Event 5E: Registration Closed

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 11:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Registration closed for Flight E at the end of level 9.  There were unofficially 439 entries in this flight, surpassing all previous flights and bringing the event total to 1,665.

Some of the many familiar faces still in this Flight are Woodrow Pass, Nancy Birnbaum, Steele Sutter, Angel Vu, Joe Gibbons, Marsha Wolak, Guillermo Hamilton, and Mark Shulla.

Players are on break and there are about 117 remaining in this flight.

Event 6: Chip Counts from the Break

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 ante

Here is a look at the chip counts from the last break in Event 6 at SHRPO.

Seat 1: Tuan Pham – 48,200
Seat 4: Gregg Fund – 121,600
Seat 5: Victor Figueroa – 62,400
Seat 6: Brad Young – 139,500
Seat 7: Kevin Ho – 67.200
Seat 8: Robert Campbell – 21,500
Seat 9: Mark Provenzano – 125,500
Seat 10: Joe Mobley – 63,100

 

Event 6: Michael Wang Eliminated in Ninth Place ($648)

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 ante

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Michael Wang was all in for a hand of PLO with KdQdJc7c on the big blind and Brad Young had him covered with AsAcJd4s in the hole from middle position. The final board read KhQs2d2h5s and Wang was eliminated in ninth place, good for $648. Young stacked up 128,000 after the hand.

Wang is having a very strong tournament series so far here at SHRPO. This is his fourth score of the week.

Event 5F: Flight F Underway

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The sixth and final starting fight of Event 5 is underway.

Chips and Felt

Players began with 12,000 chips and the first 9 levels are 20 minutes long.  Levels 10 through 15 are 30 minutes long, but they will stop with about 15 minutes remaining in level 15, which all previous flights have done.

Players may late register and/or re-enter this event until the start of level 10 (about 10:20pm).

Event 5D: Flight D Baggage

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

A few players have let us know how they fared in Flight D, via Twitter.  Include #SHRPO in your Tweets and you may see them in the SHRPO.com blog!

 

 

Event 6: Timothey Vukson Busts on the Money Bubble (10th Place)

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 ante

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The final board read AhQcJd2d5s and the hand for Gregg Fund was Qh10h4s4c in a Pot Limit Omaha pot. The cards of Timothy Vukson (pictured above) were mucked and he was eliminated from the tournament in 10th place. The money bubble has now burst and each player remaining will take home at least $648 in prize money.

Event 6: Victor Figueroa Doubles Up

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 ante

Gregg Fund bet 18,000 in late position in a Pot Limit Omaha hand with the flop reading Kh7c6s and Victor Figueroa raised all in for 31,900 on the hijack. Fund called and they flipped over their cards.

Figueroa: KcKs9h5s
Fund: KdQd7s4s

Turn and River: 2dQs

Figueroa won the hand to double up and survive with over 80,000 and Fund dropped to 105,000 after the hand.