$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 and a 400 big blind ante
Total Entries: 330

The cutoff called all in preflop after Joseph Dipascale reraised all in from the small blind, and the two players flipped over their cards.

Dipascale:
Cutoff:

Board:

The cutoff was eliminated on the hand, and Dipascale stacked up 44,500 after collecting the pot.

Joseph Dipascale – 44,500 (111 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Total Entries: 328

A player in early position raised to 900 and Wayne Harmon called from middle position. The big blind defended and they were three-handed to a flop of .

The big blind checked, the original raiser bet 1,100 and Harmon raised to 2,500. The big blind folded and early position thought for a while before three-betting to 5,200. Harmon called.

The turn was the and early position went all in for 10,700. Harmon thought for a couple of minutes before committing enough chips to call.

Early position showed and Harmon was in the lead with .

The river was the and Harmon’s pair of eights held up to win the pot and knock out a player. He has more than doubled his starting stack as the end of the fifth level approaches.

Wayne Harmon – 56,000

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 and a 400 big blind ante
Total Entries: 317

As the field in the $5,250 SHRPO Championship gets smaller, it’s not surprising that the field in this event gets bigger. There are currently 317 entries (413 needed to hit the $1 million guarantee), with registration open until the end of the dinner break, around 9:05 pm. Players are allowed a maximum of two entries in this event.

Here are some of the familiar faces that have entered this event for the first time after the first level or so: Rick Alvarado, Scott Blumstein, Jason Brin, Mohsin Charania, Andre Crooks, Abbey Daniels, Jessica Dawley, Mike Dentale, Patrick Eskandar, Michael Esposito, Chad Eveslage, Frankie Flowers, Alex Foxen, Matt Glantz, John Gordon, Brian Hastings, Maria Ho, Lily Kiletto, David Levy, Lee Markholt, Daniel Neilson, Mukul Pahuja, Shankar Pillai, Billy Pilossoph, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Aditya Prasetyo, Ryan Riess, James Salmon, Dan Shak, Danny Shiff, Sheddy Siddiqui, Michael Tureniec, Michael Wang, Joey Weissman, and Justin Young.

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante
Total Entries: 294

Patrick Eskandar raised to 1,000 preflop UTG+1, and Justin Young reraised to 2,700 from the button. Eskandar called before the flop was dealt , and Young bet 1,500. Eskandar check-raised to 4,000, and Young called.

The turn was dealt , and Young moved all in for 10,000. Eskandar thought for a moment before calling, and the two players tabled their cards.

Young:
Eskandar:

River:

Young won the hand to double up and survive with 23,500, and Eskandar is down to 14,000 after the hand.

Justin Young – 23,500 (78 bb)
Patrick Eskandar – 14,000 (46 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 and a 300 big blind ante
Total Entries: 285

Jeremy Harris limped under the gun for 300, a player in middle position raised to 1,000, Roberly Felicio called from the small blind, and the big blind also called.

Harris limp-reraised to 8,000. The middle-position player folded, and Felicio asked for a look at Harris’s remaining stack before he moved all in.

The big blind folded, and Harris called all in for 24,400 with . Felicio turned over , and Harris needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Harris to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jeremy Harris  –  51,100  (170 bb)
Roberly Felicio  –  13,500  (45 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Total Entries: 300

A player in middle position raised to 800 and Marie Harrell three-bet to 2,000 on her direct left.

James Salmon moved all in from the cutoff for 13,400 and action folded back to Harrell, who quickly called.

Harrell tabled and Salmon was on the wrong end of a cold deck with his .

“I folded one of each,” said the original raiser, implying he folded ace-queen.

Despite Salmon being down to one out, the flop came , giving him middle set and the lead.

The turn was the and the river was the , sending the pot to Salmon.

James Salmon – 28,400
Marie Harrell – 28,000

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante
Total Entries: 254

There was 6,000 in the pot, and the board read when Mike Dentale movef all in for 6,400 from the cutoff.

The big blind tanked for a minute before folding faceup on the table, and Dentale flipped over just the as he collected the pot.

Mike Dentale – 13,200

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante
Total Entries: 252

Andy Frankenberger called us over to Table 68 to share an interesting hand with us.

Michael Tureniec raised preflop to 600, and Bob Bounahra was next to act and reraised to 2,100. Tureniec four-bet it to 5,600, and Bounahra called.

The flop came rainbow, Tureniec bet 2,000, and Bounahra called.

The turn card was the , putting two spades on the board. Tureniece bet 4,500, and Bounahra called.

The river card was the , putting three spades on the board, and Tureniec bet 15,000. Bounahra snap-called.

Frankenberger asked, “Can you guess what they had?”

Take a moment to run thru the hand yourself, and you’re unlikely to get there.

Tureniec showed offsuit for ace high, and Bounahra turned over offsuit for a rivered seven-high straight to win the pot.

Bob Bounahra  –  52,000  (260 bb)
Michael Tureniec  –  15,500  (78 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Total Entries: 240

Ray Qartomy is now back up to 35,000 after watching his stack drop to 5,000 just a while back. He has been one of the most active players so far on Day 1.

In a recent hand, Qartomy raised to 700 preflop, and the button came along for the ride. The flop was dealt , Qartomy bet 1,200, and the button folded his cards.

Ray Qartomy – 35,000

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Total Entries: 235

Four players took a flop of . John Gordon checked from the small blind, the big blind checked, Patrick Eskandar checked from under the gun and Justin Young bet 500 from the cutoff.

Gordon called, the big blind folded and Eskandar called. The turn was the and action checked to Young again. Young bet 1,000, Gordon and Eskandar both called.

The river was the and all three players checked. Gordon tabled , Eskandar mucked and Young won the pot with .

Justin Young – 19,000
John Gordon – 16,000
Patrick Eskandar – 18,500