Event 51 Flight A: Last Multi-Flight

$200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last multi-flight tournament on the SHRPO schedule gets underway at 5 pm and a great tournament for any bankroll. It has a $200 buy-in Deep Stack with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and two starting flights.

Players start with 20K in chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

They will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return on Tuesday at 1 pm for Day 2 in the money.

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event 51 Structure Sheet

Event 50: Dung Tran Leads the Field at the Break with 86,500

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries:  151

Dung Tran

The players return from their first break to begin Level 4, with blinds of 100-200 with a 200 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up only three players with at least 60K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Dung Tran  –  86,500  (433 bb)
2.  Ross Fischer  –  68,200  (341 bb)
3.  Marcus El-Huaick  –  60,300  (302 bb)
4.  Yigal Hen  –  58,900  (295 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 10:00 pm.

Ross Fischer

Event 50: First Break

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries:  141

Dylan Linde

Event 50 players were sent on the first break of the day with 141 entries in the tournament, still a good distance away from its $1,000,000 guarantee.

Value town.

A few more friends in the field include Dylan Linde, Michael Graffeo, and reigning WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Tamayo.

Jonathan Tamayo
Michael Graffeo

Championship: Tyler Kennedy Doubles

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  168 of 865

Tyler Kennedy

Tyler Kennedy got all in for 157,000 with pocket aces from the cutoff, and Sean Winter had him covered holding AhKd.

The board was dealt Qc4h2d8dAd, Kennedy doubled up to survive with 327,000, and Winter was at 343,000 after the hand.

Tyler Kennedy – 327,000 (65 bb)
Sean Winter – 343,000 (68 bb)

Championship: Eric Afriat Takes One Out

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  172 of 865

Eric Afriat

UTG was all in preflop for 74,000 with KhQh in the hole, and Eric Afriat called to cover him holding AsKd on the small blind.

The final board read 9d5h2dAh8s, and Afriat took out his opponent to stack up 311,000 after collecting the pot.

Eric Afriat – 311,000 (62 bb)

Championship: Live-Stream Feature Table Lineup

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  192 of 865

During the first break, we moved Table 6 into the live-stream room with its great lineup around the table.

Seat 1: Brynn Kenney – 137,000 (34 bb)
Seat 2: Alex Foxen – 451,000 (113 bb)
Seat 3: Danny Panagatos – 421,000 (105 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Merrilees – 279,000 (70 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Davidoff – 165,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Kirby Conserve – 47,000 (12 bb)
Seat 7: James Carroll – 265,000 (66 bb)
Seat 8: Kitty Kuo – 240,000 (60 bb)

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SHRPO Championship Day 2 live stream

Event 50: Early Friends

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  100

Ernest Bush

The $3,000 buy-in Big 4 event his 100 entries shortly after rolling into the second level but there’s still a long way to go before they top the $1,000,000.

If you want some great value, this is your spot.

Some early runners including Ernest Bush, Nicholas Seward, Matthew Leecy, Chance Kornuth, Michael Wang, Serena Zhang, Jacquelyn Scott, Jeff Silverstein, Darren Elias, and Richard Leger.

Nicholas Seward (left) and Matthew Leecy (right)

Event 50: Andrew Ostapchenko Eliminated by Mitch Mitchell

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  94

Mitch Mitchell

Andrew Ostapchenko was down to 2,100 and moved all in from early position. It folded around to Mitch Mitchell in the big blind and he called to put Ostapchenko at risk.

Mitchell: Ad4d
Ostapchenko: JcJh

Ostapchenko was ahead for the double with his pair of jacks and the 8c5s3c seemed safe enough despite Mitchell adding a gut shot draw. The 9h turn changed nothing but Mitchell made a wheel on the 2s river to send Ostapchenko out early.

Mitch Mitchell – 35,000 (350 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko – Eliminated

Championship: Luis Zedan is the Chip Leader at the Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  216 of 865

Luis Zedan

Here is a look at the chip leaders from the first break of the day. Luis Zedan is the first player in the field to cross the threshold of a million.

Luis Zedan – 1,035,000 (258 bb)
Roman Pumpernick – 620,000 (155 bb)
Jacob Ferro – 603,000 (150 bb)
Drew O’Connell – 475,000 (118 bb)
Josh Reichard – 465,000 (116 bb)

Championship: Francis Anderson Doubles Through Yuval Bronshtein

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  248 of 865

Francis Anderson

Francis Anderson open-shipped for 44,000 from middle position and Yuval Bronshtein called from the small blind with a bigger stack.

Anderson: 8s8h
Bronshtein: QdQs

Anderson was in trouble with his smaller pair but made a set of eights on the 8c4c2d flop. The 6h turn and 2s river finished the board and Anderson found a double.

Francis Anderson – 94,000 (31 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein – 121,000 (40 bb)