$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 760

Upeshka De Silva opened to 125,000 in middle position, and Ari Engel three-bet to 340,000 on the button. De Silva four-bet shoved with the covering stack, and Engel called all in for 1,570,000 to put himself at risk.

De Silva:
Engel:

There was an ace right in the window, and the board gave De Silva the knockout with aces up. Engel was eliminated in ninth place.

Upeshka De Silva – 4,630,000 (77 bb)
Ari Engel – Eliminated in 9th place ($46,208)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 760

Billy Pilossoph moved all in for 825,000 in the cutoff, and Matt Humphrey called in the big blind to put Pilossoph at risk.

Pilossoph:
Humphrey:

The board ran out , and Pilossoph doubled up with quad jacks.

Billy Pilossoph – 1,770,000 (30 bb)
Matt Humphrey – 4,800,000 (80 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 760

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva – 2,655,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2: Matthew Zarcadoolas – 3,245,000 (54 bb)
Seat 3: John Spadavecchia Jr. – 2,005,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 1,515,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: Billy Pilossoph – 955,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Mark Dube – 1,415,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: William Jennings – 1,675,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Matt Humphrey – 6,435,000 (107 bb)
Seat 9: Patrick Mahoney – 2,875,000 (48 bb)

Everyone left is now guaranteed to earn at least $46,208, and play will continue this evening until three more players are eliminated.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 760

Ari Engel found a recent double through Ben Keeline with pocket aces against pocket nines, leaving the latter as the short stack at the table.

In his final hand, Keeline moved all in for what looked like about 500,000, and John Spadavecchia Jr. re-shoved behind him, isolating himself against Keeline with a chance at the knockout.

Keeline:
Spadavecchia:

The board ran out , and Keeline could not get over the hump. Spadavecchia won the pot with a pair of kings, eliminating Keeline in 10th place.

John Spadavecchia Jr. – 2,005,000 (33 bb)
Ben Keeline – Eliminated in 10th place ($30,400)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 760

Matthew Humphrey has taken the chip lead over the course of two consecutive pots against Upeshka De Silva. In the first, Humphrey five-bet shoved preflop, drawing a quick fold from De Silva, who had been the opener/four-bettor from under the gun.

One hand later, Humphrey opened the button to 120,000, and De Silva defended his big blind. The board ran out , with De Silva check-calling bets on all three streets. When he called the last bet, Humphrey showed to win the big pot with queens full.

Chip counts are hard to judge right now, so these are very approximate:

Matthew Humphrey – 6,200,000 (103 bb)
Upeshka De Silva – 2,900,000 (48 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 760

With the elimination of Gerald Karlic in 11th place, the final 10 players have redrawn for new seats around the final table. They’re now all on the main table, set to play it out under the bright lights of the Poker Night in America set.

Here’s the lineup:

Seat 1: Upeshka De Silva – 5,870,000 (117 bb)
Seat 2: Matthew Zarcadoolas – 3,875,000 (78 bb)
Seat 3: John Spadavecchia Jr. – 1,590,000 (32 bb)
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 460,000 (9 bb)
Seat 5: Billy Pilossoph – 985,000 (20 bb)
Seat 6: Mark Dube – 1,445,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: William Jennings – 1,075,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Matthew Humphrey – 3,980,000 (80 bb)
Seat 9: Ben Keeline – 1,565,000 (31 bb)
Seat 10: Patrick Mahoney – 2,930,000 (59 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 760

Patrick Mahoney opened to 115,000 under the gun, and John Curcuru three-bet shoved for 885,000 on the button. When the blinds folded, Mahoney asked for the count, then quickly called to put Curcuru at risk.

Mahoney:
Curcuru:

The first four cards were safe for Curcuru on the run-out, but the peeled off on the river to give Mahoney the come-from-behind knockout. Curcuru was eliminated in 12th place.

Patrick Mahoney – 2,800,000 (56 bb)
John Curcuru – Eliminated in 12th place ($30,400)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 760

Fariborz Zojaji was the shortest stack at the outer table and took a shot to double up. Zojaji three-bet shoved after an open from Ben Keeline and he called with a dominant hand.

Keeline:
Zojaji:

Zojaji needed a lot of help to stay in the game but found no piece of the board to exit in 14th place.

Ben Keeline – 1,430,000 (29 bb)
Fariborz Zojaji – Eliminated in 14th place ($21,888)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 760

Feature Table
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Upeshka De Silva – 5,975,000 (120 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Humphrey – 3,965,000 (79 bb)
Seat 4: Ari Engel – 665,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Gerald Karlic – 475,000 (10 bb)
Seat 6: Mark Dube – 1,080,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Matthew Zaradoolas – 2,295,000 (46 bb)
Seat 9: Jacobo Fernandez – 665,000 (13 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1: John Curcuru – 895,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: Ben Keeline – 1,650,000 (33 bb)
Seat 3: Fariborz Zojaji – 495,000 (10 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: William Jennings – 910,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6: Patrick Mahoney – 1,295,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: John Spadevecchia – 1,440,000 (29 bb)
Seat 8: Billy Pilossoph – 1,530,000 (31 bb)
Seat 9: — Empty —

Upeshka De Silva – 5,975,000 (120 bb)
Matt Humphrey – 3,965,000 (79 bb)
Matthew Zaradoolas – 2,295,000 (46 bb)
Ben Keeline – 1,650,000 (33 bb)
Billy Pilossoph – 1,530,000 (31 bb)
John Spadevecchia – 1,440,000 (29 bb)
Patrick Mahoney – 1,295,000 (26 bb)
Mark Dube – 1,080,000 (22 bb)
William Jennings – 910,000 (18 bb)
John Curcuru – 895,000 (18 bb)
Ari Engel – 665,000 (13 bb)
Jacobo Fernandez – 665,000 (13 bb)
Fariborz Zojaji – 495,000 (10 bb)
Gerald Karlic – 475,000 (10 bb)

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship
End of Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 760

Players are on their second break of the day after losing three more players. In addition to Zoltan Czinkota exiting from the ballroom table, we lost Neal Corcoran and WPT champ Will “The Thrill” Failla from the feature table.