$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 22: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 117

John Andress is playing a cagey heads-up match, and he’s eaten into Mike Leah’s chip lead significantly.

The last pot was the largest of the duel, and the action came alive after a flop. Leah checked from the small blind, and Andress bet 175,000. Leah called.

The turn was the , and Leah check-called another 500,000.

The river was the , and Leah checked for a third time. Andress bet 925,000, and Leah folded after a couple minutes’ thought.

John Andress – 6,800,000 (68 bb)
Mike Leah – 4,900,000 (49 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 887

Hand #80: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 175,000 from under the gun, Michael Aron three-bet to 475,000 from the button, and Adam Levy four-bet shoved from the small blind for roughly 2,650,000. Mermelstein folded, and Aron called.

Aron:
Levy:

The board came down , giving Aron kings full of jacks to eliminate Levy in sixth place, while also seizing the chip lead.

Michael Aron – 5,830,000 (73 bb)
Adam Levy – Eliminated in 7th Place  ($126,305)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 887

Hand #76: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 175,000 preflop on the button, and Matt Berkey called on the small blind. Yi Chi Li also called on the big blind, and the flop was dealt . All three players check, and the turn fell . Mermelstein bet 175,000, Berkey check-called, and Li check-folded. Both remaining players checked the on the river, and Berkey flipped over . Mermelstein folded his cards.

Hand #77: Michael Aron raised to 160,000 preflop under the gun, and Dylan Drazen called on the big blind. The flop was dealt , Aron bet 100,000, and Drazen check-called. Both players checked the on the turn, and the on the river. Drazen flipped over , and Aron folded.

Hand #78: Yi Chi Li raised to 160,000 preflop on the button, and Dylan Drazen reraised to 600,000 on the small blind. Li folded his cards.

Hand #79: Martin Kozlov raised to 160,000 preflop under the gun, and Matt Berkey called on the hijack. Yi Chi Li reraised to 550,000 on the cutoff, Kozlov folded, and Berkey called. The flop was dealt , Li bet 350,000, and Berkey check-called. The turn fell , and both players checked. The river delivered the , Berkey moved all in, and Li folded.

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 395

There have been a few swings since the last break with few hands making it to a river, nevermind a showdown. Alex Foxen is back on top when he raised to 165,000 from the big blind after Jason Koon limped the small.

Koon check/called a 165,000 bet after the flop then released after a 380,000 bet from Foxen after the turn.

The stacks are still deep and they are in no hurry to build massive pots at this point.

Seat 2: Jason Koon – 2,200,000 (44 bb)
Seat 4: Alex Foxen – 3,400,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Charles Gomez – 2,300,000 (46 bb)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The second and final starting flight in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $150 buy-in, $50,000 guarantee is underway. Here’s how it will play out:

5PM: Event 14 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

The full prize pool and Day 2 chip counts will be posted prior to Wednesday’s 5pm restart.

Good luck, players!

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800/100
Entries: 90

A short-stacked player got their stack of 5,400 all in preflop and found themselves at risk against Valentin Vornicu, who was the first player to eclipse the six-figure mark in chips.

Vornicu:
Opponent:

It was a flip but not after the flop gave Vornicu a set. The turn kept his opponent drawing live, but the river ended up improving Vornicu to a full house.

Valentin Vornicu – 108,000 (135 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 633

At the start of heads up Brian Altman had 9,000,000 to Phong Nguyen’s 570,000. Nguyen goes “If you don’t win this Brian, you suck.”

Heads up lasted one hand. Nguyen moved all in from the button with and Altman called with .

The board ran out and Altman paired his jack eliminating Nguyen and winning himself the trophy and first place prize.

Brian Altman –  Winner ($118,157)
Phong Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 2nd place ($82,834)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 887

Hand #72: Matt Berkey raised to 175,000 from the hijack, Yi Chi Li three-bet to 460,000 from the cutoff, Michael Aron four-bet jammed from the small blind for about 2,100,000, Berkey folded, and Li folded.

Hand #73: Adam Levy limped from the small blind, Martin Kozlov popped it to 280,000 from the big blind, and Levy folded.

The flop fell , Levy checked, Kozlov bet 210,000, and Levy folded.

Hand #74: Martin Kozlov limped from the small blind, Aaron Mermelstein checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down . Kozlov bet 150,000, and Mermelstein folded.

Hand #75:  Michael Aron raised to 160,000 from the hijack and Matt Berkey defended his big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Berkey bet 275,000. Aron called.

Berkey showed , while Aron tabled for jacks and fours to win the pot.

Michael Aron – 3,400,000 (44 bb)
Matt Berkey – 2,400,000 (30 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 22: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 117

Mike Leah raised to 350,000 in the small blind, and Brandon Adams defended his big.

The flop was . Leah continued for 250,000, and Adams called.

The turn was the , and Adams called another bet of 500,000.

The river was the , and Leah moved all in for around 2,000,000 effective, maybe slightly more. He had his opponent covered, and Adams eventually called all in to put himself at risk.

Leah showed for a flush, and it was good. Adams flashed on the way into the muck, and he departed in third place.

Leah is now heads-up for the High Roller title with a huge chip lead against John Andress.

Mike Leah – 8,980,000 (90 bb)
John Andress – 2,725,000 (28 bb)

$10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800/100
Entries: 90

Cate Hall moved all in for 8,500 from the cutoff and David Stamm looked her up  from the big blind.

Stamm:
Hall:

Hall got it in good but she fell behind on the flop.  Neither the turn nor river was the ace she was looking for and she made a beeline for the door.

David Stamm – 45,000 (56 bb)
Cate Hall – Eliminated