$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 887

Gautam Lillaney moved all in preflop under the gun, and Viktor Lavi called all in on the cutoff. The two players than tabled their cards.

Lillaney:
Lavi:

Board:

Lavi was eliminated in 25th place, good for $22,972, and Lillaney was up to 400,000 after the hand.

Gautam Lillaney – 400,000 (16 bb)
Viktor Lavi – Eliminated in 25th Place ($22,972)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 887

Shannon Shorr reraised all in preflop for 316,000 on the hijack, and AJ Kelsall called to cover him from late position. The two players then tabled their cards.

Shorr:
Kelsall:

Board:

Shorr doubled up to survive with 686,000, and Kelsall was down to 430,000 after the hand.

Shannon Shorr – 686,000 (28 bb)
AJ Kelsall – 430,000 (17 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 395

Anton Asatpau moved all in for around 50,000 with and Alex Condon called with .

The board ran out and Condon his hit ace, eliminating Asatapau shortly before the money.

Alex Condon  –  190,000
Anton Astapau  –  Eliminated

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 500/1,000  with a 100 ante
Entries: 44

Jonathan Jaffe raised to 2,500 under the gun only to have Niall Farrell, who was seated to his direct left, three-bet all in for 14,400. Action folded back to Jaffe and he opted to call.

Jaffe:
Farrell:

Farrell’s kicker had him well out in front and that’s what made all the difference after the board ran out .

Jonathan Jaffe – 75,000 (75 bb)
Niall Farrell – 30,000 (30 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 395

Jason Koon can get comfortable in his seat today. His table will not break and he’ll only move once they hit the three-table redraw hours from now. The reigning SHRPO Champion began the day with 220,500 but has moved it to 375,000 in early action so there won’t be any hurry.

Not a bad way to spend his birthday. Spinning up a top stack in another Big 4 tournament with the possibility of additional $200,000 in his bankroll.

Happy Birthday, sir. May it be a productive and profitable day.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 887

Table 72
Seat 1: DeJuante Alexander – 280,000
Seat 2: David Sands – 660,000
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Pfizer Jordan – 370,000
Seat 5: Luke Brereton – 1,870,000
Seat 6: Daniel Blum – 430,000
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 2,580,000
Seat 8: Nicholas Nieto – 630,000
Seat 9: Otto Palacios – 640,000

Table 78
Seat 1: Nick Palma – 1,130,000
Seat 2: Joe Kuether – 650,000
Seat 3: Adam Levy – 2,100,000
Seat 4: Yi Chi Li – 2,300,000
Seat 5: Dylan Drazen – 980,000
Seat 6: Andrew Kelsall – 345,000
Seat 7: Shannon Shorr – 590,000
Seat 8:
Seat 9: Aaron Mermelstein – 4,100,000

Table 79
Seat 1: Martin Kozlov – 1,020,000
Seat 2: Gautam Lillaney – 430,000
Seat 3: Danny Schechter – 610,000
Seat 4: Oddie Dardon – 1,220,000
Seat 5: Michael Aron – 1,920,000
Seat 6: Scott Clements – 570,000
Seat 7: Viktor Lavi – 420,000
Seat 8: Alexander Turyansky – 430,000
Seat 9: Glenn Becker – 735,000

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 500/1,000  with a 100 ante
Entries: 44

Robert Heidorn opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and Giuseppe Iadisernia called from the button. Alex Papazian came along from the small blind and then 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe McKeehen three-bet to 13,000 from the big.

Heidorn called, the other two players folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down .

Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the . McKeehen ripped it for 66,600 and Heidorn thought for nearly two minutes before releasing his hand.

Joe McKeehen – 123,000 (123 bb)
Robert Heidorn – 75,000 ( 75 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 500/1,000  with a 100 ante
Entries: 44

Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened for 3,500 under the gun and Joseph Cheong called from the hijack. Zach Smiley and reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Scott Blumstein came along from the small and big blinds respectively to make it four-way action to the flop.

Two checks saw von Kriegenbergh continue for 5,500, Cheong called, and Smiley got out of the way. Blumstein also called and then checked the turn. Von Kriegenbergh followed suit and Cheong took the opportunity to bet 12,500.

That did the trick as both his opponents quickly released.

Scott Blumstein – 112,000 (112 bb)
Taylor von Kriegenbergh – 91,000 (91 bb)
Joseph Cheong – 85,000 (85 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 44

There was quite a commotion at one of the nearby tables. Jonathan Little was standing with his hands on his hips, shaking his head as his stack was being counted down in front of him.

The board showed , and Nick Petrangelo was kind enough to provide the rest of the details once the dust settled.

According to Petrangelo, he opened the cutoff to 2,000, and Little defended his big blind.

On the flop, Little check-raised from 1,500 to 4,000, and Petrangelo re-raised to 10,400. Little called, then check-called another 23,000 after the turn brought the ace.

The river gave Little and his a full house, and he led out for something like 33,000. Petrangelo set him all in for about 75,000 total, and Little called it off with the third nuts.

Petrangelo had one of the two hands that could beat him, though. He showed for the nuts, claiming the big pot and eliminating Little during the second level of the day.

Petrangelo finished in fourth place in this event last year, and his encore effort is off to a flying start. He’s the early chip leader.

Nick Petrangelo – 220,000 (220 bb)
Jonathan Little – Eliminated