Busted bullet #4. AA<KK all in pre for 86.5k each. He covered me by 50 chips 🙁
— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) August 24, 2013
Matthew Burnitz vs. Sean Posner
Matthew Burnitz (hi-jack), Sean Posner (middle position), and the small blind all contributed 1,500 preflop and the first three cards fell 
. Burnitz bet 3,000 and the small blind check-folded. Posner check-called and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked and the river delivered the 
. Posner bet 3,400 and Burnitz called. Posner flipped over 
and Burnitz held 
. Burnitz won the hand to grow his stack to 50,000.
Breaking Bad Beats
I got Walter White dealing my table. #BreakingBad #SHRPO pic.twitter.com/c5UalRGKTE
— Grant Hinkle (@GrantHinkle) August 24, 2013
6pm Mega-satellite for the $100K Buy-in WPT Alpha8
If anyone out there is interested in playing in the $100,000 buy-in WPT Alpha8 event that begins on Monday, there will be a $10,300 mega-satellite starting near the tournament poker room at 6:00 pm. Registration will remain open until 8:00 pm.
The seats awarded will be must-play, so they can’t be transferred or exchanged for cash.
If you’re still in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event, there will be a similar mega-satellite into the Alpha8 tomorrow (Sunday), also at 6:00 pm.
More Chip Counts From Around the Room
Blind: 250/500
Ante: 75
| Phil Laak | 104,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 73,000 |
| David Diaz | 59,000 |
| Huck Seed | 54,000 |
| Kyle Bowker | 50,000 |
| Craig Bergeron | 47,000 |
| James Mackey | 47,000 |
| Nick Mitchell | 46,000 |
| Steven Silverman | 46,000 |
| Danny Masterson | 42,000 |
| Zachary Kessler | 37,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 35,000 |
| Mark Newhouse | 33,000 |
| Eugene Katchalov | 29,000 |
| Matt Jarvis | 29,000 |
| Tony Dunst | 29,000 |
| Jared Jaffee | 29,000 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | 26,000 |
| Ty Reiman | 25,000 |
| Alex Bolotin | 24,000 |
| Aaron Jones | 23,000 |
| Scotty Nguyen | 23,000 |
| Corey Burbick | 23,000 |
| Ben Tarzia | 22,000 |
| Ruben Visser | 21,000 |
| David Sands | 20,000 |
| Chris Bell | 18,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 15,000 |
| Lily Kiletto | 13,000 |
| Bryan Campanello | 12,000 |
Level 8 Begins and JC Tran Arrives
The entrants list continues to grow on Day 1C as the number has now reached 961 entrants.
Among the players to recently take their seat include World Series of Poker Main Event chip leader JC Tran.
Finally made it to the SHRPO. Time to play some poker. Seems like a nicely organized tournament.
— JC TRAN (@jctran23) August 24, 2013
Bonomo Doesn’t Know
I’m out of touch with pop culture. I quietly asked who the 9 seat is at my table. It’s @Nelly_Mo
— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) August 24, 2013
Lauren Kling Eliminated
Out boat over boat. Gg. Gl everyone in.
— lauren kling (@laurenkling) August 24, 2013
Level 7 Begins
Blinds are now 200-400 with a 50 ante for the start of Level 7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. There are currently 928 entries today for a total of 2,252 players in the event.
Shaun Deeb Eliminates Billy Pilossoph
Shaun Deeb raised preflop under the gun and Billy Pilossoph reraised to 5,000 from the cutoff. Deeb reraised all in and Pilossoph called all in. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Deeb: 
Pilossoph: 
Board: 
Deeb won the hand with aces to grow his stack to 66,500 and Pilossoph was eliminated from the tournament.