$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 374

Mike Dentale moved all in preflop for around 5,500 with and Barry Hutter called with . The board came and Hutter’s pocket jacks held to eliminate Dentale.

Barry Hutter  –  50,000
Mike Dentale  – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 366

Abdelouahed Bouanani opened the pot with a raise in middle position, Ian O’Hara three-bet next to act, and Bouanani four-bet shoved for 12,800 total. O’Hara quickly called, having his opponent at risk and dominated.

Bouanani:
O’Hara:

The flop was , not changing anything. Bouanani was just standing from his chair as the landed on the turn, and he dropped right back down into his seat. The river was the , and Bouanani doubled up with aces up.

O’Hara is right back where he started after that loss.

Abdelouahed Bouanani – 27,700
Ian O’Hara – 20,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
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Entries: 370

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Stout moved all in for his last 7,500 with and got called by .

The board came and Stout asked the dealer for an off suit seven right before the hit the river. “See? I’m a gentleman! Another player would have been greedy and asked for the seven of diamonds”

Matt Stout  –  9,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 366

Aleks Dimitrov opened with a raise in middle position, and Jason Koon defended his big blind.

The flop was . Koon checked, Dimitrov continued for 1,000, and Koon check-raised to 2,500. That’s where it got interesting.

Dimitrov was getting short on chips at that point, and he called with a multicolored string of several chips. It was just a call, but Koon mistakenly thought it represented an all-in shove. He “called” and tabled his hand, showing just as the dealer put the out on the turn.

“Floor!”

The hand was allowed to play out, and Dimitrov ultimately open-mucked , which he knew was behind.

Koon was assessed a one-orbit penalty, a decision which he politely appealed. Tournament Director Tony Burns arrived to hear the account, and Koon readily admitted it was his error and his alone. He argued that he’d likely cost himself a larger profit with his own mistake, and that there was no room for malicious intent.

“I really screwed myself bad,” he lamented at one point.

Burns reduced the penalty to two hands, and Koon was right back in the action a moment later, offering his apologies to Dimitrov.

Jason Koon – 52,000
Aleks Dimitrov – 7,500

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 366

Adnan Mohammad shoved his last 23 big blinds with pocket eights from under the gun, and gets called by the button with .

The board comes giving his opponent two-pair and eliminating Mohammad from today’s field.

Adnan Mohammad  –  Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80

Diana Shirey began the day with the lead, gave it up for a bit, but she’s now back up top. Deeb holds the same 900,000 stack with SHRP team member Chance Kornuth holding steading in third place.

They’ll return at 7:30 to put cards back in the air and play four more levels this evening.

Shaun Deeb – 900,000 (113 bb)
Diana Shirey – 900,000 (113 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 800,000 (100 bb)
Shawn Nguyen – 735,000 (92 bb)
Matt Berkey – 725,000 (91 bb)
Sam Bernabau – 720,000 (90 bb)
Ryan Olisar – 670,000 (84 bb)
Doc Sands – 660,000 (83 bb)
Joe Kuether – 600,000 (75 bb)
Danny Schechter – 593,000 (74 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 561,000 (70 bb)
Carlos Chang – 545,000 (68 bb)
David Diaz – 535,000 (67 bb)
Nipun Java – 530,000 (66 bb)
Ari Engel – 518,000 (65 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80

While players are on their dinner break, we took a look at the results so far. Plenty of big names hit the rail including Harrison Gimble, Keven Stammen, Kane Kalas, Christian Harder, and 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open champ Omar Zazay.

Aron Dermer turned a good deed into some cash. He won the CSOP/Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity event last week to earn $5,000 plus a seat in the Championship. Dermer made it through the tough field and cash out in 96th place for $9,421.

81st: John Gordon – $11,400
82nd: Michael Weber – $10,411
83rd: Elizabeth Rainer – $10,411
84th: Kane Kalas – $10,411
85th: Glen Cressman – $10,411
86th: John Stevenson – $10,411
87th: Frank DiMaria – $10,411
88th: Ho Duy – $10,411
89th: Peter Walsworth – $10,411
90th: Dong Ji – $10,411
91st: Jorge Gomez – $9,421
92nd: Jae Hwang – $9,421
93rd: Mark Herm – $9,421
94th: Neil Blumenfield – $9,421
95th: Taylor Paur – $9,421
96th: Aron Dermer – $9,421
97th: Harvey Vandeven – $9,421
98th: Aaron Rosenthal – $9,421
99th: Andrew Dean – $9,421
100th: Michael Moreno – $8,475
101st: Haim Gil Nagar – $8,475
102nd: Harrison Gimbel – $8,475
103rd: Keven Stammen – $8,475
104th: David Longuil – $8,475
105th: Amihai Neeman – $8,475
106th: Ryan McKnight – $8,475
107th: Hiren Patel – $8,475
108th: Joshua Gordon – $8,475
109th: Christian Harder – $7,528
110th: Unknown – $7,528
T111th: Alejandro Duque – $2,510
T111th: Omar Zazy – $2,509
T111th: Tony Tran – $2,509

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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 365

The 15-minute break gave us a chance to scout the room for big and notable stacks. Here are a few:

Matt Salsberg  –  70,000
Staffan Lind  –  68,125
Sean Perry  –  59,900
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  48,800
Abbey Daniels  –  39,425
Seth Davies  –  36,700
Ian O’hara  –  33,825
Dan Dizenzo  –  30,100
Lexy Gavin  –  23,000
Joe McKeehen  –  20,000
Cate Hall  –  15,500
Ryan Riess  –  15,150
Matt Stout  –  11,450
Jason Lee  –  10,475

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 82 of 887

The final 82 players are now taking a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:30 p.m. ET. The field will play four levels after they return, and Day 2 will end around midnight local time.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 887

Luke Brereton was all in preflop holding on the cutoff, and Kane Kalas had him covered with in the hole on the hijack. The board was dealt , and Brereton doubled up to survive with 217,500 thanks to a full house on the river.

Luke Brereton – 217,500 (36 bb)
Kane Kalas – 55,500 (9 bb)