$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 13 of 116
Action folded around to the blinds where Sam Soverel shoved from the small, and Robert Heidorn called all in for about 440,000 in the big, putting himself at risk.
Soverel: Heidorn:
Heidorn put his chips in good, but his call would ultimately go unrewarded. The board ran out , giving Soverel the pot with a pair of eights and sending Heidorn to the exit in 13th place.
Sam Soverel – 1,080,000 (27 bb) Robert Heidorn – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,207
Dan Colman went from chip leader to our fourth place finisher in two consecutive hands.
The first saw him raise to 425,000 from the button and Tony Sinishtaj called in the big blind to the flop. Sinishtaj bet 550,000, Colman raised to 1,500,000 and Sinishtaj moved all-in over the top for 8,275,000.
Colman agonized over the decision; standing up, sitting down, shuffling chips, and talking it out. He eventually called with a slightly bigger stack.
Sinishtaj: Colman:
Colman was ahead with the aces against Sinishtaj’s top pair/backdoor flush draw. The turn gave Sinishtaj more outs and the flush completed on the river for the chip leading double up.
The tough beat knocked Colman down to 525,000 and they were all-in on the next hand. Darryll Fish and Tony Sinishtaj checked down the board and Fish took the pot with against Colman’s .
A tough ending for the WSOP Big One for One Drop winner.
Tony Sinishtaj – 17,425,000 (87 bb) Darryll Fish – 10,425,000 (52 bb) Robert Mizrachi – 8,350,000 (42 bb) Dan Colman – Eliminated in 4th place ($217,686)
$300 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 30 of 133
Registration is closed in today’s 12pm $300 Big Stack Turbo, the final open event of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. In all, the field topped out at 133 entries generating a $33,915 prize pool. The top 17 players finish in the money with a min-cash worth $653. Payouts escalate from there and top out in the form of a $9,582 first prize.
The clock currently shows 30 players remaining toward the middle of Level 16. Among those still in are Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Affleck and Ryan Dunn.
With 15-mintue levels, play is expected to continue moving along at a good clip. We will provide another update when they reach the 10-handed final table.
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 14 of 116
Sean Winter got his last 125,000 into the middle from the button, and chip leader Ari Engel put him at risk in the small blind.
Winter: Engel:
The board ran out , and Engel’s ace was enough to win him the pot and eliminate Winter in 14th place.
Engel is starting to open up an even bigger lead over the chase pack, now holding nearly 30 percent of the total chips in play with 13 players remaining.
Ari Engel – 3,300,000 (83 bb) Sean Winter – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,207
Tony Sinishtaj opened to 475,000 from the button and Dan Colman announced all-in from the big blind. Sinishtaj called for his last 4,475,000 and needed to catch to stay in the game.
Colman: Sinishtaj:
Sinishtaj missed the flop but his rail squealed when he hit the turn. He made the overkill aces up on the river to earn his double.
Tony Sinishtaj – 9,150,000 (46 bb) Dan Colman – 10,600,000 (53 bb)
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 15 of 116
Erik Seidel open-shoved the cutoff for 445,000, and Sam Soverel called all in for 330,000 in the big blind, putting himself at risk.
Seidel: Soverel:
The board ran out , and Soverel’s kicker played to earn him a double-up with kings up.
The next hand, Seidel moved his last 110,000 into the middle from middle position, and Robert Heidorn reluctantly called from the big blind, putting Seidel at risk.
Seidel: Heidorn:
The board ran out , and Heidorn flopped two pair to win the pot and eliminate Seidel in 15th place.
Robert Heidorn – 585,000 (20 bb) Erik Seidel – Eliminated
$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 21: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 16 of 116
Richard Tuhrim got himself all in preflop for 310,000, Grayson Ramage did the same for about 400,000, and Robert Heidorn put both players at risk with the larger of the three stacks.
Tuhrim: Ramage: Heidorn:
The board ran out . Tuhrim tripled up with a set of aces, Heidorn won the small side pot with a set of kings, and Ramage was eliminated in 16th place.
Richard Tuhrim – 970,000 (24 bb) Robert Heidorn – 420,000 (11 bb) Grayson Ramage – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,207
Tony Sinishtaj opened to 475,000 from the button and Darryll Fish moved all-in from the small blind for 4,575,000. Sinishtaj called and Fish needed help.
Sinishtaj: Fish:
Fish flopped an open-ended straight draw on the board and it completed on the turn. Fish needed to fade a paired board and the river sent him his double.
Darryll Fish – 9,350,000 (47 bb) Tony Sinishtaj – 5,150,000 (26 bb)