$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 828 players

The smallest buy-in SHRPO tournament in The Big 4 still outperformed many tournaments with the same buy-in. The nine final table members have accounted for more than $7 million in tournament earnings including WSOP braclets and SHRP titles.

Seat 1: Adam Krach
Longmeadow, MA
1,310,000 (22 bb)

Krach is a new player from Massachusetts with only three tournament results to his credit but all coming this year. Two of those happened this summer when he cashed in the massive-field WSOP Colossus II event and followed that up with a 24th place finish in the WSOP Main Event.

Seat 2: Jordan Joeckel
Tampa, FL
1,005,000 (17 bb)

Joeckel comes from the west coast of Florida but also has some big scores in Massachusetts. He final tabled a Foxwoods Poker Classic event but his last big finish came with a deep run in the 2015 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Seat 3: George Boyadjian
Pompano Beach, FL
500,000 (8 bb)

Our shortest stack at the final table is a SHRP regular. Boyadjiam has won five tournaments at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, FL including victories during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Seat 4: Guy Smith
Shelton, CT
1,420,000 (24 bb)

Smith is another Northeast grinder at the final table and he’s coming off a win in Foxwoods $1,000 Summer Kickoff. His best result here wasn’t too bad either; he finished 57th in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Seat 5: Marsha Wolak
Pompano Beach, FL
595,000 (10 bb)

Wolak is a familiar site during SHRP events. She won a WSOP Circuit Seniors event and follwed that up with a Seniors event win here during the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. But what she’s most known for his her gold bracelet from winning the 2011 WSOP Ladies Championship.

Seat 6: Phil Hui
San Antonio, TX
4,575,000 (76 bb)

Hui is among the most accomplished players at the final table and has nearly $1 million in career earnings. He has four WSOP Circuit rings over the years and captured his first WSOP bracelet in the 2014 $3,000 Omaha/8 event. In recent news, Hui finished second in the H.O.R.S.E. event earlier this series, almost earning his second SHRP trophy.

Seat 7: Daniel Buzgon
Marlton, NJ
675,000 (11 bb)

While Hui may have more tournament victories than him, Buzgon has nearly $1.6 million in career earnings. His only tournament win came during the 2015 Borgata Winter Open but his biggest score was a televised WPT Borgata Poker Open final table where he finished third for $335K.

Seat 8: Aaron Massey
Chicago, IL
655,000 (11 bb)

Hui has tournament wins and Buzgon has big cash, but Massey has them both. He’s won a dozen tournaments including two HPT titles, good enough to earn him that tour’s Player of the Year honors. Massey has nearly $3 million in career earnings, five cashes over six-digits, including a Foxwoods title and WSOP third place finish in 2014.

Seat 9: Ruslan Dykshteyn
Hollywood, FL
1,690,000 (28 bb)

A local sleeper, the Hollywood Florida resident has nearly $800,000 in career earnings including $200,000 for a WSOP Circuit Main Event win in 2014. Dykshteyn is a regular in the SHRP tournament and he earned his first victory here this spring with a big-field, $570 event during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Final table lineup:

Seat 1: Adam Krach – 1,310,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Jordan Joeckel – 1,005,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: George Boyadjian – 500,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Guy Smith – 1,420,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Marsha Wolak – 595,000 (10 bb)
Seat 6: Phil Hui – 4,575,000 (76 bb)
Seat 7: Daniel Buzgon – 675,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8: Aaron Massey – 655,000 (11 bb)
Seat 9: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,690,000 (28 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players: 9 of 828 players remaining

It was a nearly 16-hour day for players in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $1,1,00 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) event — a tournament that attracted 828 entries (up 34 from the year before) —  but the final table of nine is finally set. Leading the way is  World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phillip Hui, who also happens to be the better half of poker pro Loni Harwood.

Hui grinded a short stack deep in the money but caught fire at just the right time, which included getting lucky against Allen Kessler, who he would eventually send out the door in 23rd place. That was the start of Hui’s heater, which saw him chip up all the way to 4.575 million.

