$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31

The tournament clock has been paused, and the field was just informed that they will six more hands before the end of Day 2. Stay tuned for chip counts, and a recap of the day.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33

Nipun Java raised all in preflop for 170,000 UTG+1, and Daniel Blum reraised all in over the top of him for 500,000 from the cutoff. Kuether pondered a call on the big blind, but he decided to fold so the two remaining players revealed their cards.

Blum:
Java:

Board:

Java was eliminated in 34th place, good for $19,531, and Blum stacked up just over 700,000 after collecting the pot.

Daniel Blum – 710,000 (44 bb)
Nipun Java – Eliminated in 34th Place ($19,531)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 395

Ernest Smith opened to 3,500 in middle position, and Ryan McKnight called next to act. From the small blind, Aaron Massey squeezed all in for 36,600, and Smith re-shoved for more than 80,000 total. McKnight overcalled, putting both players at risk with his big stack.

“You both have aces?” Massey wondered.

Smith:
McKnight:
Massey:

The board ran out , and Massey turned a set and rivered tens full to notch an unlikely triple-up.

Smith was eliminated, and McKnight actually earned a small profit from the side pot on the exchange.

Aaron Massey – 113,000 (71 bb)
Ryan McKnight – 180,000 (113 bb)
Ernest Smith – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32

Dylan Drazen raised from the cutoff and Shaun Deeb responded with a reraise to 130,000 from the big blind. Not to be outdone, Drazen four-bet all in for 538,000 and Deeb called.

Deeb:
Drazen:

Drazen had the goods and it earned him a double after the board ran out . Deeb was left with 313,000 after the hand, but he fell in unknown action minutes later.

Dylan  Drazen – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Shaun Deeb – Eliminated in 33rd Place ($19,531)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37

John Dubois raised to 36,000 from the hijack and action folded to Carlos Chang, who simply moved all in from the big blind. Dubois, who had a stack of 364,000, couldn’t call off quick enough.

Dubois:
Chang:

The flop gave Dubois top set, and that meant Chang needed to catch running straight cards to eliminate his opponent. The turn took away any chance of that happening, and Dubois was pushed the pot after the was run out on the river.

John Dubois – 725,000 (45 bb)
Carlos Chang  – 520,000 (32.5 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 395

Players have returned from a 15-minute break in which we had a chance to check out some chip counts:

Jason Koon  –  146,000
Blake Bohn  –  114,000
Aaron Massey  –  110,000
Brian England  –  104,100
Tom Thomas  –  100,500
Grayson Ramage  –  83,200
Matt Smith  –  80,200
Matt Salsberg  –  73,000
Lexy Gavin  –  52,000
Faraz Jaka*  –  47,400
David Jackson  –  41,000
Steve Karp  –  40,000
Joe McKeehen  –  34,500
Niall Farrell  –  34,000
Ronit D’Angelo  –  35,200
Cate Hall  –  27,000
Michael Laake*  –  26,000
Brian Altman  –  20,100
Dan O’Brien  –  19,000
Keven Stammen  –  12,500

*denotes Seminole Hard Rock Team Member

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39

Martin Kozlov raised to 32,000 under the gun and Matt Waxman just called from middle position. The player on the button then three-bet to 90,000, and after the blinds folded, Kozlov moved all in for 428,000.

Waxman took his time before moving all in for 448,000, and that chased the three-bettor from the hand.

Waxman:
Kozlov:

Waxman was primed to score the knockout after the flop, but then disaster struck when the dealer burned and turned the to give Kozlov a boat.

The river was no help to Waxman and he saw all but 20,000 of his chips pushed across the table. Waxman would go broke the very next hand.

Martin Kozlov – 950,000 (59 bb)
Matt Waxman – Eliminated in 40th Place ($16,950)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40

Scott Clements raised from the cutoff only to have Ari Engel three-bet all in from the small blind for right around 240,000 . Clements called  and it was off to the races.

Clements:
Engel:

Engel was ahead, and maintained the lead on the flop. However, it was short lived as Clements hit his open-ended straight draw when the appeared on the turn.

The river was salt in the wound for Engel, who had no recourse but to head to the payout desk.

Scott Clements – 1,700,000 (106 bb)
Ari Engel – Eliminated in 41st Place ($16,950)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 395

On a final board reading Alex Condon in the big blind put Joe Cheong all in. Cheong thought about it a while before calling with . Condon turned over for the winning full house eliminating Cheong.

Alex Condon  –  140,000 (117 bb)
Joe Cheong  –  Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 135 of 395

Rainer Kempe (middle position) and the player in the small blind waged a preflop war that left the small blind all in for about 60,000 and at risk.

Kempe:
Small blind:

The board ran out , and Kempe earned the big knockout, nearly doubling up in the process.

Rainer Kempe – 135,000 (113 bb)