$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 191

With raise in front of him, SHRP Team member Michael Laake three-bet shoved for 23,500 in the small blind. The raiser tanked and eventually called to put Laake at risk.

Laake:
Opponent:

The board ran out , and Laake’s kings held to earn him another double-up.

Michael Laake – 49,800 (42 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 191

There was about 16,000 in a heads-up pot between Faraz Jaka and Ryan D’Angelo, and the board showed . Jaka was leading the action, and he put out a river bet of 8,200. D’Angelo spent a long while in the tank before plunking the calling chips into the pot.

Jaka showed for quad queens, dragging a big pot at D’Angelo’s expense.

Faraz Jaka – 67,000 (67 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – 22,000 (22 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 191

Another guarantee has been easily exceeded today with Event 17 drawing a field of 191 entries. That generated a prizepool worth $382,000 to be shared by the final 24 players. A min-cash is worth $5,921, and each of the final eight players will collect five figures. The eventual champion will earn $93,208 and the trophy.

Here’s the full breakdown of the prizepool:

1st: $93,208
2nd: $53,480
3rd: $39,728
4th: $29,032
5th: $22,920
6th: $16,999
7th: $13,370
8th: $10,123
9th-12th: $7,640
13th-16th: $6,303
17th-24th: $5,921

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Remaining Players: 75 of 191

With a raise and a three-bet in front of him, Ryan Tepen cold four-bet shoved for 14,600, and the three-bettor called to put him at risk.

Tepen:
Opponent:

The board ran out , and Tepen’s kicker played to earn him the double-up.

Ryan Tepen – 31,200 (39 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Remaining Players: 88 of 191

We caught the action after everything was done besides chopping up a pot. Safiya Umerova gave a clap on the river and sat back down in here seat after she ran into Mike Sexton’s . The dealer put a wheel-friendly board and her tournament was still alive, though both still have some work to do.

Safiya Umerova – 10,500 (13 bb)
Mike Sexton – 12,000 (15 bb)

Umerova won the third event of the 2016 LA Poker Classic after finishing second in the opening tournament. She followed that up with a fifth-place finish in Event 9 a few days ago, the biggest field of the series so far.

While Sexton was waiting for his half of the chopped pot, he had a visit from his WPT co-commentator Vince Van Patten. They chatted for a while and we look forward to seeing Van Patten duplicate his 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown run. His very first WPT cash came right here during last year, Van Patten’s 27th place finish was celebrated in the ballroom and followed closely by the cameras.

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Total Entries: 191

Ryan Olisar (small blind) and SHRP Team member Michael Laake (big blind) were heads up on the turn of a board. Laake was leading the betting, and he put out 1,400 into a pot of about 3,000. Olisar check-raised to 4,200, and Laake called. The river was the , and Olisar moved all in with the covering stack. Laake snap-called, putting himself all in for 15,300.

Olisar tabled for trip deuces, but Laake showed to win the pot with deuces full. He doubled up.

Michael Laake – 42,000 (70 bb)
Ryan Olisar – 6,100 (10 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 8: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Total Entries: 184

Players are on the second break of the day and registration is 15 minutes from closing on the $200,000 Guarantee event. The prize pool is up to $368,000 with a few more minutes to run it up.

Will “The Thrill” Failla is one of our more recent additions to the field. The former WPT Champion came close to winning the WPT Player of the Year for Season X but was clipped at the end by Joe Serock, who is currently sitting a few tables away.

We’ll return with the final official numbers, prize pool, and payouts when they are available.

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 8: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Total Entries: 184

Adam Geyer was all in for 10,225 preflop, flipping for his tournament life against SHRP Team member Michael Laake.

Geyer:
Laake:

The flop was good news for Geyer, and the turn and river completed the board to secure his double-up.

Adam Geyer – 21,300 (43 bb)
Michael Laake – 21,000 (42 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Total Entries: 181

There’s no shortage of tough tables in this field, and Faraz Jaka has just found himself at one of them. His previous table recently broke, and he joined a new one in the corner that contained Kevin Eyster and Aaron Massey, among others.

In Jaka’s first hand there, Eyster opened with a middle-postion raise, and Jaka three-bet from the button. Eyster moved all in with his covering stack, and Jaka called all in for 13,800 total.

Eyster:
Jaka:

The board ran out , and Jaka doubled up with his pair of aces.

Faraz Jaka – 28,600 (72 bb)
Kevin Eyster – 9,400 (24 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Total Entries: 178

WPT Season X Player of the Year Joe Serock was all in for his last 4,075 chips preflop, and he ran his into an opponent’s .

Serock stood to pack his things, and the flop came . He slid his chair under the table as the turn brought the useless . The river was the , though, and Serock unpacked and sat back down to continue the grind. He doubled up with a set of sixes.

Joe Serock – 9,100 (23 bb)