Event 12: Ritika Goyal – 8th Place ($690)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 66

Ritika Goyal
Ritika Goyal

Sahar Khajavi raised from middle position to 18,000, Ritika Goyal reraised from the hijack to about 60,000 (roughly half her stack), and Vanessa Kade moved all in from the button.

Khajavi folded, and Goyal called all in for about 115,000 with AsAd. Kade turned over QdQc, and Goyal needed her aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came Jd10s8c3s9s, and Kade rivered a queen-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Goyal in eighth place.

Vanessa Kade  –  313,000  (52 bb)
Ritika Goyal  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($690)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 189,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $775 each.

Event 11: Final Six Players

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 124

John Goyette  –  698,000  (35 bb)
Sheila O’Connor  –  468,000  (23 bb)
Stewart Yancik  –  273,000  (14 bb)
Gabe Ramos  – 232,000  (12 bb)
Kevin M. Buck  –  100,000  (5 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  90,000  (4.5 bb)

1st:  $11,885 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $7,475
3rd:  $4,465
4th:  $2,805
5th:  $2,075
6th:  $1,790

7th:  Phil Hui  –  $1,545
8th:  Alejandro Espaillat  –  $1,370
9th:  Jay Kerbel  –  $1,205

Event 12: Rinat Haviv – 9th Place ($605)

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 66

Rinat Haviv
Rinat Haviv

Brittani Nguyen moves all in under the gun for 83,000, and Rinat Haviv calls all in from the button for 65,000 with QhQc.

Nguyen turns over KdKc, and Haviv needs to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6s5s5h3d8d, and the pocket kings hold up for Nguyen to win the pot and eliminate Haviv in ninth place.

Brittani Nguyen  –  163,000  (27 bb)
Rinat Haviv  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($605)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 165,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $690 each.

Event 12: Short Stacks Catching the Right Cards So Far

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 66

Toast to the Ladies Event
The players at the final table of the Ladies Event toast each other between hands. From left to right: Sahar Khajavi, Ritika Goyal, Delia the dealer (seated), Brittani Nguyen, Vanessa Kade, Rinat Haviv, Mica Lamar, Alejandra Reidel, and Ana Huete.

With the blinds still at 2,000-4,000, Vanessa Kade raised from middle position to 10,000, Bridgette Adkins called from middle position, and Alejandra Reidel moved all in from the button for 41,000. Kade folded, and Adkins thought for a while before she called with KcJc.

Reidel turned over 8s8d, and needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10c8c5h2d10d, and Reidel flopped a set of eights and rivered a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alejandra Reidel  –  102,000  (26 bb)
Bridgette Adkins  –  135,000  (34 bb)


Two levels later, after the blinds increased to 3,000-6,000, Brittani Nguyen moved all in from UTG+1 for 34,000, and Mica Lamar called from the hijack with AcJh.

Nguyen turned over 2s2c, and needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came KsJs8h6sAs — Lamar paired her jack on the flop to take the lead, and caught an ace on the river for two pair, but Nguyen rivered a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brittani Nguyen  –  83,000  (14 bb)
Mica Lamar  –  115,000  (19 bb)


About five minutes later, Ritika Goyal got it all in from the button for 51,000 with As2h, but she needed to improve to stay alive against the KxKx of Bridgette Adkins, who was under the gun.

The board came QhQd9cQcAd, and Goyal spiked an ace on the river to win the pot with a higher full house, queens full of aces, and double up in chips.

Rikita Goyal  –  116,000  (19 bb)
Bridgette Adkins  –  175,000  (29 bb)


The next hand, Vanessa Kade raised from the small blind to 20,000, and Bridgette Adkins called from the big blind.

The flop came Kh5s2d, Kade bet 15,000, and Adkins called. The turn card was the Ad, Kade bet 20,000, Adkins moved all in for 116,000, and Kade called with Ac5h for two pair, aces and fives. But Adkins turned over 4s3h for a five-high straight, and she needed it to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the 7c, and Adkins won the pot with her straight to double up in chips.

Bridgette Adkins  –  308,000  (51 bb)
Vanessa Kade  –  175,000  (29 bb)


With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 147,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $605 each.

Event 11: Phil Hui – 7th Place ($1,545)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 124

In a battle of the blinds, Phil Hui was all in from the small blind for roughly 50,000 against Gabe Ramos in the big blind.

Hui:  AsKh8d3c
Ramos:  AdKd7s5c

The board ran out 2d5d9hKcKs, giving Ramos kings full of fives and no qualifying low on the board, ending Hui’s tournament in seventh place.

Gabe Ramos  –  200,000  (17 bb)
Phil Hui  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,545)

Event 11: Alejandro Espaillat – 8th Place ($1,370)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 124

Alejandro Espaillat

Alejandro Espaillat potted to 35,000 from middle position and Sheila O’Connor called from the big blind.

The flop was Qd10c7s, O’Connor led for 50,000, Espaillat raised all in for 96,000, and O’Connor called.

