$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 9/148

Michael Mizrachi, who earned his way in to this event via his April Big Stack Special win last week, began the 10-handed final table in a neck-and-neck race for the short stack with Ran Shahar. Mizrachi was first at risk and it didn’t end well.

After Bryan Rosen limped from middle position, Mizrachi shoved the button. Rosen called and turned over . Mizrachi was behind with .

The flop came giving Mizrachi a flush draw to go with his overcard. The turn was a blank and Mizrachi needed to improve heading to the river. No help came as the dealer burned and turned the on the river. Rosen won the pot and Mizrachi was eliminated 10th earning $3,445.

Mizrachi resides in Hollywood, FL and is one of poker’s biggest names. He owns more than $15,000,000 in reported earnings with two gold bracelet victories in the World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship headlining an expansive resume.

Michael Rosen – 285,000 (47 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – Eliminated 10th ($3,445)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 10/148

Following about three hours of Day 2 play, Michael Tait busted 11th and the 22-player restart is down to 10 players. Each has locked up $3,445 with the tournament’s champion earning $39,632 along with a $5,250 seat in this August’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi – 58,000
Seat 2: Oleksiy Lyashenko – 289,000
Seat 3: John Valevich – 440,000
Seat 4: Kevin Chan – 352,000
Seat 5: TK “Tim” Miles – 250,000
Seat 6: Eric Beller – 437,000
Seat 7: Bryan Rosen – 370,000
Seat 8: Michael Newman – 175,000
Seat 9: AJ Gambino – 535,000
Seat 10: Ran Shahar – 56,000

1st – $39,632 + $5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – $25,123
3rd – $14,787
4th – $8,977
5th – $6,963
6th – $5,750
7th – $5,025
8th – $4,486
9th – $3,964
10th – $3,445

12th: Joel Lumpkins – $3,445
13th: Chad Eveslage – $2,943
14th: Dolphus Powers – $2,943
15th: Frank Silverstein – $2,943
16th: Ronald Spooner – $2,512
17th: Jake Schwartz – $2,512
18th: Andrew Thompson – $2,512
19th: David Shmuel – $2,153

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/500
Players Remaining: 11/148

The board laid and Bryan Rosen was out of position in the big blind against Michael Mizrachi under the gun. Rosen checked and Mizrachi eyed Rosen’s stack.

“All-in,” said Mizrachi who had Rosen’s last 105,500 chips covered by about two-to-one.

Rosen thought for a minute and called.

Rosen: for a pair of jacks
Mizrachi: for a bluff

Rosen’s pair was good and he took the pot from The Grinder.

Bryan Rosen – 308,000 (61 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 100,000 (20 bb)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/500
Players Remaining: 11/148

Joel Lumpkins just hit the rail 12th courtesy of Alex Gambino’s . Lumpkins earned $3,445 while Gambino scooped a nice pot and took the chip lead with almost 500,000.

Alex Gambino – 485,000 (97 bb)
Joel Lumpkins – Eliminated 12th ($3,445)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/500
Players Remaining: 12/148

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/500
Players Remaining: 13/148

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/500
Players Remaining: 16/148

Jake Schwartz shoved 41,500 from late position and Michael Newman called from the button. Bryan Rosen thought for a bit from the big blind, but let it go. Schwartz was at risk versus Newman and had the worst of it.

Newman:
Schwartz:

Runout:

Newman’s jacks held and Schwartz was eliminated in 17th place. Newman, meanwhile, raked a pot that put him among the leaders with over 300,000 chips.

Michael Newman – 302,000 (75 bb)
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated 17th ($2,512)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/500
Players Remaining: 17/148

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/500
Players Remaining: 18/148

Seat 1: Ronald Spooner
Seat 2: TK Miles
Seat 3: Eric Beller
Seat 4: Michael Tait
Seat 5: John Valevich
Seat 6: Kevin Chan
Seat 7: Andrew Thompson
Seat 8: Dolphus Powers
Seat 9: Ran Shahar

Seat 1: Joel Lumpkins
Seat 2: Michael Mizrachi
Seat 3: Alex Gambino
Seat 4: Frank Silverstein
Seat 5: Jake Schwartz
Seat 6: Chad Eveslage
Seat 7: Michael Newman
Seat 8: Oleksiy Lyashenko
Seat 9: Bryan Rosen

1st – $39,632 + $5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – $25,123
3rd – $14,787
4th – $8,977
5th – $6,963
6th – $5,750
7th – $5,025
8th – $4,486
9th – $3,964
10th-12th – $3,445
13th-15th – $2,943
16th-18th – $2,512

Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – Eliminated on the Bubble
Paul Balzano – Eliminated Outside the Money
Michael Ciccarelli – Eliminated Outside the Money

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 14: 1,500/3,000/500
Players Remaining: 19/148

Roughly 25 hands and one hour into bubble play, Carlos Rodriguez Rojas hit the rail sending the remaining 19 players into the money. Here’s how it went down:

Rodriguez Rojas had 33,500 at risk on a board. Action was on Ronald Spooner on the button and he called. Rodriguez Rojas was at risk.

Spooner: for two pair
Rodriguez Rojas: for a pair of sixes and a gutshot

River:

Spooner’s kings-up held and Rodriguez Rojas was eliminated on the bubble.

Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – Eliminated on the Bubble