$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 744

Kyle Birdwell raised from under the gun and Brian Hall called from the big blind.

The flop was and Hall checked to Birdwell who continued for 300,000. Hall check-raised all in for 3,080,000 and Birdwell thought for a bit before he called with for a pair of jacks, leading Hall’s for a pair of sevens.

The turn kept Birdwell ahead, but the river was the to give Hall trips to double into the chip lead.

Brian Hall – 6,400,000 (85 bb)
Kyle Birdwell – 655,000 (9 bb)

The following hand, Nadya Magnus raised from the button and Birdwell committed his remaining 580,000 from the big blind. Magnus called.

Magnus:
Birdwell:

The board ran out , no help to Birdwell, ending his run in fourth place.

Nadya Magnus – 2,175,000 (29 bb)
Kyle Birdwell – Eliminated in 4th Place ($47,210)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4  of 744

(There was a dead button this hand)

Stephen Song raised to 150,000 from the hijack, Jason Obinger three-bet all in for about 1,400,000 from the big blind and Song called.

Song:
Obinger:

Song had picked up aces again and held as the board came , ending Obinger’s tournament in fifth place.

Stephen Song – 5,400,000 (71 bb)
Jason Obinger – Eliminated in 5th Place ($35,595)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 744

An eventful final table for Andrew Brinkley came to an end in sixth place. He doubled his short stack with ace-seven against pocket eights, ran ace-queen into ace-king, and doubled his short stack again with queen-jack against pocket nines. However, the next all-in was his last.

Kyle Birdwell raised to 225,000 from the cutoff, Brinkley three-bet all in for 510,000 from the small blind and Birdwell called.

Birdwell:
Brinkley:

The board fell , no help to Brinkley, ending his run in sixth place.

Kyle Birdwell – 4,800,000 (64 bb)
Andrew Brinkley – Eliminated in 6th Place ($27,640)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 744

Zach Gutierrez raised all in for 310,000 from middle position, Jason Obinger three-bet to 600,000 from the next seat over and Stephen Song isolated the pot with a shove from the button with a covering stack.

Gutierrez:
Song:

The board ran out , no help to Gutierrez, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Stephen Song – 4,600,000 (61 bb)
Jason Obinger – 1,700,000 (23 bb)
Zach Gutierrez – Eliminated in 7th Place ($20,925)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 744

Stephen Song raised to 120,000 from early position, Jewook Oh three-bet all in for 250,000 from the cutoff and Song called.

Song:
Oh:

The board ran out , giving Song a pair of nines to eliminate Oh in eighth place.

Stephen Song – 3,700,000 (62 bb)
Jewook Oh – Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,600)

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 42

Day 1 came to an end with six players remaining, and the biggest stack belongs to Chris Brewer, who bagged up 1.64 million (82 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts, followed by the prizepool:

Seat 1.  Arthur Conan  –  170,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Sam Soverel  –  1,145,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Chris Brewer  –  1,640,000  (82 bb)
Seat 4.  Seth Davies  –  1,520,000  (76 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  265,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Sean Winter  –  510,000  (26 bb)

1st:  $733,320
2nd:  $468,510
3rd:  $295,365
4th:  $203,700
5th:  $142,590
6th:  $112,035
7th:  Ilyas Muradi  –  $81,480

With 42 entries, this became the largest Super High Roller in Seminole Hard Rock Poker history, with a prizepool worth $2,037,000. The previous record was 41 entries during the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

This was a single re-entry tournament, and there were nine players who took advantage by buying in a second time. But only one of them parlayed that second buy-in far into a money finish — Seth Davies, who is currently second in chips.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:00 pm EDT, when they will play down to a winner. And we will continue to provide live updates right here on SHRPO.com.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 42

With the board showing on the turn, Ilyas Muradi got it all in from the big blind for about 400,000 with — a pair of nines with a heart flush draw.

But Muradi would need to improve to stay alive against the of Chris Brewer, who was UTG+1.

The river card was the , and the pocket aces held up for Brewer to win the pot and eliminate Muradi in seventh place.

Chris Brewer  –  1,555,000  (104 bb)
Ilyas Muradi  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($81,480)

A floorperson told Muradi that he would take him over to the payout table to get paid, and that’s when Sean Winter — who scored the knockout on the Money Bubble — asked, “Are we in the money?”

The remaining six players are, of course, in the money, guaranteed at least $112,035 each. The average chip stack is about 875,000 (58 big blinds), and there are less than five minutes remaining before play ends for the night.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 42

Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in from the cutoff for 195,000, and Sean Winter called from the small blind with .

Van Blarcum turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Winter paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Van Blarcum in eighth place.

Sean Winter  –  610,000  (41 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining seven players are in the money, guaranteed at least $81,480 each.

With seven players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 750,000 (50 big blinds). There are about 10 minutes remaining in this, the last level of the night.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 744

Seat 1: Brian Hall – 1,530,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2: Zach Gutierrez – 3,030,000 (61 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Obinger – 2,765,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Kyle Birdwell – 3,250,000 (65 bb)
Seat 5: Stephen Song – 1,840,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Nadya Magnus – 1,370,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Brinkley – 600,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Jewook Oh – 455,000 (9 bb)

1st: $128,230 + Trophy
2nd: $85,850
3rd: $63,320
4th: $47,210
5th: $35,595
6th: $27,640
7th: $20,925
8th: $14,600

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 744

Joon Park raised all in from the small blind for about 415,000 and Zach Gutierrez called from the big blind with , leading Park’s .

The board ran out , no help to Park, ending his run in ninth place.

Zach Gutierrez – 3,030,000 (61 bb)
Joon Park – Eliminated in 9th Place ($14,600)

Recent Eliminations
10th: Jason Earhart – $14,600