$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 82

Razz

Dominic Granteed was the shortest stack of the remaining three players and after playing three-handed for about 20 minutes, Granteed committed his stack in Razz against Avery Bloom.

Both players made tens, but Bloom’s ten-five bested Granteed’s ten-nine to end his run in third place.

Avery Bloom – 514,000 (21 BB)
“Miami”John Cernuto – 471,000 (20 BB)
Dominic Granteed – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,715)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 82

Hold’em

Following a flop of , Avery Bloom bet from the small blind and Hal Klein raised from the big blind. Bloom made it three bets and Klein called.

The turn was the , Bloom bet and Klein called.

The river was the and both checked.

Bloom showed for a pair of sevens, Klein mucked and Bloom collected the pot.

Down to 14,000, Klein got his stack in the following hand from the small blind against “Miami” John Cernuto.

Klein:
Cernuto:

The board ran out , giving Cernuto tens and eights to eliminate Klein in fourth place.

John Cernuto – 450,000 (19 BB)
Avery Bloom – 310,000 (13 BB)
Dominic Granteed – 225,000 (9 BB)
Hal Klein – Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,615)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 82

Stud 8

Cory Zeidman made trip eights with an 8-7 low, but ran into Dominic Granteed’s six-high straight.

Dominic Granteed – 225,000 (11 BB)
Cory Zeidman – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,910)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 82

Omaha 8

Avery Bloom limped from the button, Evan Haskell committed his remaining ~10,000-ish from the small blind, Hal Klein came along from the big blind and so did Bloom.

The flop was and Klein check-called a bet from Bloom.

The turn was the and both checked.

The river was the , Klein bet, Bloom raised and Klein called.

Bloom tabled for eights full of aces, besting Klein’s for trip kings to win the sidepot.

Haskell, meanwhile, showed a defeated and was out in sixth place.

Avery Bloom – 205,000 (10 BB)
Hal Klein – 200,000 (10 BB)
Evan Haskell – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,450)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 82

Omaha 8

In a multi-wat pot, Patti Norris was all in for roughly 10,000 in the big blind.

The flop was and “Miami”John Cernuto bet from the small blind. Hal Klein raised from the button and Cernuto called.

The turn was the , both checked, the river was the and Cernuto chased out Klein with a river bet.

Cernuto tabled for quad queens, Norris showed a defeated and she was eliminated in seventh place.

John Cernuto – 200,000 (10 BB)
Patti Norris – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,150)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries:  577

Registration has closed for Flight D of Event 1. With another 577 entries, the total field size is at 2,141 entries and the prize pool is $717,235 with two flights to go.

Tonight’s action will continue until only 73 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money and advance to Day 2, which is Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip counts through Flight C

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
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Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 82

Hold’em

Scott Baumstein was in the small blind and got his short stack of about 30,000 in against Hal Klein in the big blind.

Baumstein:
Klein:

The board came down , giving Klein eights and gives to eliminate Baumstein in eighth place.

Hal Klein – 270,000 (22.5 BB)
Scott Baumstein – Eliminated in 8th Place ($950)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 82

Hold’em

Aaron Kupin raised from middle position, “Miami” John Cernuto three-bet from the hijack, Avery Bloom called from the small blind and Kupin four-bet all in for 31,000 total. Both Cernuto and Bloom called.

The flop was , Bloom checked, Cernuto bet and Bloom folded.

Cernuto showed for a pair of queens,  leading Kupin’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Kupin, ending his tournament in ninth place.

John Cernuto – 150,000 (12.5 BB)
Aaron Kupin – Eliminated in 9th Place ($820)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 82

The final nine players have redrawn for random seats at the final table. Here are the seating assignments, approximate chip counts and how many big bets (BB) in each stack

Seat 1: Hal Klein – 256,000 (21 BB)
Seat 2: Cory Zeidman – 250,000 (21 BB)
Seat 3: Aaron Kupin – 31,000 (3 BB)
Seat 4: John Cernuto – 96,000 (8 BB)
Seat 5: Patti Norris – 22,000 (2 BB)
Seat 6: Dominic Granteed – 90,000 (7.5 BB)
Seat 7: Avery Bloom – 110,000 (9 BB)
Seat 8: Evan Haskell – 110,000 (9 BB)
Seat 9: Scott Baumstein – 30,000 (2.5 BB)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $8,225 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $5,480
3rd: $3,715
4th: $2,615
5th: $1,910
6th: $1,450
7th: $1,150
8th: $950
9th: $820

In-The-Money Eliminations
10th:  Joseph Sweeney – $820
11th: John Holley – $373
12th: David Reno – $372

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries:  560

Raminder Singh raised UTG+1 to 1,800, Raul Hernandez moved all in from middle position for 13,300, and Singh called with .

Hernandez turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hernandez turned an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Raul Hernandez  –  28,100  (47 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  80,000  (133 bb)

The next hand, Hernandez raised UTG+1 to 1,600, Terry Grimes moved all in from middle position for 14,200, and Hernandez called with .

Grimes turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Grimes flopped the higher pair to win the pot with a pair of kings, doubling up in chips.

Terry Grimes  –  29,900  (50 bb)
Raul Hernandez  –  13,900  (23 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the start of Level 9, around 10:30 pm. The field has already surpassed the $500,000 guarantee, and the prizepool is up to $711,540 and counting.