2015 SHRPO Live Updates

Championship: Dinner Break Chip Counts

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 30: 75,000/150,000/25,000 Ante

The final three players in the SHRPO Championship are on their 30-minute dinner break. Live updates will resume here shortly after 9:30 pm ET.

Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 6.  Dan Colman  –  8,750,000  (58 bb)
Seat 7.  Omar Zazay  –  10,775,000  (72 bb)
Seat 9.  Brian Phillis  –  7,675,000  (51 bb)

Championship: Hands #129-134

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 30: 75,000/150,000/25,000 Ante

Hand #129  –  Dan Colman raises from the button to 325,000 with Jh6h, and Brian Phillis calls from the big blind with 10d8d.

The flop comes 9s7h3d, Phillis checks, Colman bets 525,000, and Phillis calls. The turn card is the Kc, and both players check.

The river card is the 6c, Phillis checks, Colman bets an unknown amount, and Phillis quickly check-raises to 1,300,000. Colman quickly folds, and Phillis takes the pot.

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Hand #130  –  Omar Zazay raises from the button to 375,000 with Kd10c, and Brian Phillis calls from the small blind with QcJd.

The flop comes 5h5d3c, Phillis checks, Zazay bet 250,000, and Phillis folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #131  –  Brian Phillis raises from the button to 350,000 with 10h10c, taking the blinds and antes.

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Hand #132  –  Dan Colman raises from the button to 350,000 with Jh10h, Brian Phillis reraises from the big blind to 950,000 with 4h4c, and Colman calls.

The flop comes KdJc10c, Phillis bets 725,000, and Colman calls.

The turn card is the 8h, Phillis checks, Colman bets 1,325,000, and Phillis folds. Colman takes the pot.

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Hand #133  –  Brian Phillis raises from the small blind to 400,000 with Kh3h, and Dan Colman calls from the big blind with 6s5c.

The flop comes KsKd3d, Phillis bets 400,000, and Colman folds. Phillis takes the pot without showing his full house, kings full of threes.

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Hand #134  –  Dan Colman limps from the small blind with 9h5h, and Omar Zazay checks his option with 6h4s.

Both players check to the turn on a board of Jh10s2h4c, Colman bets 275,000, and Zazay calls.

The river card is the 8s, Colman bets 475,000, and Zazay tanks for a while before he folds his pair of sixes. Colman takes the pot.

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After Hand #134, the players take a 30-minute dinner break. Live updates will resume here shortly after 9:30 pm ET.

Event 22: Fabrizio Gonzales Defeats Daniel Fuhs for the Title

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

Fabrizio Gonzales was extending his chip lead during the heads up battle and Daniel Fuhs took a shot. On the last hand before dinner break, he shoved for 1,100,000 from the button with 8c7h.

Gonzales called with 4c4s for the better hand and a chance for the victory. Fuhs jumped ahead on the Jh8h7s flop while the 6c turn added a gutshot draw for Gonzales.

Fuhs had to dodge six river outs to double up but Gonzales hit the gutshot 5c to knock Fuhs out in the runner-up spot for $141,800. Uruguayan Fabrizio Gonzales worked his way through a big field to take the $1,000,000 Guarantee title and $236,400 top prize.

Gonzales winning hand Fabrizio Gonzales champion

High Roller: David Sands – 6th Place ($116,600)

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

David “Doc” Sands moved all-in from the hijack for 570,000 and chip leader Ian O’Hara moved all-in from the button. The blinds released and Sands showed Ah8h against O’Hara’s AcQh.

A dominating hand that improved on the QcJh2s. The Jd was no help to Sands and he was drawing dead to 6th place and the first six-digit High Roller payout.

David Sands: Eliminated in 6th Place ($116,600)
Ian O’Hara: 3,980,000

David Sands
David Sands

Championship: Hands #119-128

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 29: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante

Hand #119  –  Brian Phillis raises from the button to 260,000 with Ac10c, and Omar Zazay calls from the big blind with 9d8h.

