$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 508

Flight A:  508 Entries; 51 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway
Flight C:  Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Thursday at 5 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  51 of 508

After the elimination of Marc Sacheli on the Money Bubble, the final 51 players have bagged up their chips for Day 2, which begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

Action ended with 11:33 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds rolled back to the earliest finish from the eight starting flights.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here is a preview of the five players who bagged at least 400K:

1.  Maikel Cruz  –  556,000  (70 bb)
2.  Joseph Romeo  –  549,000  (69 bb)
3.  Delon Mikhail  –  470,000  (59 bb)
4.  Phil Hui  –  455,000  (57 bb)
5.  Jonathan Lawrence  –  418,000  (52 bb)

Flight B is already underway, with registration open until about 9:30 pm, and there will be two more starting flights each day over the next three days — 10:00 am and 5:00 pm flights on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  51 of 508

On the 13th hand of the money bubble, Marc Sacheli raised all in for about 27,000 from middle position. Evgeniy Kharchenko called in the big blind with , trailing Sacheli’s .

The board came , giving Kharchenko jacks full of queens to eliminate Sacheli and send the remaining 51 players onward to Day 2.

Evgeniy Kharchenko  –  385,000  (48 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  51 of 508

In Hand #13 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Nicholas Carballo got it all in from the big blind for 57,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Hanan Ben Abu in the cutoff.

The board comes , and Abu rivers a ten-high straight, but the same card gives Carballo a full house, sixes full of sevens, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Nicholas Carballo  –  126,000  (16 bb)
Hanan Ben Abu  –  104,000  (13 bb)

There was an elimination at another table, so the remaining players are bagging up their chips for Day 2.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  52 of 508

On the fourth hand of the money bubble, Scott Zakheim was all in for 40,000 from the small blind against Evgeniy Kharchenko in the big blind.

Zakheim: 
Kharchenko: 

The board ran out , safe for Zakheim to double up.

Scott Zakheim  –  86,000  (14 bb)
Evgeniy Kharchenko  –  360,000  (60 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  52 of 508

With 53 players remaining, a player gets his short stack all in with [pc]AxJx[/pc], but runs into another player’s [pc]AxKx[/pc].

That knocks the field down to 52 players, and since no more than 51 can advance, it’s time for hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

With 52 players remaining from a flight of 508 entries, the average stack is about 195,000 (33 big blinds). Everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  76 of 508

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips:

1.  Delon Mikhail  –  381,000  (95 bb)
2.  Evgeniy Kharchenko  –  370,000  (93 bb)
3.  Phil Hui  –  356,000  (89 bb)
4.  Joseph Romeo  –  310,000  (78 bb)

With 76 players remaining from a flight of 508 entries, the average stack is about 134,000 (34 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 51 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 214

Level 12 came to an end, and the players left for their 45-minute dinner break. When they return, blinds will be 1,500-2,500 with a 2,500 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 160K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ernest Bush  –  211,000  (84 bb)
T-2.  David Hixson  –  177,500  (71 bb)
T-2.  David Inselberg  –  177,500  (71 bb)
4.  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  170,000  (68 bb)
5.  Marc Engelman  –  163,000  (65 bb)

With 57 players remaining from a field of 214, the average chip stack is about 75,000 (30 big blinds). The final 27 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $550.

$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are closing out today’s SHRPO trophy event schedule with a fun one at 6 pm in the Grand Ballroom. Event 4 is a $200 buy-in tournament with quad starting stacks and $50 bounties on every player’s head.

There will be a ton of action from the first hand to the last.

Players start with 40,000 in their stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes. They increase to 20 minutes at the start of Level 9 and registration will close at the start of Level 12 at 9:30 pm.

We expect a great group of players this evening and look forward to seeing some old friends.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 12 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second flight of SHRPO Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm in the Grand Ballroom, the second of eight for the $1,000,000 guarantee opener that already produced a great turnout for the early session.

We are looking at a fantastic first weekend of the series.

Event 1 players start with 20k deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 on Day 2 and 60 from Level 24 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Flight B will continue until only 10% of the field remains and those survivors will return on Sunday for Day 2 at 1 pm in the money.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet