$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

Alex Queen opened to 2,500 from late position and Anthony Spinella, who final tabled the $25,500 High Roller at the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown last April, called from the big blind.

The flop came and both players checked. The came on the turn, Spinella checked, and Queen bet 3,200. Spinella called. The hit the river, and both players checked. Spinella turned over for the winning two-pair and Queen mucked.

Anthony Spinella  –  120,000
Alex Queen  –  90,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

Seminole Hard Rock team member Darryll Fish and Robert Mizrachi were both all in preflop with Fish having Mizrachi slightly covered.

Darryll Fish:  win 81.3% tie 0.35%
Robert Mizrachi:  win 18.4% tie 0.35%

The board came and Mizrachi hit his gutshot on the river to leave Fish with crumbs.

Robert Mizrachi  –  95,000
Darryll Fish  –  1,500

The very next hand Fish was eliminated when he was all in with pocket jacks against Jeff Gross’s . Fish flopped a set of jacks but Gross ran out a straight on the river.

Darryll Fish  –  Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

The board showed , and there was just under 40,000 in the middle of a heads-up pot. John Hennigan moved all in from the blinds, putting A.J. Kelsall to the test for his last 30,400. Kelsall took a long soak in the tank before calling to put himself at risk.

Hennigan showed a defeated , and Kelsall tabled to double up with tens up.

A.J. Kelsall – 99,000 (124 bb)
John Hennigan – 7,500 (9 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Affleck moved all in for his last 7,100 and got called by Chris Hunichen. It was a race as Affleck’s was up against Hunichen’s pocket sixes.

The board came and Hunichen ran out a straight eliminating Affleck from today’s Day 1A field.

Chris Hunichen  –  78,000
Matt Affleck  –  Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

The player in the cutoff opened to 1,800, Ian O’Hara called on the button, and Valentin Vornicu defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was . Vornicu checked, the cutoff continued for 2,700, and O’Hara called. Vornicu check-raised to 8,000, though, which was enough to fold the bettor out of the way. O’Hara called.

The turn was the , and Vornicu bet 15,000. O’Hara only had around 20,000 chips left in front of him, and after several minutes in the tank, he moved all in. Vornicu didn’t seem to like it, but he called the small remainder to put O’Hara at risk.

O’Hara:
Vornicu:

O’Hara was the one looking a little sour as the cards were turned up, and he couldn’t improve on the river. He was eliminated, and his chips boosted Vornicu into six-figure territory.

Valentin Vornicu – 106,000 (133 bb)
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 405

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassador Wally Maddah has just been eliminated at the hands of Rainer Kempe. Maddah opened the button to 2,000, and Kempe set him all in for about 17,500 from the big blind. Maddah deliberated for a long while before calling to put himself at risk.

Maddah:
Kempe:

The board ran out , and Kempe rivered an ace to earn the pot. Maddah was eliminated.

Rainer Kempe – 77,000 (96 bb)
Wally Maddah – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 404

Aaron Overton moved all in preflop and got called by Marvin Rettenmaier, and Matt Smith. The flop came Rettenmaier and Smith both checked.

The hit the turn, Rettenmaier checked, and Smith bet 3,500 getting Rettenmaier to fold. Smith turned over and Overton needed to get lucky with his . The river was a meaningless and Overton was eliminated.

Matt Smith  –  140,000
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  77,000
Aaron Overton  –  Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 7: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 404

The 75-minute recess gave us a chance to scout the room for big and notable stacks. Here are a few:

Andy Philachack – 163,000
Keven Stammen – 149,000
Nicholas Nieto – 141,000
Steve Karp – 138,000
Lanh Pham – 136,000
Neil Blumenfield – 119,000
Jake Schindler – 97,000
Loni Harwood – 86,000
Scott Clements – 84,000
Omar Zazay – 75,000
Ryan Riess – 73,000
Shannon Shorr – 70,000
Harrison Gimbel – 62,000
Robert Mizrachi – 60,000
Rainer Kempe – 58,000
Anthony Spinella – 57,000
Mohsin Charania – 44,000
Paul Volpe – 44,000
Darren Elias – 42,000
Ravi Raghavan – 41,000
Sam Panzica – 35,000
Bryn Kenney – 33,000
Nick Schulman – 33,000
Aaron Massey – 31,000
John Racener – 31,000
Scott Blumstein – 24,000
Phil Hui – 21,000
Blair Hinkle – 20,000
Olivier Busquet – 16,000
Jason Koon – 14,000
Matt Affleck – 8,100

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 6: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Total Entries: 404

The Championship field is now on its 75-minute dinner break with 404 entries and plenty of time to run it up with registration closing at 9pm.

Maria Ho is doing double duty this week, she’s interviewing players and providing video updates while also playing in the Championship. Unfortunately for Maria, she was eliminated on the last hand before dinner break but shook it off to take some time to speak with WSOP Main Event champ Scott Blumstein.

On Tuesday, Maria will be doing live commentary during The Big 4 final tables to keep everyone in the audience and live stream informed.