Both players check to the river on a board of 10h6c3dJh6h. Zazay bets 525,000, and Phillis calls with his Ac10c to win the pot with two pair, tens and sixes.

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Hand #120  –  Dan Colman raises from the button to 280,000 with Kc8c, taking the blinds and antes.

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Hand #121  –  Everyone folds to Dan Colman, giving him a walk in the big blind.

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Hand #122  –  Dan Colman completes the small blind to 120000 with 6d4s, and Omar Zazay checks his option with 8s2d.

The flop comes Ah8h2c, Colman bets 150,000, and Zazay calls.

The turn card is the 3d, and both players check.

The river card is the 6c, Colman bets 225,000, and Zazay quickly calls with his 8s2d to win the pot with two pair, eights and deuces.

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Hand #123  –  Dan Colman raises from the button to 280,000 with 5s5h, Omar Zazay reraises from the small blind to 750,000 with Ad8s, and Colman thinks for a while before he moves all in.

Zazay quickly folds, and Colman takes the pot.

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Hand #124  –  Everyone folds to Dan Colman, giving him a walk in the big blind.

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Hand #125  –  Brian Phillis raises from the button to 275,000 with unknown cards, Dan Colman calls from the small blind with 7s7c, and Omar Zazay calls from the big blind with KdJh.

All three players check to the turn on a board of 8d2d2s6h, and Colman bets 425,000. Zazay and Phillis both fold, and Colman takes the pot.

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Hand #126  –  Everyone folds to Brian Phillis, giving him a walk in the big blind.

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Hand #127  –  Omar Zazay raises from the button to 250,000 with AsQd, and Dan Colman calls from the big blind with 6s6h.

Both players check to the turn on a board of 8c5s5h10h, Colman bets 300,000, and Zazay folds. Colman takes the pot.

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Hand #128  –  Brian Phillis raises from the button to 275,000 with AhQh, Omar Zazay rerises from the big blind to 725,000 with Ac5h, and Phillis tanks for a while before he reraises to 1,800,000.

Zazay quickly folds, and Phillis takes the pot.

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Level 29 comes to an end, and there is a brief two-minute break to color up chips before Level 30 begins.

High Roller: Ashwin Sarin – 7th Place ($93,400)

$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Ashwin Sarin moved all in from under the gun for 460,000 and Jason Mercier shipped in over the top from the cutoff. The rest of the players let their hands go and they tabled their hands.

Mercier: KsKh
Sarin: QcJs

The Tc7s3s flop did not help Sarin but he picked up an open-ended straight draw on the 9c turn. The river Jc couldn’t save his tournament and Sarin was gone in 7th for $93,400.

Ashwin Sarin: Eliminated in 7th ($93,400)
Jason Mercier: 1,920,000

Ashwin Sarin
Ashwin Sarin

Championship: Hands #115-118

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 29: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante

Hand #115  –  Everyone folds to Dan Colman, giving him a walk in the big blind.

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Hand #116  –  Dan Colman limps from the small blind for 120,000 with Ac8s, and Omar Zazay checks his option in the big blind with 6h5s.

Both players check to the turn on a board of Kh10c9s10s, Colman checks, Zazay bets, and Colman calls.

The river card is the 2d, Colman checks, Zazay bets 425,000, and Colman tanks for a while before he folds. Zazay takes the pot.

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Hand #117  –  Dan Colman raises from the button to 280,000 with KdQd, taking the blinds and antes.

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Hand #118  –  Brian Phillis completes the small blind to 120,000 with Kh5c, Dan Colman raises from the big blind to 300,000 with Kd10h, and Phillis calls.

Both players check to the river on a board of Ad9c7d2h5h. Both players show their cards, and Phillis wins the pot with his rivered pair of fives.

Seat 6.  Dan Colman  –  6,520,000
Seat 7.  Omar Zazay  –  13,810,000
Seat 9.  Brian Phillis  –  6,250,000