$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 395
David Bradshaw was all in with 
against Alex Foxen’s 
, the board came 
giving Foxen the winning two-pair, eliminating Bradshaw in 18th place.
Alex Foxen – 600,000 (50 bb)
David Bradshaw – Eliminated in 18th place ($11,800)
$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 117
Dan Smith raised to 12,000 from middle position, Doug Polk three-bet to 35,000 from the hijack, Smith four-bet shoved with a covering stack, and Polk called all in for 141,000.
Smith: 
Polk: 
The board came down 
, giving Polk a set of kings to double through Smith.
Doug Polk – 298,000 (50 bb)
Dan Smith – 170,000 (28 bb)
2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
$25,500 High Roller
$2 Million Guaranteed
Entries: 117
Prizepool: $2,925,000
1st: $801,450
2nd: $561,600
3rd: $351,000
4th: $242,775
5th: $155,025
6th: $114,075
7th: $93,600
8th: $78,975
9th: $76,050
10th: $73,125
11th: $70,200
12th: $67,275
13th: $64,350
14th: $61,425
15th: $58,500
16th: $55,575
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 395
Players returned from their 60-minute dinner and tournament staff redrew that last 18 players.
Table 48
Seat 1: Paul Balzano – 665,000 (55 bb)
Seat 2: Bill McKown – 76,000 (6 bb)
Seat 3: Eddy Sabat – 133,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Manny Minaya – 131,000 (11 bb)
Seat 5: Alberto Rodriguez – 150,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Massey – 350,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: Paul Domb – 519,000 (43 bb)
Seat 8: Jacquelyn Scott – 435,000 (36 bb)
Seat 9: Charles Gomez – 712,000 (59 bb)
Table 56
Seat 1: Curt Kohlberg – 460,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon – 1,045,000 (87 bb)
Seat 3: David Bradshaw – 78,000 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Alex Foxen – 600,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Tom Thomas – 580,000 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Jack Duong – 500,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Raj Vohra – 135,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8: Darryl Ronconi – 620,000 (52 bb)
Seat 9: Faraz Jaka – 779,000 (65 bb)
$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining 56 of 117
Chance Kornuth – 710,000 (118 bb)
Mike Leah – 365,000 (61 bb)
Kathy Lehne – 321,000 (54 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 289,000 (48 bb)
Ajay Chabra – 281,000 (47 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 259,000 (43 bb)
Grayson Ramage – 237,000 (40 bb)
Isaac Haxton – 229,000 (38 bb)
Erik Seidel – 214,000 (36 bb)
Nick Schulman – 213,000 (36 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 208,000 (35 bb)
Dan Shak – 175,000 (29 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 163,000 (27 bb)
Alan Schein – 156,000 (26 bb)
Shaun Deeb – 151,000 (25 bb)
Scott Wright – 121,000 (20 bb)
Bryn Kenney – 120,000 (20 bb)
Cate Hall – 120,000 (20 bb)
Dan Smith – 117,000 (20 bb)
John Racener – 113,000 (19 bb)
Alexandru Papaziann – 91,000 (15 bb)
Seth Davies – 87,000 (15 bb)
Omar Zazay – 49,000 (8 bb)
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 395
Jason Koon moved back over 1,000,000 in the previous level and will return from dinner with the chip lead. With the elimination of Barry Hutter on the last hand before the break, they will wait until they return to redraw the last two tables.
Jason Koon – 1,045,000 (87 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 779,000 (65 bb)
Charles Gomez – 712,000 (59 bb)
Paul Balzano – 665,000 (55 bb)
Darryl Ronconi – 620,000 (52 bb)
Alex Foxen – 600,000 (50 bb)
Tom Thomas – 580,000 (48 bb)
Paul Domb – 519,000 (43 bb)
Jack Duong – 500,000 (42 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – 460,000 (38 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 435,000 (36 bb)
Aaron Massey – 350,000 (29 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez – 150,000 (13 bb)
Raj Vohra – 135,000 (11 bb)
Eddy Sabat – 133,000 (11 bb)
Manny Minaya – 131,000 (11 bb)
David Bradshaw – 78,000 (7 bb)
Bill McKown – 76,000 (6 bb)
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 395
The remaining 18 players are currently on an hour long dinner break and will redraw the last two tables when they return.
