The mega-satellite that started at 12:00 noon today attracted a field of 626 players, and will be awarding 62 seats into the $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event that starts tomorrow.

Whoever finishes 63rd will receive $3,180, and whoever finishes 64th will get nothing.

There are currently 68 players remaining as they color-up the black (100) chips, and the average chip stack is about 69,000 (11 big blinds). Play will slow down as the satellite bubble approaches, but it shouldn’t take too long to burst it with this many tables in action.

There are several other satellites underway, but this is the big one for the day. We expect there to be a loud celebration when 62 more players win seats into one of the most hotly anticipated poker tournaments of the year.

Flying to Florida for the 10M guarantee at Seminole HardRock. 2nd biggest event of the year, only to the Main Event of the Wsop. Stoked

— Tyler Patterson (@TylerPoker) August 20, 2013

They are down to the final three players in Event 18 ($240 Pot-Limit Omaha), which is playing out on the live-stream table that you can watch at SHRPOlive.com/live.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, with the blinds increasing to 12,000-24,000:

Seat 3.  Seth Weinberg  –  1,776,000  (74 bb)
Seat 5.  Vinny Pahuja  –  336,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7.  Mike Wakefield  –  1,117,000  (46 bb)

1st:  $11,360
2nd:  $6,666
3rd:  $4,444

4th:  Barry Roth  –  $3,091
5th:  Gabriel Ramos  –  $2,303

The final six players in Event 19 ($150 No-Limit Hold’em) agreed to chop the remaining prizepool in a six-way deal which gave chipleader Oneil McCalla the highest prize and the trophy.

These were the updated (though not official) chip counts of the final six players as they agreed to a deal:

Seat 2.  Jason Lux  –  420,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Kristopher Stupicic  –  209,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Esteban Consalvo  –  283,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Oneil McCalla  –  574,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Chaffe  –  362,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  Matthew Elsarelli  –  238,000  (23 bb)

And here’s the prizepool they agreed to, followed by the rest of the money finishers who played today:

1st:  Oneil McCalla  –  $6,265
2nd:  Jason Lu  –  $5,419
3rd:  Michael Chaffe  –  $5,051
4th:  Esteban Consalvo  –  $4,529
5th:  Matthew Elsarelli  –  $4,137
6th:  Kristopher Stupicic  –  $3,893

7th:  Harold Lam  –  $1,353
8th:  Jennifer David  –  $979
9th:  Michael Bange  –  $708
10th:  Alan Feller  –  $541
11th:  Pinchas Chakchakov  –  $541
12th:  Luis Bueno  –  $541
13th:  Alfonso Perez  –  $437

Unfortunately, Oneil McCalla left the area without his trophy and without taking a winner’s photo. But as soon as we see him, we’ll get his photo.

With five players remaining in Event 18 ($240 Pot-Limit Omaha), there are three tiers of players — two big chipleaders (Seth Weinberg and Mike Wakefield), two middle-short stacks (Vinny Pahuja and Barry Rother), and one very short stack (Gabriel Ramos).

Here are the updated chip counts:

Seat 3.  Seth Weinberg  –  1,395,000  (87 bb)
Seat 4.  Barry Roth  –  200,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5.  Vinny Pahuja  –  245,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Mike Wakefield  –  1,275,000  (79 bb)
Seat 10.  Gabriel Ramos  –  86,000  (5 bb)

6th:  Mark Wahba  –  $1,778
7th:  Errol Massey  –  $1,374

5 left. I’m 4/5 w 265k at 12k. One guy super short. 2 massive chip leaders @SHRThePokerRoom Ev 18 240 PLO

— Vinny Pahuja (@vinpahuja) August 21, 2013

They are down to six players in Event 19 ($150 No-Limit Hold’em), with the blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante.

Alan Feller went out in 10th place on a bad beat. He got it all in preflop with K-K against then-chipleader Michael Chaffe’s A-Q, but an ace on the river ended his tournament. Chaffe increased his lead at the time to 515,000 (85 big blinds).

Michael Bange (9th), Jennifer David (8th), and Harold Lam (7th) followed Feller to the rail during the next hour.

