$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 4: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 70

Haim Toorgeman opened to 5,100 in middle position, and Lawrence Paden called in the cutoff. From the small blind, Brad Patton three-bet to 22,000. Toorgeman moved all in for 54,600, Paden folded, and Patton called the remainder to put his opponent at risk.

Toorgeman:
Patton:

The board ran out , and Patton turned aces up to win the pot. Toorgeman was eliminated in ninth place.

Brad Patton – 155,000 (97 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – Eliminated

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 9: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Total Players: 183

Event 17 players took their second break of the day as the slow structure creeps higher. The lack of re-entries slowed up the player count but we’re still seeing players get in the game late.

Pfizer Jordan is your current chip leader with Gordan Vayo, Harrison Gimble, and Cate Hall lurking.

They’ll play two more levels and take a 40-minute dinner break. Registration will remain open until they come back from that break around 6:10pm.

Top stacks and notables:

Pfizer Jordan – 70,100 (140 bb)
Gordon Vayo – 54,350 (109 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 46,725 (93 bb)
Cate Hall – 46,550 (93 bb)
Amelia Amato – 45,100 (90 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 37,000 (74 bb)
David Prociak – 29,900 (60 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 29,400 (59 bb)
Jon Borenstein – 29,275 (59 bb)
Tim Burt – 25,400 (51 bb)
Jon Brody – 23,625 (47 bb)
Matt Stout – 19,600 (39 bb)
Luke Brereton – 19,125 (38 bb)
Sam Panzica – 18,300 (37 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – 17,200 (34 bb)
Aaron Massey – 14,250 (29 bb)
Matt Affleck – 12,500 (25 bb)
Darryll Fish – 7,275 (15 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 4: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 70

Jean Gaspard moved all in for 8,000 in early position, and Jack Duong called from the big blind to put him at risk.

Gaspard:
Duong:

The board ran out , and Gaspard could not catch up. Duong won the pot with ace-queen high, eliminating Gaspard in tenth place.

Jack Duong – 85,000 (53 bb)
Jean Gaspard – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 3: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 70

Jean Gaspard opened to 3,200 in early position, Haim Toorgeman called a few seats over, and Jerry Wong called in the cutoff. From the big blind, Michael Aron three-bet to 13,200, and only Gaspard called.

The flop was . Aron continued for 14,500, and Gaspard called. The turn was the , and Aron bet another 24,500. Gaspard called again, and the river was the . Aron moved all in for 51,500, and Gaspard pondered for several minutes before calling to put his opponent at risk.

Aron showed , and Gaspard flashed his inferior as he mucked. Aron won the pot with a pair of kings, doubling up into the chip lead and taking most of Gaspard’s once-mighty stack in the process.

Michael Aron – 216,200 (180 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 11,700 (10 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 7: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Total Players: 180

The Event 17 field continues to grow at a steady pace and the prize pool has grown over $175,000 with plenty of time to run it up.

We’ve seen a few new faces pop up since the last break including Adam Levy, Aaron Massey, and SHRP team members Matt Stout and Michael Laake.

The news wasn’t so good for Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador Wally Maddah. He was seen walking out the door on the other side of the room and his seat no long has a stack out front. He’s not alone among those gone from the freeze-out, we also noted there is someone different sitting in WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen’s seat.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 2: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 70

Jean Gaspard opened to 2,500 under the gun, and Jerry Wong three-bet to 8,000 in middle position. Gaspard four-bet shoved with his big stack, and Wong called all in for 79,900 to put himself at risk.

Gaspard:
Wong:

The table reacted in unison as the flop came to give Gaspard two pair. Nick Palma was unconvinced, though. “It’s your year,” he said to Wong. “I can see it coming.”

Sure enough, the peeled off on the turn, giving Wong a big lead with a set of queens. The river was the blank to secure his double up. He moved into the chip lead with that pot, erasing most of Gaspard’s early work in the process.

Jerry Wong – 162,300 (162 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 115,000 (115 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 2: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 70

Michael McNeil limped in from early position, and Mark Smith raised to 3,500 a few seats over. Jerry Wong called on the button, and McNeil called the remainder to create three-way action.

The flop was . McNeil checked, Smith continued for 7,000, Wong called, and McNeil folded. The turn was the , and Smith bet 15,000. Wong called, and the river was the . Smith moved all in for just over 50,000, and Wong surrendered his cards into the muck.

Mark Smith – 110,000 (110 bb)
Jerry Wong – 80,000 (80 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 6: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Total Players: 168

Neil Blumenfield returned from the first break with less than 5,000 and he put them to work when he returned. He three-bet shoved against Tim Burt and his was racing .

“I have all the suits,” Blumenfield joked.

It was indeed that suits that would save him when it ran out a four-flush board with to save his Event 17 seat.

Tim Burt – 13,500 (68 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 11,000 (55 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 1: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 70

Jack Duong opened to 2,000 in middle position, and Michael McNeil called in the cutoff. On the button, Jean Gaspard three-bet to 7,700, and both opponents called.

The flop was . It checked to Gaspard, who continued for 12,900, and only Duong called. Heads up now, the turn was the . Duong checked again, Gaspard bet 21,500, and Duong called. The river was the , and both players checked.

Duong showed for a pair of tens, and Gaspard tabled to win the pot with a pair of aces.

Jean Gaspard – 198,000 (248 bb)
Jack Duong – 65,000 (81 bb)