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 395
Barry Hutter was all in for 210,000 on a final board reading 
, Charles Gomez considered for a while before calling with 
Gomez’s full house was good, eliminating Hutter in 18th place.
Charles Gomez – 712,000 (71 bb)
Barry Hutter – Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,800)
$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 395
Darryl Ronconi has 125,000 in front of him in the small blind and Jason Koon bet 200,000 from the button. Ronconi called.
The flop came 
Ronconi checked, Koon bet 100,000 and Ronconi called. Both players checked the on the turn.
The 
hit the river, Ronconi checked and Koon moved all in for 384,000. Ronconi tanked for five minutes before saying “I think I have the best hand but I’m going to fold.” He then folded 
face up and Koon mucked.
Jason Koon – 1,020,000 (102 bb)
Darryl Ronconi – 620,000 (62 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante (play will begin with 15:17 left in the level at the final table)
Players Remaining: 9 of 887
Day 3 saw 30 players return to make their run to the final table of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship, and after six hours of play the final nine have emerged. Aaron Mermelstein held the chip lead wire-to-wire today, and he will take 6,150,000 into the start of play at Tuesday’s final table that will take place as part of The Big 4 over in the Hard Rock Live Arena. Here is a look at the final table seating chart with chip counts:
Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 2,110,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 2,020,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 2,200,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 2,675,000 (67 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,320,000 (58 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 6,150,000 (154 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 4,045,000 (101 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,555,000 (114 bb)
Seat 9: Joe Kuether – 565,000 (14 bb)
The talented final table is going to start play with deep stacks tomorrow, the average stack will have 74 big blinds when cards get into the air tomorrow thanks to a quick march down to the final nine today. Joe Kuether will have to multi-task tomorrow, because he had already made the final table of the $1,100 buy-in event that is also a part of The Big 4 before this Championship event began three days ago.
With the elimination of Glenn Becker in 15th place earlier today, Nathan Papp was crowned the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. Becker would have had to take third place or better in this event to catch Papp, but he took a good shot at it with a deep run in the Championship.
Other notables that fell today included Joel Harwood (Loni’s father – 29th), the last woman standing Diana Shirey (27th), David Diaz (26th), Scott Clements (24th), Shannon Shorr (22nd), David Sands (21st), Nicholas Palma (13th), and the final table bubble boy Oddie Dardon (10th).
Remaining Prize Pool:
1st: $754,083
2nd: $528,322
3rd: $341,618
4th: $252,481
5th: $191,437
6th: $152,547
7th: $126,305
8th: $100,408
9th: $75,413
Day 3 Results:
10th Oddie Dardon – $61,303
11th: Nicholas Nieto – $61,303
12th: Dejuante Alexander – $61,303
13th: Nicholas Palma – $48,397
14th: Daniel Blum – $48,397
15th: Glenn Becker – $48,397
16th Gautam Lillaney – $40,094
17th: Alexander Turyansky – $40,094
18th: Danny Schechter – $40,094
19th: Otto Palacios – $33,211
20th: Andrew Kelsall – $33,211
21st: David Sands – $33,211
22nd Shannon Shorr – $28,049
23rd: Pfizer Jordan – $28,049
24th: Scott Clements – $28,049
25th: Viktor Lavi – $22,972
26th: David Diaz – $22,972
27th: Diana Shirey – $22,972
28th: Samuel Bernabeu – $19,531
29th: Joel Harwood – $19,531
30th: Robert Heidorn – $19,531
Tune back in tomorrow at Noon ET to follow the hand-for-hand live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Live Updates team at the final day of this Championship event in Hollywood, Florida.