Each of The Big 4 events are underway! Updates will continue now until we have four champions.

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

The final nine players are back in action for the final table of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship. They are still in Level 27, with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and a big-blind ante of 80,000. Levels will be 90 minutes until there are two players left, and then heads-up levels will be 60 minutes.

Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300/300
Entries: 47

Dylan Linde raised to 700 from early position and picked up callers in the cutoff and big blind. When the flop fell , the big blind checked and Linde continued for 900. Both his opponents folded.

Not the most exciting hand but indicative of most hands we see in the early stages of a tournament.

Dylan Linde – 17,000 (57 bb)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300/300
Entries: 47

Alan Schein raised to 800 from early position and both Aaron Mermelstein and Sam Soverel, who were on the button and in the big blind respectively, called to see a flop.

All three players checked and then Soverel checked for the second time on the   turn. Schein bet 1,100, Mermelstein called, and Soverel thought for a bit before check-raising to 5,400.

Schein released but Mermelstein wasn’t so easy to shake. He called and the completed the board on the river.

Soverel slowed down with a check and Mermelstein bet 11,000, which left him just 200 back. Soverel shook his head and folded his cards.

Aaron Mermelstein – 27,500 (92 bb)
Sam Soverel – 13,000 (43 bb)

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

We are closing out the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open with the Big 4 and the headline final table in the room will be the $3 Million Guarantee Championship.

There are nine players remaining with Brandon Eisen leading the way after sending Noah Schwartz out with a tough beat. Former November Niners Joseph Cheong and Jeremy Ausmus will be there with Ryan D’Angelo, Jared Griener, Marcos Exterkotter, Adam Adler, Stoyan Obreshkov, and former SHRP champ Ido Ashkenazi rounding out the lineup.

They are all guaranteed at least $77,132 and the 2018 SHRPO Champ will take home $771,444.

Cards fly at 1pm with the live-stream starting 30 minutes later.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,265,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  4,370,000  (55 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  3,745,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  3,810,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  6,540,000  (82 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  4,090,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,470,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  3,975,000  (50 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,330,000  (92 bb)

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

Championship Results – 10th through 115th

$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

Alex Foxen knows how to win a Big 4 event. The poker pro was the last players standing in the $2,650 Big 4 event one year ago and he returns today leading the same final table with a chance to repeat.

The $2,650 Big 4 tournament that also includes plenty to top poker talent including Jake Schwartz, Tom Nguyen, and inaugural SHRPO champ Blair Hinkle.

They are playing for a top prize over $200,000 along with the SHRPO Big 4 title.

Seat 1: Matt O’Donnell – 1,190,000 (48 bb)
Seat 2: Blair Hinkle – 1,095,000 (44 bb)
Seat 3: Rick Alvarado – 735,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Brandon Hall – 555,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Matthew Kuba – 380,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Jake Schwartz – 765,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Alex Foxen – 2,915,000 (117 bb)
Seat 8: Michael Esposito – 960,000 (38 bb)
Seat 9: Tom Nguyen – 1,970,000 (79 bb)

1st: $208,452
2nd: $146,042
3rd: $93,892
4th: $62,936
5th: $48,404
6th: $40,115
7th: $33,668
8th: $27,242
9th: $20,846

Event 20 results – 10th through 53rd

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 18: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 123

The Big 4 High Roller had the biggest buy-in of the four and smallest field. But it was one of the more talented group of players you will see at the tables.

They pushed past the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool to put more than $3,000,000 up for grabs. The last 16 players made some money and eight of them remain alive for the title.

Current WSOP Player of the Year leader (and four-time WSOP champ) Shaun Deeb leads the final table but the lineup is stacked from top to bottom.

The Big 4 High Roller champ will walk away with more than $800,000 but it will not be an easy win.

Seat 1: Tom Marchese – 1,180,000
Seat 2: Barry Hutter – 1,320,000
Seat 3: Jake Schindler – 2,035,000
Seat 4: Ory Hen – 710,000
Seat 5: Paul Hofer – 1,365,000
Seat 6: Mark Fisher – 1,625,000
Seat 7: Shaun Deeb – 3,205,000
Seat 8: Omar Zazay – 870,000

1st: $800,758
2nd: $534,989
3rd: $371,183
4th: $265,311
5th: $195,570
6th: $148,769
7th: $116,942
8th: $95,110

$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: 8 of 640

The smaller buy-in Big 4 tournament produced one of the more talented final tables of the series. Pro Joey Couden leads with a chance for another SHRP title with James Salmon, Paul Balzano, and Michael Graffeo also looking for another.

Maria Ho was initially supposed to be on Big 4 commentary duty but she booked a seat at this $1,100 final table. She will be trying to win the title and then resume her hosting duties.

Cards go in the air at 1pm with the rest of the Big 4 final tables with the live stream kicking off at 1:30pm.

Seat 1. Joey Couden – 3,045,000 (51 bb)
Seat 2. James Salmon – 1,260,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3. Marc MacDonnell – 1,145,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4. Paul Balzano – 1,970,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5. Adam Zeltser – 460,000 (8 bb)
Seat 6. Michael Graffeo – 1,585,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7. Maria Ho – 1,365,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8. Dennis Rodriguez – 1,975,000 (33 bb)

1st: $119,465 + Trophy
2nd: $83,750
3rd: $53,939
4th: $39,008
5th: $29,933
6th: $24,045
7th: $19,981
8th: $15,923

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200/200 

Kyle Keranen opened the action for 500 in the hijack and Paul Domb called on the button. Jerry Robinson then called from the small blind, the player in the big came along, and four players went to a flop.

Two checks saw Keranen continue for 2,000 and only Robinson called to see the turn, which both players checked.

Action repeated itself on the river and Robinson rolled over the for top two pair. It was good as Keranen mucked.

Jerry Robinson – 25,000 (125 bb)
Kyle Keranen – 28,000 (140 bb)