$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 19: 5,000/10,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 6/148

Kevin Chan raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Eric Beller called from the small blind. It was on Michael Newman in the big blind and he shoved for 194,000. Chan called and Beller got out of the way. Newman’s tournament life was at risk.

Newman:
Chan:

Runout:

Chan flopped outs but couldn’t catch any of them. Newman’s pair was good and he doubled through Chan.

Michael Newman – 390,000 (39 bb)
Kevin Chan – 565,000 (56 bb)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 19: 5,000/10,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 6/148

Players just returned from the first break of final table play and cards are in the air to start Level 19. Here’s where play is at:

Seat 1: — empty —
Seat 2: Oleksiy Lyashenko – 281,000
Seat 3: — empty —
Seat 4: Kevin Chan – 658,000
Seat 5: TK “Tim” Miles – 196,000
Seat 6: Eric Beller – 812,000
Seat 7: — empty —
Seat 8: Michael Newman – 320,000
Seat 9: AJ Gambino – 694,000

1st – $39,632 + $5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – $25,123
3rd – $14,787
4th – $8,977
5th – $6,963
6th – $5,750

7th: Bryan Rosen – $5,025
8th: Ran Shahar – $4,486
9th: John Valevich – $3,964
10th: Michael Mizrachi – $3,445
11th: Michael Tait – $3,445
12th: Joel Lumpkins – $3,445
13th: Chad Eveslage – $2,943
14th: Dolphus Powers – $2,943
15th: Frank Silverstein – $2,943
16th: Ronald Spooner – $2,512
17th: Jake Schwartz – $2,512
18th: Andrew Thompson – $2,512
19th: David Shmuel – $2,153

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 6/148

Bryan Rosen picked up pocket queens and was at risk preflop versus Kevin Chan’s pocket eights. Rosen was in good shape to double up, but took a crushing blow when an eight came on the flop. He never caught back up to Chan’s set and was eliminated seventh earning $5,025.

Bryan Rosen – Eliminated 7th ($5,025)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 7/148

Ran Shahar, who had doubled up a handful of times during final table play, got his last 42,000 in from middle position and start-of-day chip leader Kevin Chan called from the button.

Chan:
Shahar:

The runout came blanks and Chan’s ace-jack high held to bust Shahar in eighth place. Shahar earned $4,486.

Kevin Chan – 440,000 (55 bb)
Ran Shahar – Eliminated 8th ($4,486)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 8/148

John Valevich was in late position and raised to 18,000. It folded to Eric Beller in the small blind and he called as did Bryan Rosen in the big blind. They were three-handed.

Flop:

Action checked to Valevich. He bet 42,000. Beller called and Rosen got out of the way.

Turn:

Beller open-shoved having Valevich covered. Valevich called off and the hands were tabled.

Beller: for open-ended straight and flush draws
Valevich: for an overpair

River:

The river complete Beller’s flush draw and Valevich was eliminated in ninth place for $3,964.

Eric Beller – 607,000 (75 bb)
John Valevich – Eliminated 9th ($3,964)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 9/148

Per the event’s structure sheet, levels jumped from 40 minutes to 60 minutes at the final table. Play began midway through Level 17, so that level expired before Level 18 marked the beginning of the one-hour sessions.

At present, the big blind sits at 8,000 good for an average stack of 41 big blinds.

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 9/148

Michael Mizrachi, who earned his way in to this event via his April Big Stack Special win last week, began the 10-handed final table in a neck-and-neck race for the short stack with Ran Shahar. Mizrachi was first at risk and it didn’t end well.

After Bryan Rosen limped from middle position, Mizrachi shoved the button. Rosen called and turned over . Mizrachi was behind with .

The flop came giving Mizrachi a flush draw to go with his overcard. The turn was a blank and Mizrachi needed to improve heading to the river. No help came as the dealer burned and turned the on the river. Rosen won the pot and Mizrachi was eliminated 10th earning $3,445.

Mizrachi resides in Hollywood, FL and is one of poker’s biggest names. He owns more than $15,000,000 in reported earnings with two gold bracelet victories in the World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship headlining an expansive resume.

Michael Rosen – 285,000 (47 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – Eliminated 10th ($3,445)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/1,000
Players Remaining: 10/148

Following about three hours of Day 2 play, Michael Tait busted 11th and the 22-player restart is down to 10 players. Each has locked up $3,445 with the tournament’s champion earning $39,632 along with a $5,250 seat in this August’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi – 58,000
Seat 2: Oleksiy Lyashenko – 289,000
Seat 3: John Valevich – 440,000
Seat 4: Kevin Chan – 352,000
Seat 5: TK “Tim” Miles – 250,000
Seat 6: Eric Beller – 437,000
Seat 7: Bryan Rosen – 370,000
Seat 8: Michael Newman – 175,000
Seat 9: AJ Gambino – 535,000
Seat 10: Ran Shahar – 56,000

1st – $39,632 + $5,250 SHRPO Seat
2nd – $25,123
3rd – $14,787
4th – $8,977
5th – $6,963
6th – $5,750
7th – $5,025
8th – $4,486
9th – $3,964
10th – $3,445

12th: Joel Lumpkins – $3,445
13th: Chad Eveslage – $2,943
14th: Dolphus Powers – $2,943
15th: Frank Silverstein – $2,943
16th: Ronald Spooner – $2,512
17th: Jake Schwartz – $2,512
18th: Andrew Thompson – $2,512
19th: David Shmuel – $2,153

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/500
Players Remaining: 11/148

The board laid and Bryan Rosen was out of position in the big blind against Michael Mizrachi under the gun. Rosen checked and Mizrachi eyed Rosen’s stack.

“All-in,” said Mizrachi who had Rosen’s last 105,500 chips covered by about two-to-one.

Rosen thought for a minute and called.

Rosen: for a pair of jacks
Mizrachi: for a bluff

Rosen’s pair was good and he took the pot from The Grinder.

Bryan Rosen – 308,000 (61 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 100,000 (20 bb)

$1,100 Big Slick
$100,000 Guaranteed, $5,250 Seat Added
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/500
Players Remaining: 11/148

Joel Lumpkins just hit the rail 12th courtesy of Alex Gambino’s . Lumpkins earned $3,445 while Gambino scooped a nice pot and took the chip lead with almost 500,000.

Alex Gambino – 485,000 (97 bb)
Joel Lumpkins – Eliminated 12th ($3,445)