Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
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Level 7: 300/600/600
Entries: 70

Stanley Lee is out to the early chip lead and it’s thanks in no small part to a run of good cards.

In a recent hand, Lee raised to 1,400 and both blinds called. When the flop came down , both blinds checked and then folded when Lee continued for 2,000.

“Just don’t play pots with me,” Lee said with a smile as he showed the .

Stanley Lee – 110,000 (183 bb)

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Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

Joey Couden moved all in from the cutoff and Marc MacDonnell called all in for 1,750,000 from the small blind

Couden tabled and was racing against MacDonnell’s .

The board came and Couden turned a set of sevens to take a commanding lead. It was short lived however as MacDonnell spiked a on the river to make broadway and take the chip lead.

Marc MacDonnell – 3,575,000 (48 bb)
Joey Couden – 300,000 (4 bb)

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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 422

Jake Schwartz raised to 75,000 preflop from middle position, and Michael Esposito reraised to 220,000 on hijack. Schwartz reraised all in for 700,000, and Esposito called all in so they flipped over their cards.

Schwartz:
Esposito:

Board:

Esposito was eliminated in ninth place, good for $20,846, and Schwartz stacks up 1.35 million after the hand.

Jake Schwartz – 1,350,000 (45 bb)
Michael Esposito – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($20,846)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
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Level 7: 300/600/600
Entries: 70

Cliff Josephy raised to 1,400 from early position and Kelly Minkin called from the hijack. Darren Elias came along from the cutoff and after the button and blinds all folded, the flop came down .

Two checks saw Elias bet 2,000 and Josephy folded. Minkin sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 13,500 and Elias quickly folded. With that, both players fell to right around the starting stack.

Kelly Minkin – 20,000 (33 bb)
Darren Elias – 20,000 ( 33 bb)

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Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 123

Barry Hutter limped from the small blind and Jake Schindler checked his big blind option to the flop. Both checked and Hutter checked the turn. Schlindler bet 100,000 and Hutter called.

The river came , Hutter checked once again, and Schindler bet 300,000. Hutter folded and Schlinder flashed the bluff to Hutter then the rest of the table.

Jake Schindler – 2,800,000 (56 bb)
Barry Hutter – 1,350,000 (27 bb)

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Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

Dennis Rodriguez moved all in from the small blind for 1,255,000 and got called by Joey Couden in the big blind.

Rodriguez turned over and was flipping against Counden’s ,

The flop came and Rodgriuez flopped a set of queens but needed to dodge another diamond. The turn and river were bricks and Rodriguez’s set of queens held to avoid elimination.

Dennis Rodriguez – 2,600,000 (35 bb)
Joey Couden – 1,900,000 (25 bb)

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Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 914

Hand #18  –  Stoyan Obreshkov raised from the button to 175,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Hand #19  –  Stoyan Obreshkov raised from the cutoff to 175,000, and Jeremy Ausmus called from the button. The flop came , Obreshkov bet 185,000, and Ausmus called.

The turn card double-paired the board with the , Obreshkov checked, Ausmus bet 350,000, and Obreshkov called.

The river card was the , Obreshkov checked, Ausmus bet 1,100,000, and Obreshkov tanked for a long time before he called.

Ausmus showed to win the pot with a full house, kings full of sixes, and Obreshkov mucked.

Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  4,180,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,420,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  9,550,000  (96 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  10,015,000  (100 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,270,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  2,040,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,120,000  (71 bb)

That was the last hand of Level 27, and the players take a 15-minute break. The computation for big blinds was done using the upcoming blinds of 50,000/100,000.

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Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 640

Paul Balzano opened to 155,000 from the cutoff and Maria Ho shoved for 900,000 from the small blind. Balzano called and it was off to the races with Balzano’s in the lead against Ho’s .

The board came and Balzano’s pocket nines held to eliminate Ho in 7th place and take the chip lead.

Paul Balzano – 3,225,000 (43 bb)
Maria Ho – Eliminated in 7th Place ($19,981)

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Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 123

Ory Hen moved all in from the hijack for 580,000 and Omar Zazay reshipped from the small blind for a similar stack. Tom Marchese released his big blind hand and the hands were flipped up.

Hen:
Zazay:

Hen was in great position to double up and he faded the flop. Since Hen was holding a diamond, Zazy was left with one nine remaining in the deck to help him. The turn made no difference but the crowd came alive (and Hen jumped from his seat) when the non-diamond hit the river. A one-out river knockout for our former SHRP Player of the Year who was in the High Roller from a $300 step satellite.

Omar Zazay – 1,290,000 (26 bb)
Ory Hen – Eliminated in 7th place ($116,942)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 6: 300/500/500
Entries: 66

Elio Fox, who last week won the $50K SHRPO Super High Roller, raised to 1,500 and Hyon Kim called from the button. WPT champ James Romero came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop.

Romero checked, Fox continued for 1,400, and only Kim called to see the turn.

Fox check-called a bet of 1,500 and then checked again on the river. Kim bet 7,000 and Fox paid it off. Kim revealed the for a rivered pair of kings and Fox mucked.

Hyon Kim – 33,000 (66 bb)
Elio Fox – 35,000 (70 bb)