$2,700 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 21 of 435
James Katz was all in preflop for 80,000 UTG+1 with in the hole, and the cutoff called to cover holding .
The board was dealt , and Katz doubled up to survive again, this time stacking up 185,000 after the hand.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 1,110
Tim Capretta
Raul Hernandez raised UTG+1 to 150,000, Tim Capretta moved all in from the small blind for 560,000, and Jim Collopy reraised big from the big blind.
Hernandez quickly folded, and Capretta showed . But Collopy turned over , and Capretta needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Capretta spiked a six on the river to win the pot with a set of sixes and double up in chips.
Tim Capretta – 1,330,000 (22 bb) Jim Collopy – 4,030,000 (67 bb)
With 17 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 2,610,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $44,685 each.
Action will continue today until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
$2,700 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 21 of 435
James Katz
James Katz was all in for a short stack with in the hole from the cutoff, and the hijack had him covered holding .
The board ran out , and Katz doubled up to survive with 135,000 after collecting the pot.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 1,110
Jim Collopy
Tim Capretta raised from middle position to 120,000, Jim Collopy reraised from middle position to 375,000, and Capretta called.
The flop came , Capretta checked, Collopy bet 375,000, and Capretta tanked for a while before he called.
The turn card was the , Capretta checked, and Collopy pushed out all of his stack except for a single 5K chip for a bet of 1,495,000.
Capretta went into the tank, and after a while asked for an exact count of the bet. He then tanked for a long time after that before he called.
It wasn’t all in yet, and the river card was the . Capretta checked, Collopy moved all in for 5,000, and Capretta called with .
But Collopy turned over for an unnecessary set of kings on the river, winning the pot to double up in chips.
Jim Collopy – 4,650,000 (78 bb) Tim Capretta – 755,000 (13 bb)
With 17 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 2,610,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $44,685 each.
Action will continue today until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
$2,700 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 24 of 435
Brandon Hamlet
There was a large pot on the table, and the board read when Kee Fredkove got all in from the big blind. Brandon Hamlet called to cover him UTG+1 so the two players then tabled their cards.
Hamlet: Fredkove:
Fredkove was eliminated when his trip sixes couldn’t top the flush held by Hamlet, who stacked up 815,000 after collecting the pot.
Brandon Hamlet – 815,000 (101 bb) Kee Fredkove – Eliminated
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 of 1,110
Andrew Moreno
With the final board showing on the river and more than 1.3 million already in the pot, Andrew Moreno moved all in from the big blind for 2,440,000.
Tim Capretta (UTG) went into the tank for a very long time, eventually asking for an exact count of Moreno’s stack before returning to the tank to think.
Eventually, Capretta folded, and Moreno showed one card — the — as he took the pot.
Andrew Moreno – 3,790,000 (76 bb) Tim Capretta – 3,175,000 (64 bb)
Meanwhile, at the Live-Stream table, Joe McKeehen, who had the shortest chip stack at the break, was eliminated in 18th place.
18th: Joe McKeehen – $44,685
With 17 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 2,610,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $44,685 each.
Action will continue today until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
$2,700 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 27 of 435
Billy Pilossoph
Billy Pilossoph was all in prefop for 111,000 from the hijack with in the hole, and Stephen Song had him covered UTG+1 holding .
The board was dealt , and Pilossoph doubled up to survive with 242,000. Song was still cruising with 1,125,000 after the hand.
Billy Pilossoph – 242,000 (30 bb) Stephen Song – 1,125,000 (140 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 1,110
Chipleader Justin Liberto
After the elimination of Vitalijs Zavorotnijs in 20th place and Greg Anda in 19th, the final 18 players had a redraw for random seats at the final two tables, and one of them would become the Live-Stream final table for Poker Night in America.
19th: Greg Anda – $36,555 20th: Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – $36,555
With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 2,465,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $44,685 each.
Action will continue today until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
$2,700 Big 4 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 27 of 435
Event 35 is down to the final three tables with 27 players remaining, and many top names are still in the mix. Those familiar faces include chip leader Stephen Song, Billy Pilossoph, Chance Kornuth, Brian Altman, James Gilbert, Justin Zaki, Anthony Spinella, and the defending champion in this event Shannon Shorr.
The field will continue play tonight until they reach the final table of nine. The next break will be a 75-minute dinner break that will take place around 6:50 pm.