$5,250 SHRPO Championship
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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 887

Action folded to chip leader Jae Hwang in the cutoff and he raised to 8,000. Blake Bohn, who currently sits second on Minnesota’s all-time poker money list, then three-bet all in for roughly 65,000 from the button. Both blinds hurriedly folded and Hwang snap-called.

Bohn:
Hwang:

Bohn got a little help on the flop, but he needed even more to crack Hwang’s aces. Given the title of this post, you know that didn’t happen as the bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Jae Hwang – 540,000 (180 bb)
Blake Bohn – Eliminated

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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 887

A short-stacked Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 17,000 from early position and the player to his direct left called. AJ Kelsall then came along from the big blind and the flop came down .

Both active players checked and the dealer burned and turned the . Kelsall led out for 18,000, his opponent called, and the paired the board on the river.

Kelsall returned to checking but snap-called off for 41,500 after his opponent moved all in. Kelsall tabled the for a straight, which bested the of Rettenmaier and of the opponent who had him covered.

AJ Kelsall – 170,000 (57 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Sheddy Siddiqui and Florida pro Noah Schwartz have been eliminated early in today’s $2,650 Freeze Out field.

Sheddy Siddiqui  –  Eliminated
Noah Schwartz  –  Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 887

After Matt Berkey raised to 7,500, Hiren “Sunny” Patel three-bet to 23,000 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff then four-bet to 105,000, and Berkey got out of the way. Patel responded by moving all in and his opponent called off the 25,000 or so he had behind.

Patel:
Cutoff:

Patel was behind, but not after the flop delivered him a set. Neither the turn nor river influenced the hand and Patel scored the knockout.

Sunny Patel – 300,000 (100 bb)

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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 887

Brendon Rubie raised to 7,000 preflop on the hijack, and the button and Jonathan Little (big blind) called. All three players checked the flop dealt , and the followed on the turn.

Rubie bet 16,000, the button called, and Little folded. The river delivered the , and Rubie bet 33,000. The button tanked before calling, but he folded when Rubie showed . Rubie won the hand to grow his stack to 209,000.

Brendon Rubie – 209,000 (69 bb)
Jonathan Little – 230,000 (76 bb)

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Three players were involved in a growing pot on a flop. A player in the blinds checked to Salsberg, who bet 500. The player behind him called, the other folded, and it was heads-up to the turn.

It was the . Salsberg bet another 3,100, and his opponent called.

The river was the , and both players checked.

Salsberg showed , winning the pot with a queen-high flush. His opponent flashed either or as he mucked, and he was relieved of the rest of his short stack one hand later by another player.

Salsberg has apparently been doing some good work early, sitting with well over twice the starting stack just an hour in.

Matt Salsberg – 53,000

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Seminole Hard Rock team member Darryll Fish is all in for 6,725 on the flop. Marsha Wolak thinks before eventually calling.

Darryll Fish:    win 43.7%  tie 0.61%
Marsha Wolak:    win 55.7%  tie 0.61%

The board came , and Fish hits his flush on the river and says “Make sure you write up that the donkey hit his lucky flush on the river.”

Darryll Fish  –  16,000
Marsha Wolak  –  14,500

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 887

Here is an update on the top chip counts in the field:

Jae Hwang – 495,000
Oddie Dardon – 465,000
Chance Kornuth – 422,000
Diana Shirey – 418,000
Paul Volpe – 401,000
Brett Brucaleri – 392,000
David Diaz – 352,000
John Dubois – 350,000
Dylan Drazen – 342,000
Justin Adams – 338,000
Carlos Chang – 335,000
Gabriel Andrade – 333,000
Danny Shiff – 320,500
Glenn Becker – 319,000
Samuel Bernabeu – 312,000

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Seminole Hard Rock team member Darryll Fish opened to 800 from early position and Dolphus Powers called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop.

The came on the turn, Powers bet 1,200 and Fish called. The hit the river, Powers bet 2,100 and Fish called. Powers turned over and Fish said “Oh, thats good. Nice hand” mucking his cards in the process.

Dolphus Powers  –  28,000
Darryll Fish  –  16,000

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Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 887

After David Sands raised to 6,500 from early position, Austin Peck called to his direct left. The player on the button came along, as did Andy Philachack in the small blind, and then Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen three-bet all in for 75,500 from the big.

Sands folded, Peck moved all in over the top for 125,000, and the other two players folded.

Peck:
Hunichen:

Hunichen was at risk and looking to hit one of his overs. Unfortunately for him, no paint splashed as the board ran out .

Austin Peck – 225,000 (75 bb)
Chris Hunichen – Eliminated