Event 14: More For Michael Mizrachi

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 312

Just the tail end of a pot here, but one worth mentioning.

Justin Liberto’s table recently broke, and his new seat is not a great one by any measure. He’s now on the direct right of Michael Mizrachi, who is playing the majority of pots and amassing quite a chip stack.

In the most recent hand, Liberto (cutoff) and Mizrachi (button) were heads up on the river of a Ks4s2c9sKd board. Liberto checked, and Mizrachi bet 35,000 into a pot of about that much. Liberto tanked and called with QsQd, but Mizrachi showed KcQc to win the pot with trip kings.

Mizrachi is dragging pots so fast he can’t even stack the chips in between them, but it looks like he’s closing in on the 300,000-chip mark in a hurry.

Michael Mizrachi – 270,000 (135 bb)
Justin Liberto – 52,000 (26 bb)

Event 14: Michael Mizrachi Finds a Big Double

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 312

Michael Mizrachi (Miami, FL)
Michael Mizrachi (Miami, FL)

In a battle of the blinds, the small blind completed for 2,000, and Michael Mizrachi raised to 7,000 in the big blind. The small blind called. The flop came QdJs6d, and the small blind led out for 15,000. Mizrachi moved all in for 98,800 total, and his opponent called to put him at risk.

Small blind: Jx3x (pair of jacks)
Mizrachi: KsKd (pair of kings)

The turn was the 7d and the river the Jd, and Mizrachi doubled up with a king-high flush.

Michael Mizrachi – 199,000 (100 bb)

Event 14: Aaron Mermelstein Eliminated by Joseph Montervino

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 312

Aaron Mermelstein opened to 2,400 second to act, and Joseph Montervino defended his big blind.

The flop came Td8h6h, and Mermelstein continued for 2,000. Montervino check-raised to 6,000, Mermelstein moved all in for 24,700 total, and Montervino quickly called to put him at risk.

Mermelstein: QhJh
Montervino: 6d8d

Mermelstein was behind but had plenty of outs, and the Kc on the turn opened up three more for him. The river was the 8c, though, and Montervino eliminated the two-time WPT Champion with a full house.

Joseph Montervino – 58,300 (49 bb)
Aaron Mermestein – Eliminated

Event 14: Ryan Eriquezzo Knocked Down, Out

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 312

Mohammad Arani (Plano, TX)
Mohammad Arani (Plano, TX)

Ryan Eriquezzo opened to 2,300 in middle position, and Mohammad Arani three-bet to 5,300 in the cutoff. The button called, and Eriquezzo called the remainder to see a three-way flop.

It came Ah8c7c. Arani continued for 6,200, the button folded, and Eriquezzo check-called to see the turn heads-up. It was the Jd, and both players checked. The river was the 8d, and Eriquezzo led for 17,000. Arani called instantly. It quickly became clear that Eriquezzo couldn’t win, so Arani took his cue to show AsKd to collect the pot with aces up.

On the next hand, Eriquezzo open-shoved for about 9,000 with 5d5c, and Joe Ebanks woke up with JsJh in the blinds.

“I’m going to hit a five,” Eriquezzo said as the flop came KdQs3d. “Or diamonds,” he said before the blank 2c turn. “Or nothing.” The river was the 4h, and it was “nothing”. Eriquezzo was eliminated.

Mohammad Arani – 155,000 (155 bb)
Joe Ebanks – 55,000 (55 bb)
Ryan Eriquezzo – Eliminated

Event 14: Mike Wang Eliminated by Zo Karim

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 312

Zo Karim (Orlando, FL)
Zo Karim (Orlando, FL)

Mike Wang opened to 1,700 under the gun, the player on the button called, and Zo Karim defended his big blind to make it a three-way flop. It came 9c6c6h, and Wang continued for 3,000. The button called, but Karim check-raised to 9,400. Wang moved all in for about 25,500 total, the button folded, and Karim quickly called to put Wang at risk.

Wang: Qs9h (nines up)
Karim: Ah6d (trip sixes)

The turn 8h and river 5s completed the board to seal Wang’s elimination.

Zo Karim – 90,000 (113 bb)
Mike Wang – Eliminated

WPT Showdown Championship Mega Satellite Days

HWHR-Showdown-300x300One mega satellite day wasn’t good enough, so we added another. Tomorrow kicks off the first of two big days with seven satellites into the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

The satellites are guaranteed to award at least 79 seats into the $2 Million Guaranteed Championship with plenty of chances to get in the game at a discounted price.

Championship Satellites for Wednesday, April 13

11AM: Event 71 – $390 Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-10)

  • 25 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 71 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 72 – $390 Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 72 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 73 – $200 Turbo Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-20)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 73 Structure Sheet

Championship Satellites for Thursday, April 14

11AM: Event 75 – $390 Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-10)

  • 25 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 75 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 76 – $200 Turbo Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-20)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 76 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 77 – $390 Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 77 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 78 – $390 Satellite into SHR Poker Showdown Championship (1-in-10)

  • 5 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 7,500 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 78 Structure Sheet

Event 14: Sheddy Siddiqui Eliminated by Luis Santoni

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 114 of 312

SHRP Team member Sheddy Siddiqui got a shove through uncalled a moment ago, but his second attempt went to showdown. He shoved for about 6,000 or so, and Luis Santoni put him at risk with the covering stack.

Siddiqui: 7d7c
Santoni: 8s8c

The board ran out AsTc3d4d2s, and Santoni’s eights held to earn him the knockout.

Luis Santoni – 48,000 (80 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – Eliminated

Event 14: #YUGE Prizepool and Payouts

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 Ante
Players Remaining: 150 of 312

Level 9 has just begun, and registration is now closed for Event 14. This event needed to draw 100 entries to meet the $50,000 guarantee. Instead, it got 312 entries, more than tripling the guarantee and generating a prizepool worth $156,000. That money will be shared by the final 36 players, with the breakdown as follows:

1st: $32,899
2nd: $22,308
3rd: $14,586
4th: $11,638
5th: $8,736
6th: $6,724
7th-9th: $5,023
10th-12th: $3,338
13th-15th: $2,340
16th-18th: $1,732
19th-24th: $1,420
25th-30th: $1,201
31st-36th: $1,014

Players who are eliminated in the next few hours still have time to jump into the $250 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha event running in the corner of the room. Registration for that event remains open until about 7:30 p.m.

Event 14: About One Fiddy

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 8: 250/500 with a 75 Ante
Total Entries: 300

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Players are taking off on their second break of the day not long after the tournament tripled up the $50,000 Guarantee. The 300 entrant jumped in the game and players have 15 more minutes if they want a piece of the action.

Registration will close when they return for Level 9 and we’ll see who high the prize pool reached.

Event 14: Aiming for Triple Guarantee

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 Ante
Total Entries: 290

Sam Panzica (Saline, MI)
Sam Panzica (Saline, MI)

The $50,000 Guarantee is long gone, as well as the next $100,000 milestone. The field is only ten entrants away from tripling up the guaranteed prize pool to $150,000 and it looks like they will get there.

Sam Panzica had to fire an unfortunate final bullet into the single re-entry tournament after his pocket tens ran into 7c3c and the board ran 9h7d6c4d3d. He was all-in with his second shot and pulled a double up with a pair of kings.