hijack. The two players then tabled their cards.

Kuba: Qd8d
O’Donnell: AcQh

Board: Jd9c8sJh5s

Kuba doubled up to survive with 785,000, and O’Donnell was down to 855,000 after paying out the double.

Matthew Kuba – 785,000 (31 bb)
Matt O’Donnell – 855,000 (34 bb)

Championship: Marcos Exterkotter — 9th Place ($77,132)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

Hand #5  –  Ryan D’Angelo raised UTG+1 to 200,000, Stoyan Obreshkov reraised from middle position to 575,000, and D’Angelo folded. Obreshkov took the pot.

Hand #6  –  Marcos Exterkotter raised from the small blind to 350,000, and Adam Adler called from the big blind. The flop came Ks7c6d, Exterkotter bet 325,000, and Adler called. The turn card was the 9h, Exterkotter checked, Adler bet 450,000, and Exterkotter folded. Adler took the pot.

Hand #7  –  Jeremy Ausmus raised UTG+1 to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Marcos Exterkotter

Hand #8  –  Marcos Exterkotter raised from the cutoff to 200,000, and Stoyan Obreshkov called from the big blind. The flop came 6s6d2h, Obreshkov checked, Exterkotter bet 175,000, and Obreshkov check-raised to 550,000. Exterkotter called.

The turn card was the 4d, Obreshkov bet 800,000, and Exterkotter called.

The river card was the 7s, Obreshkov bet 3,100,000 (enough to put Exterkotter all in), and Exterkotter quickly called all in for about 2.2 million with JhJc. But Obreshkov turned over 5d3h to win the pot with a seven-high straight, eliminating Exterkotter in ninth place.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,065,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($77,132)
Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  4,380,000  (55 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  3,060,000  (38 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  9,760,000  (122 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  6,065,000  (76 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,270,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  3,675,000  (46 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,320,000  (92 bb)

$10K: Sam Soverel Doubles Through Cliff Josephy

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400/400
Entries: 58

Cliff Josephy

Stephen Chidwick opened for 1,000 under the gun and Cliff Josephy called from middle position. The player in the hijack came along before Sam Soverel three-bet jammed for 13,500 from the small blind.

Chidwick folded, Josephy moved all in over the top, and the hijack got out of the way.

Josephy: AhKd
Soverel: 6h6s

It was a flip and Soverel was just looking to hold to stay alive. That’s exactly what he did as the board ran out a safe 2h5dQd10h8h.

Sam Soverel – 30,000 (75 bb)
Cliff Josephy – 14,000 (35 bb)

$1,100: Paul Balzano Takes from Chip Leader Joey Couden

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 640

Paul Balzano

Joey Couden opened to 145,000 from the cutoff and Paul Balzano defended his big blind.

The flop came Jd9d6s, Balzano checked and Couden bet 130,000. Balzano called.

Both players checked the 7h on the turn. The river brought the 10s, Balzano bet 225,000 and Couden let it go.

Paul Balzano – 2,300,000 (38 bb)
Joey Couden – 3,000,000 (50 bb)

$10K: Quads Over Quads

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400/400
Entries: 58

Gui Socarras opened for 1,000 and the player to his direct left moved all in for 3,900. Action folded back to Socarras and he called.

Socarras: QsQc
Opponent: JdJh

Socarras had the better pocket pair and flopped his opponent dead when the QdJcQh gave him quads. Just to rub salt in the wound, the dealer burned and turned the Js to give the other player losing quad jacks.

The meaningless 9h was run out on the river and Socarras was pushed the pot.

Gui Socarras – 50,000 (125 bb)

$2,650: Matt O’Donnell vs. Blair Hinkle

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 422

Matt O’Donnell

Matt O’Donnell raised to 55,000 from the hijack and Blair Hinkle three-bet to 135,000 from the cutoff. O’Donnell called and the flop was Qd5d5s.

Both players checked and the As came on the turn. O’Donnell checked again and Hinkle bet 125,000. O’Donnell called.

The river was the 5c and both players checked. O’Donnell turned over Ah7h and Hinkle mucked his hand. O’Donnell won the pot with a full house.

Matt O’Donnell – 1,530,000 (61 bb)
Blair Hinkle – 800,000 (32 bb)

High Roller: Barry Hutter Versus Jake Schindler

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 123

Barry Hutter

Jake Schindler opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Barry Hutter called in the big blind to the 7h6s5d flop. Both checked and the turn came 6c. Hutter bet 160,000 and Schindler called before the 2h river.

Hutter bet 415,000 and Schindler went in the tank. Three minutes later, Shaun Deeb called the clock and Schlindler folded.

Barry Hutter – 1,600,000 (32 bb)
Jake Schindler – 1,700,000 (34 bb)

$10K: Welcome to the Party

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400/400
Entries: 58

A throng of new players jumped into action after the first break of the day. They include:

Jeff Gross – 20,000
Bryn Kenney – 20,000
Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen – 20,000
Joey Weissman – 20,000
Tim Reilly – 20,000
Joe McKeehen – 20,000
Dan Shak – 20,000
Darryll Fish – 20,000
Paul Volpe – 20,000
Patrick Eskandar – 20,000
Kelly Minkin – 20,000

Championship: First Four Hands

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

Jeremy Ausmus

Hand #1  –  Stoyan Obreshkov raised from the button to 180,000, and Jeremy Ausmus called from the small blind. The flop came Ah9h2h, Ausmus checked, Obreshkov bet 175,000, and Ausmus called. The turn card was the Kc, Ausmus checked, Obreshkov bet 600,000, and Ausmus thought for a while before he called.

The river card came (unknown), and both players checked. Ausmus showed AcQh to win the pot with a pair of aces.

Hand #2  –  Brandon Eisen raised under the gun to 180,000, Jeremy Ausmus called from the button, and Jared Griener called from the big blind. The flop came Ks6s3c, Griener checked, and Eisen bet 180,000. Ausmus called, and Griener folded.

The turn card was the Js, Eisen checked, Ausmus bet 450,000, and Eisen folded. Ausmus took the pot.

Hand #3  –  Ryan D’Angelo raised from middle position to 200,000, and Brandon Eisen called from the big blind. The flop came 10s5h3d, Eisen checked, D’Angelo bet 150,000, and Eisen called.

The turn card was the 7s, and both players checked. The river card was the 8c, and they check again. Eisen showed Js3s to win the pot with a pair of threes, and D’Angelo mucked.

Hand #4  –  Marcos Exterkotter raised under the gun to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

$1,100: Adam Zeltser – 8th Place ($15,923)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 640

Joey Couden opened to 150,000 from late position and Adam Zeltser moved all in from the small blind. Couden called.

Zeltser tabled 9h9s and needed to hold against Couden’s Ad5d.

Couden took the lead when the flop came As8s8h. The Ac on the turn made it official as the meaningless 4d hit the river.

Joey Couden – 3,300,000 (55 bb)
Adam Zeltser – Eliminated in 8th Place ($15,923)