$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/367

Daniel Blum made it 85,000 from the button and the short stack at the table Chris Bolek defended his big blind.

Bolek, who had 400,000 behind, checked. Blum bet an unknown amount and Bolek moved all in. Blum insta-called and Bolek was at risk.

Blum: for top pair
Bolek: for an open-ended straight draw

The board completed with the and and Bolek crossed the 1,000,000 while Blum went on to bust 10th a few minutes later. On Blum’s final hand, he held pocket queens versus the pocket sevens of Gil Haim. the board ran out a straight for Haim and Blum hit the rail 10th for $7,157.

Chris Bolek – 1,005,000
Gil Haim – 1,825,000
Daniel Blum – Eliminated 10th ($7,157)

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10/367

Jan Ziegler was under the gun and got his last roughly 1,000,000 in preflop versus Samuel Wynder in the big blind. Wynder held about 1,200,000 and owned the advantage in chips and hand strength.

Wynder:
Ziegler:

The runout fell and Wynder’s aces held while Ziegler busted 11th for $7,157.

The remaining 10 players have now consolidated to the unofficial final table. For Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui, this marks his third year in a row to card a top-10 finish in the event. He’s joined at the finale by fellow team member Mukul Pahuja and Chad Eveslage who’s also no stranger to Deep Stack final tables. Just a few days ago, Eveslage finished runner up in the $560 event good for $33,335. Out in front of the final 10 in the $1,650 is Scott Heiligman with a stack of 3,700,000. Heiligman late registered the event this morning and began play with less than 10 big blinds.

Seating assignments with chip counts followed by remaining payouts:

Seat 1: Scott Heiligman – 3,700,000
Seat 2: Qasem Jamhour – 725,000
Seat 3: Gil Haim – 1,160,000
Seat 4: Sam Wynder  2,300,000
Seat 5: Mukul Pahuja – 2,650,000
Seat 6: Daniel Blum – 1,255,000
Seat 7: Marcus Stein – 2,700,000
Seat 8: Chris Bolek – 615,000
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 2,500,000
Seat 10: Chad Eveslage – 950,000

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th – $7,157

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 11/367

With an average stack of more than 55 big blinds, we’ve hit an 11-handed stalemate in the $1,650. Rounding out the counts is Qasem Jamhour who sits on 575,000 good for just under 20 bigs.

Qasem Jamhour – 575,000

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th-11th – $7,157

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 11/367

While Jonathan Marks busted 14th, Jeffrey Trudeau 13th and Anthony Ruttler 12th, shortstack Chad Eveslage found a better fate. Eveslage was on the button and raised to 85,000 leaving himself about 400,000 behind. Scott Heiligman called from the small blind and they eventually saw a flop heads up.

Both players checked.

Heiligman lead for 50,000. Eveslage called and the river was next.

Heiligman checked. Eveslage shoved for 360,000. Heiligman called and Eveslage flipped over for a flopped set. Heiligman surrendered the pot and doubled Eveslage.

Chad Eveslage – 1,065,000
Scott Heiligman – 2,175,000

Updated results:

12th: Anthony Ruttler – $7,157
13th: Jeffrey Trudeau – $5,918
14th: Jonathan Marks – $5,918

Additional results are available in the posts below

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14/367

Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: Jonathan Marks – 385,000
Seat 3: Sheddy Siddiqui – 2,035,000
Seat 4: — empty —
Seat 5: Qasem Jamhour – 2,235,000
Seat 6: Chris Bolek – 165,000
Seat 7: Mukul Pahuja – 1,860,000
Seat 8: Anthony Ruttler – 515,000
Seat 9: Gil Haim – 1,440,000

Seat 1: Jan Ziegler – 1,800,000
Seat 2: Marcus Stein – 2,850,000
Seat 3: Chad Eveslage – 930,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Trudeau – 810,000
Seat 5: Scott Heiligman – 2,750,000
Seat 6: Daniel Blum – 1,060,000
Seat 7: — empty —
Seat 8: — empty —
Seat 9: Samuel Wynder – 520,000

1st – $148,627 + SHRPO Seat
2nd – $82,575
3rd – $51,362
4th – $41,288
5th – $32,480
6th – $26,699
7th – $21,470
8th – $16,240
9th – $11,010
10th-12th – $7,157
13th-14th – $5,918

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14/367

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui got a lot healthier following a recent double-up through start-of-day chip leader Qasem Jamhour.

Siddiqui’s last 841,000 got in the middle holding versus the of Jamhour. A board left Siddiqui with the best of it — trips. The dealer counted down his stack and confirmed it at 841,000. With that, Jamhour was left with less than 1,000,000 while Siddiqui sat just south of 2,000,000.

Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,935,000
Qasem Jamhour – 1,430,000

Updated results:

15th: Steven Wolansky – $5,918
16th: Austin Peck – $4,707
17th: Ido Ashkenazi – $4,707
18th: Alexander Gambino – $4,707
19th: Paul Domb – $3,854
20th: Matthew Yorra – $3,854

Additional results are available in the posts below

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14/367

Marcus Stein claimed the last of shortstack Steven Wolansky’s chips just moments ago. Stein held and was well ahead of the of Wolansky. The runout fell improving Stein to a fullhouse and earning him the elimination. Wolansky busted 15th for $5,918 while Stein flirted with the 3,000,000 mark.

Marcus Stein – 2,900,000
Steven Wolansky – Eliminated 15th ($5,918)

$150 Deep Stack Turbo
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 32/115

Registration is closed in tonight’s 6 p.m. $150 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Turbo. The field topped out at 115 entries generating a total prize pool of $13,800. The top 18 head home with a score of $207 while the tournament’s champion earns $4,000 along with the Seminole Hard Rock Poker guitar trophy.

Full prize structure:

1st – $4,000
2nd – $2,346
3rd – $1,380
4th – $1,104
5th – $828
6th – $690
7th – $552
8th – $414
9th – $311
10th-12th – $276
13th-15th – $242
16th-18th – $207

We will post the winner’s photo and any chop information following the event’s conclusion. The full results, meanwhile, will be posted tomorrow.

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 23: 12,000/204000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/367

Cards are in the air for Level 23 with Scott Heiligman firmly in the driver’s seat. After late registering at the start of play today, Heiligman took a few orbits off and first sat down to a 35,000-chip stack. He spun up just a few big blinds and now claims 2,720,000 chips with the tournament’s $148,627 top prize right around the corner.

Scott Heiligman – 2,720,000

$1,650 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/367

Chris Bolek opened the button for 45,000. It was on Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja in the small blind and he three-bet to 160,000. Anthony Ruttler folded the big blind sending it back to Bolek. He called and saw a flop with Pahuja.

Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned.

Pahuja checked again. Bolek bet 180,000 and Pahuja called. They saw the river.

Pahuja checked a third time. Bolek eyed Pahuja’s stack, which sat right at 565,000. He shoved and Pahuja took a few second in the tank before plopping a lone 25,000 chips in the pot for a call. He tabled for a pair of aces. Bolek mucked and sent a double the way of Team SHRP.

Mukul Pahuja – 1,855,000
Chris Bolek – 495,000

The pot put Pahuja second in the counts. He, along with everyone else in the tournament, trails chip leader Scott Heiligman’s stack of 2,600,000.