To put that in perspective, that is nearly three times as much as Ruslan Dykshteyn, who bagged up the second-biggest stack with 1.69 million. Additionally, four of the final nine are in the six-figure, which is well below average.

That said, plenty of players stand between Hui and victory including Aaron Massey, a poker pro with more than $2.9 million in lifetime earnings including topping a field of 1,394 to win the 2012 Winstar The River Guaranteed $4 Million Poker Series of $651,559. More recently, the former Heartland Poker Tour Player of the Year topped a field of  820 entries to win the Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Main Event for nearly $175,000!

There is also poker pro Daniel Buzgon, who has more than $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. Buzgon only has one win on his HendonMob, which came in January 2015 when he topped a field of 2,882 entries to win the WPT Borgata Winter Open Event #15: $500 NLHE for $195,509.

The final table gets kicked off on Tuesday at 2 p.m. inside of the Hard Rock Live. All four of The Big 4 final tables will run alongside each other with Maria Ho and Ali Nejad MC’ing the action.

1 – Adam Krach – 1,310,000
2 – Jordan Joeckel – 1,005,000
3 – George Boyadjian – 500,000
4 – Guy Smith – 1,420,000
5 – Marsha Wolak – 595,000
6 – Phillip Hui – 4,575,000
7 – Daniel Buzgon – 675,000
8 – Aaron Massey – 655,000
9 – Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,690,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players: 9 of 828 players remaining

Play has been halted with 17:33 left in Level 28. The remaining nine players will now bag and tag. Stay tuned for official chip counts as well as a short recap of the day’s action.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players: 9 of 828 players remaining

Action folded to Phillip Hui in the cutoff and he simply moved all in to put the pressure on his short-stacked opponents to the left. Cangir Elcin opted to call off from the big blind and the cards were flipped up.

Elcin:
Hui:

Elcin was looking for paint, but he didn’t get it as the board ran out a lowly .

Cangir Elcin – Eliminated in 10th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 10 of 828 players remaining

The final 10 players have combined to one table. They will play until one more player falls.

1 – Adam Krach
2 – Jordan Joeckel
3 – George Boyadjian
4 – Guy Smith
5 – Marsha Wolak
6 – Phillip Hui
7 – Daniel Buzgon
8 – Aaron Massey
9 – Cangir Elcin
10 – Ruslan Dykshteyn

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 10 of 828 players remaining

Phillip Hui raised to 150,000 from the small blind and then snap-called when Will Givens jammed the big blind for what looked to be 700,000.

Hui:
Givens:

Givens was drawing to two live cards which morphed into a flush draw on the flop. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river proved helpful and he had to settle for 11th place.

Phillip Hui – 2.6 million
Will Givens – Eliminated in 11th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 11 of 828 players remaining

Steve McKoy moved all in from the button for 305,000 and Phil Hui called from the big blind.

McKoy:
Hui:

The board ran out and McKoy hit the rail in 12th place.

Phillip Hui – 1.9 million
Steve McKoy – Eliminated in 12th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 12 of 828 players remaining

Jordan Joeckel moved all in for 400,000 from the hijack and Devon Shalmi, who had the same amount, called off from the cutoff. Daniel Buzgon, who had both players covered, then three-bet all in over the top from the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.

Buzgon:
Joeckel:
Shalmi:

Joeckel seemed thrilled that his ace was in play, and while he didn’t pair it, it did make the difference as the board ran out to give him a flush and the triple.

Daniel Buzgon – 1.45 million
Jordan Joeckel – 1.2 million
Devon Shalmi – Eliminated in 13th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 13 of 828 players remaining

After Jonathan Pilger was eliminated in 15th place, Carlo Rodriguez followed him out the door in 14th.

It happened when Rodriguez moved all in for 200,000 from the button and Phillip Hui called from the small blind.

Hui:
Rodriguez:

The board ran out and Rodriguez made his way to the payout desk.

Phillip Hui – 1.3 million
Carlo Rodriguez – Eliminated in 14th Place