Espaillat:  AcQc8c4d
O’Connor:  AsAh10h2d

O’Connor was ahead with a pair of aces against Espaillat’s pair of queens.

The 5c turn gave Espaillat a flush draw, but the river was the 5d, ending Espaillat’s tournament in eighth place.

Sheila O’Connor  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Alejandro Espaillat  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,370)

Event 11: Jay Kerbel – 9th Place ($1,205)

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 124

Jay Kerbel

Following a flop of Kh6c3d, Jay Kerbel was in from middle for roughly 130,000 against John Goyette in middle position.

Kerbel:  Ah10s5d2s
Goyette:  AdAs5h3c

Goyette was ahead with aces, while Kerbel was drawing to the nut low.

The Qs[turn][and][3h river completed the board, giving Goyette trip threes to eliminate Kerbel in ninth place.

John Goyette  –  570,000  (57 bb)
Jay Kerbel  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,205)

Event 12: Final Table Underway; Sahar Khajavi Leads with 375,000

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 66

Event 12 Final Table - Ladies Event
Event 12 Final Table

After the elimination of Katya Rodriguez in 11th place, the final two tables began hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

In Hand #2 of hand-for-hand play, Bridgette Adkins and Sherriee Williams played a hand to the river on a board of Qd7c3sJd5d, and that’s where Adkins got it all in for 59,000, with Williams barely covering her with 61,000.

Williams showed KdJs for a pair of jacks, but Adkins turned over 6s4d for a seven-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips. Williams was knocked all the way down to just 2,000 — less than a single big blind.

Bridgette Adkins  –  160,000  (40 bb)
Sherriee Williams  –  2,000  (<1 bb)

Sherriee Williams
Bubble Finisher Sherriee Williams

There wasn’t much action for the next three hands, and then in Hand #6, Sherriee Williams was forced all in for her last 2,000, which went into the center for the big blind ante. Three players limped into the pot, and then checked all the way down.

The final board showed Qh9d8h5s6d, and then all four players turned over their cards.

Mica Lamar:  Qd6c  (two pair, queens and sixes)
Bridgette Adkins:  Kh8d  (pair of eights)
Sahar Khajavi:  3s2h  (three high)
Sherriee Williams:  8c3d  (pair of eights)

Mica Lamar won the pot with her two pair to eliminate Williams on the Money Bubble in 10th place.

Sherriee Williams  –  Eliminated

The final nine players then drew for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup along with their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Brittani Nguyen  –  58,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Vanessa Kade  –  211,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3.  Bridgette Adkins  –  176,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Mica Lamar  –  180,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5.  Ana Huete  –  52,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Alejandra Reidel  –  41,000  (10 bb)
Seat 7.  Rinat Haviv  –  120,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  Sahar Khajavi  –  375,000  (94 bb)
Seat 9.  Ritika Goyal  –  120,000  (30 bb)

And here is the prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $6,005 + $1,100 Big 4 seat + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $3,430
3rd:  $2,100
4th:  $1,500
5th:  $1,155
6th:  $900
7th:  $775
8th:  $690
9th:  $605

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 147,000 (37 big blinds).

Event 11: PLO8 Final Table Lineup

$400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 124

2022 SHRPO Event 11 Final Table

Seat 1:  Phil Hui  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  Alejandro Espaillat  –  190,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  Gabe Ramos  –  195,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4:  Sam Sternfield  –  325,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  Stewart Yancik  –  95,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6:  Jay Kerbel  –  205,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7:  John Goyette  –  420,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8:  Sheila O’Connor  –  120,000  (12 bb)
Seat 9:  Kevin M. Buck  –  40,000  (4 bb)

1st:  $11,885 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $7,475
3rd:  $4,465
4th:  $2,805
5th:  $2,075
6th:  $1,790
7th:  $1,545
8th:  $1,370
9th:  $1,205

In-The-Money Finishers
10th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $1,205

11th:  Eric Tang  –  $1,060
12th:  Aaron Klausman  –  $1,060

13th:  Brandon Berkenfeld  –  $925
14th:  Charles Mayes  –  $925

15th:  Sal Pipitone  –  $875
16th:  Mark McGarity  –  $875

Event 12: Sahar Khajavi Leads the Final 13 Players with 285,000

$300 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 66

The players returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

Here is the current lineup, with the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Brittani Nguyen  –  35,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Rinat Haviv  –  79,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Alejandra Reidel  –  31,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Rachel Usack  –  82,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Vanessa Kade  –  102,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Katya Rodriguez  –  32,000  (8 bb)
Seat 9.  Ana Huete  –  116,000  (29 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Mica Lamar  –  133,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Sahar Khajavi  –  285,000  (71 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Bridgette Adkins  –  96,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Sherriee Williams  –  96,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Ritika Goyal  –  75,000  (19 bb)
Seat 9.  Lisa Levy  –  159,000  (40 bb)

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 102,000 (26 big blinds). The final nine players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $605.