Oneil McCalla, who was the shortest stack with 10 players remaining, is now the chipleader. Here are the approximate chip counts of the final six players:

Seat 2.  Jason Lux  –  400,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Kristopher Stupicic  –  220,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Esteban Consalvo  –  260,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6.  Oneil McCalla  –  600,000  (60 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Chaffe  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Seat 9.  Matthew Elsarelli  –  160,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $11,243
2nd:  $6,662
3rd:  $4,372
4th:  $3,019
5th:  $2,228
6th:  $1,770

7th:  Harold Lam  –  $1,353
8th:  Jennifer David  –  $979
9th:  Michael Bange  –  $708
10th:  Alan Feller  –  $541

There are now seven players remaining in Event 18 ($240 Pot-Limit Omaha), and two of them were eliminated on the same hand leading into the break.

Three players got it all in after a flop of . Here were their cards, in descending order of chip stacks:

Seth Weinberg:    (Wrap straight draw)
Kevin Spires:    (pocket aces w/ a pair of sixes)
Brandon Navarrete:    (pair of queens)

The turn was the , the river was the , and Weinberg won the pot with a seven-high straight to eliminate Spires in 8th place and shorter-stacked Navarrete in 9th.

At that point, the players took their break. Here are the official chip counts as the blinds increase to 6,000-12,000:

Seat 1.  Mark Wahba  –  393,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Seth Weinberg  –  1,034,000  (86 bb)
Seat 4.  Barry Roth  –  346,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Vinny Pahuja  –  386,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Mike Wakefield  –  772,000  (64 bb)
Seat 9.  Errol Massey  –  195,000  (16 bb)
Seat 10.  Gabriel Ramos  –  103,000  (8 bb)

8th:  Kevin Spires  –  $1,010
9th:  Brandon Navarrete  –  $727
10th:  George Roussos  –  $566

They’ve reached the final table of 10 players in Event 19 ($150 No-Limit Hold’em), and play will continue until they reach a winner, with a first prize of $11,243.

Here are the official chip counts with the blinds increasing to 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante. The average chip stack is about 208,000 (34 big blinds).

Seat 1.  Harold Lam  –  274,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Lux  –  143,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Alan Feller  –  116,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Kristopher Stupicic  –  266,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5.  Esteban Consalvo  –  327,000  (54 bb)
Seat 6.  Oneil McCalla  –  100,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Chaffe  –  352,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8.  Michael Bange  –  217,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  Matthew Elsarelli  –  128,000  (21 bb)
Seat 10.  Jennifer David  –  149,000  (24 bb)

11th:  Pinchas Chakchakov  –  $541
12th:  Luis Bueno  –  $541
13th:  Alfonso Perez  –  $437

They’ve reached the final table of 10 players in Event 18 ($240 Pot-Limit Omaha), and from this point forward all of the action will be visible on the live stream available at SHRPOLive.com/live.

Play will continue until they reach a winner, with a first prize of $11,360.

Here are the updated chip counts with the blinds at 4,000-8,000. The average chip stack is about 323,000 (40 big blinds).

Seat 1.  Mark Wahba  –  295,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  Brandon Navarrete  –  195,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Seth Weinberg  –  520,000  (65 bb)
Seat 4.  Barry Roth  –  215,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Vinny Pahuja  –  345,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Spires  –  240,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Mike Wakefield  –  720,000  (90 bb)
Seat 8.  George Roussos  –  120,000  (15 bb)
Seat 9.  Errol Massey  –  360,000  (45 bb)
Seat 10.  Gabriel Ramos  –  185,000  (23 bb)

11th:  Eitan Dahan  –  $566
12th:  Sunny Miller  –  $566
13th:  Derek McClinton  –  $485
14th:  Steve Yagudaev  –  $485
15th:  Raj Nasta  –  $485
16th:  Perry Anglin  –  $424
17th:  Kenneth Coleman  –  $424

Made the FT of @SHRPOlive Event 18 240 PLO. 10/202 left. I’m middle of the pack w 300k over 8k. $11k and a trophy FTW

— Vinny Pahuja (@vinpahuja) August 21, 2013