$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 3,000/6,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 8 of 53

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 

Dale Phillips: [x][x]/
Georges Boyadjian: [x][x]/
Dennis O’Connor: [x][x]/

Dale Phillips limped in and Georges Boyadjian completed to 3,000. Dennis O’Connor made it two bets, Phillips called and Boyadjian called.

On fourth street, Boyadjian checked and O’Connor bet. Phillips folded and Boyadjian called.

On fifth street, Boyadjian checked, O’Connor bet, and Boyadjian called. On sixth and seventh street, Boyadjian bet and O’Connor called.

Boyadjian showed in the hole, giving him just his open pair of jacks. O’Connor won the pot with in the hole. He scooped the entire pot with two pair.

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Shaun Deeb opened to 110,000 from the hijack and Denis Cyr called from the big blind to the flop. Cyr checked, Deeb bet 75,000 and Cyr called.

Both players checked the turn and Cyr bet 135,000 after the river. Deeb called and Cyr tabled king-high to get Deeb to shake his head before showing a pip lower king-high . Both kickers played with the pair of fours on the board.

Denis Cyr – 1,730,000 (35 bb)
Shaun Deeb – 2,450,000 (49 bb)

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Ari Engel opened to 125,000 from the hijack and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 350,000 from the cutoff. Sheddy Siddiqui moved all in for 385,000 from the button and only Deeb called.

Deeb:
Siddiqui:

Siddiqui had two live cards and caught one of them on the flop. The turn and river were safe and it was Sheddy’s turn to double up.

Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,015,000 (20 bb)
Shaun Deeb – 2,670,000 (53 bb)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 3,000/6,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 8 of 53

Seven Card Stud

Mike Soroka got all in on fifth street with an open pair of sevens against Carey Pickus’ four overcards and a gutshot straight draw to a king-high straight.

Pickus made her straight and had Soroka drawing dead to the river. Soroka was eliminated and the final eight players are on the money bubble.

Carey Pickus – 105,000
Mike Soroka – Eliminated

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Darryll Fish opened to 120,000 and Sheddy Siddiqui came along in the big blind to the flop. They both checked and Siddiqui checked again after the turn.

Fish bet 160,000 and Siddiqui check-raised all in with the bigger stack. Fish called for his final 850,000 and he was in trouble.

Siddiqui:
Fish:

Fish turned a set of jacks but that card also gave Siddiqui the Broadway straight. Fish needed the board to pair to stay in the game and he found it on the river for the big full house double.

Darryll Fish – 2,010,000 (40 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 420,000 (8 bb)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 3,000/6,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 9 of 53

The $300 HORSE is down to its final nine players and they have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. With one more elimination, the final eight players will be credited with a final table.

The final table also coincides with the bubble with the top seven spots finishing in the money.

Here are the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final nine players:

Seat 1: MIke Soroka – 8,500
Seat 2: Carey Pickus – 83,500
Seat 3: Ricardo Quintero – 59,500
Seat 4: Dale Phillips – 35,500
Seat 5: Phil Hui – 47,700
Seat 6: Georges Boyadjian – 83,000
Seat 7: Dennis O’Connor – 88,500
Seat 8: Hal Klein – 45,000
Seat 9: Wally Maddah – 79,600

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Ari Engel opened to 125,000 from early position and Darryll Fish three-bet to 340,000 from the cutoff. Denis Cyr thought for a few minutes, put all his chips in one stack, thought some more, and then moved them in the middle.

Engel quickly released and Fish asked for a count. The dealer cut Cyr’s stack out to 950,000 and Fish mucked the pot to Cyr.

Denis Cyr – 1,535,000 (31 bb)
Darryll Fish – 810,000 (16 bb)
Ari Engel – 2,500,000 (50 bb)

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

The final nine players are still feeling each other out and there we are not seeing many big pots at this point in the action. Matas Cimolas continues to lead with Joao Simao and Denis Cyr riding the sub-20 big blind stacks.

Seat 1: Joao Simao – 590,000 (12 bb)
Seat 2: Darryll Fish – 1,720,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Denis Cyr – 565,000 (11 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Newman – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Tom Marchese – 1,040,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Matas Cimbolas – 4,700,000 (94 bb)
Seat 7: Ari Engel – 2,320,000 (46 bb)
Seat 8: Shaun Deeb – 2,750,000 (55 bb)
Seat 9: Sheddy Siddiqui – 1,600,000 (32 bb)

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Other than the Joao Simao double up, there have been few big pots as Matas Cimbolas continued to build his lead. The latest boost came when Michael Newman opened to 150,000 from the button and Cimbolas responded with a big four-bet to 650,000.

Newman thought about it for a bit before folding face up and Cimbolas is over 4 million.

Matas Cimbolas – 4,400,000 (88 bb)
Michael Newman – 2,000,000 (40 bb)

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 585

Joao Simao was the shortest stack coming back from dinner and made his move with an early position shove for 240,000. Darryll Fish called the all in and the rest of the players moved out of the way.

Simao:
Fish:

Simao had the best hand pre-flop and improved on the flop. Fish was drawing slim, then drawing dead after the turn to send the double up next door.

Joao Simao – 600,000 (12 bb)
Darryll Fish – 1,500,000 (30 bb)