$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8  of 147

Staffan Lind moved all in on the button and got action from Alexander Khanas.

Khanas showed and was in the lead against Lind’s . The board ran out and Khanas’ big slick held up to eliminate Lind and take the pot.

Alexander Khanas – 360,000 (30 bb)
Staffan Lind – Eliminated 

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 147

Joe Kuether moved all in for about 150,000 from under the gun and Jake Schwartz called out of the small blind.

Kuether showed and needed an ace against Schwartz’s . Kuether couldn’t find the help he needed as the board ran out and Kuether finished in 10th place.

Schwartz took the pot and Kuether took home $2,940 for his finish.

Jake Schwartz – 305,000 (30 bb)
Joe Kuether – Eliminated 

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 147

Dermote Blain moved all in from the cutoff for 81,000 and Anthony Lombard called out of the small blind.

Blain showed and was in the lead against Lombard’s . The board ran out and Blain faded the flush draw to double up.

Dermot Blain – 182,000 (18 bb)
Anthony Lombard – 160,000 (16 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 147

The players in the $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo are down to the final 10 and have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

With one more elimination, the final nine players will be credited with a final table appearance. Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts:

Seat 1: Alexander Khanas – 239,000
Seat 2: Gregory Marcus – 190,000
Seat 3: Dermot Blain – 103,000
Seat 4: Cate Hall – 81,000
Seat 5: Anthony Lombard – 262,000
Seat 6: Jake Schwartz – 156,000
Seat 7: Staffan Lind – 141,000
Seat 8: Joe Kuether – 154,000
Seat 9: Darren Rabinowitz – 172,000
Seat 10: Ben Heath – 276,000

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 5
Level 4: 150/300

Over the last two levels, Ari Engel seized control of the decisive match against Jonathan Little.

Little was already starting getting short on chips when he opened the button to 500 in the last level. Engel defended his big blind, and the flop came . Engel checked, Little continued for 400, and Engel called. The turn was the , and Engel led out for 800. Little called, and the river was the . Engel bet 1,525, and Little called to see a showdown. Engel tabled , winning the pot with queens up and leaving Little with less than 3,000 chips.

A couple hands later, Engel shoved the button, and Little called all in, putting himself at risk for less than 10 big blinds.

Engel:
Little:

The board ran out , and Engel turned a pair of aces to win the pot, the game, and the match. He’s through to the finals, where he awaits the winner of a match that has yet to be determined.

Little was eliminated by a score of 2-1.

.@realAriEngel drowned me on the river about 7 times. The @shrpo main event is tomorrow for me.

— Jonathan Little (@JonathanLittle) August 12, 2016

Ari Engel – Advances to Final
Jonathan Little – Eliminated in Semifinals ($9,600)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 6
Level 5: 200/400

Corey Dodd limped in from the button, and Alex Foxen checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was , and both players checked. The turn was the . Foxen bet 500, Dodd raised to 1,500, and Foxen called. The river was the . Foxen checked, and Dodd moved all in for 4,200. Foxen deliberated for maybe 30 seconds, then called to put Dodd at risk.

“You got it,” Dodd said, reluctant to show his cards. Foxen took his cue to table , winning the pot, the game, and the match with a pair of queens. He advances to the semifinals, where he’ll face either Aaron Mermelstein or George Lusby.

Dodd was eliminated by a score of two games to zero.

Alex Foxen – Advances to Semifinals
Corey Dodd – Eliminated in Quarterfinals ($4,800)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 6

The Jonathan Little/Ari Engel semifinal match continues to play much quicker than the two remaining quarterfinal games.

Little tied up his match against Engel when they mixed it up with the board reading . Little’s top pair was ahead of Engel’s and stayed that way on the river to even the match at one a piece.

Shortly afterwards, a short stacked Aaron Mermelstein called all-in for his chips with and ran right into George Lusby’s . Things got worse on the flop and their match was even when the board completed .

$1,100 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 147

Registration closed on the $1,100 Turbo Event 20 with 147 players jumping into the freeze-out. They created a prize pool worth $147,000 with the last two tables getting a piece. A min-cash is worth $2,505 while the next SHRPO will earn $42,628 and the shiny trophy.

1st: $42,628
2nd: $24,990
3rd: $14,700
4th: $11,760
5th: $8,820
6th: $7,350
7th: $5,880
8th: $4,410
9th: $3,308
10 – 12th: $2,940
13 – 15th: $2,573
16 – 18th: $2,505

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 6
Level 1: 50/100

Ari Engel opened up an early chip lead in his second game with Jonathan Little, but Little quickly doubled back to the front.

The hand in question began with Engel raising on the button, and Little three-bet to 1,000 in the big blind. Engel called. The flop was . Little continued for 1,000, and Engel called. The turn was the , and Little bet 1,800. Engel moved all in with the bigger stack, and Little quickly called all in for 5,400 total, putting himself at risk.

Engel: (pair of eights, straight draw)
Little: (set of nines)

The river was the blank , and Little doubled up with nines full. He’s now up more than 2:1 in this second game, which is a must-win for him.

Jonathan Little – 16,800
Ari Engel – 7,200

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 6

While the two remaining quarterfinal matches are still stuck at 1-0, the first semifinal match is now 1-0 in Ari Engel’s favor.

It took five bets to get Engel and Jonathan Little’s chip in the middle and it was a flip with Engel’s against . The board ran to send the big pot to Engel, leaving Little with only 1,500.

He put tossed them in on the next hand and his went down to to give Engel the 1-0 lead.