$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 220
The flop read 
when the hijack bet 600, and John Gordon raised to 2,000 on the small blind. UTG folded, and the hijack called.
The turn fell 
, Gordon bet 3,200, and the hijack called. The river delivered the 
, and both players checked. The hijack flipped over 
, and Gordon folded his cards.
John Gordon – 32,500
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 210
Joey Couden was in the big blind and got into a preflop battle with the player in the cutoff. The cutoff got all in for about 10,500 and got action from Couden.
Couden showed 
and was flipping with the cutoff’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Couden won the pot to eliminate a player and nearly double up towards the end of the level.
Joey Couden – 37,000
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 205
The board read 
, and there was a hefty pot on the table when Lee Markholt bet 5,400 UTG+1. The big blind took a minute before deciding to call, and Markholt flipped over 
for a flush. The big blind folded his cards.
Lee Markholt – 41,000
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 179
In the first hand of Level 2, the player in the cutoff raised to 500, Ray Qartomy called from the button, the small blind called, and Gary Phillips called from the big blind.
The flop came 
, and it checked to the player in the cutoff, who bet 1,100. Qartomy raised to 2,600, and the small blind folded. The big blind called, and the cutoff folded.
The turn card paired the board with the 
, Phillips checked, Qartomy bet 4,800, and Phillips called.
The river card was the 
, Phillips checked, Qartomy bet 15,000, and Phillips check-raised all in for 18,100. Qartomy called, and Phillips said, “Full house,” as he turned over 
for a rivered full house.
Qartomy showed 
for a rivered seven-high straight, and Phillips doubled up in chips.
Gary Phillips – 54,100 (271 bb)
Ray Qartomy – 13,000 (65 bb)
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Total Entries: 171
The button raised to 300 preflop, and Ray Qartomy called on the small blind. The big blind reraised to 1,300, the button folded, and Qartomy called.
The flop was dealt 
, and the big blind bet 2,000. Qartomy check-called before the turn was dealt 
. The big blind fired in another 2,500, and Qartomy check-called once again.
The river delivered the 
, and now Qartomy bet 12,000. The big blind tanked for a minute or so before folding his cards, and Qartomy took down the pot uncontested.
Ray Qartomy – 42,000
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Total Entries: 180
On a flop of 
, the player under the gun bet 1,100 and Harrison Gimbel called on the button. The turn was the 
and both players checked to the 
river.
Under the gun bet 2,100 and Gimbel raised to 7,000. Under the gun tossed his hand into the muck and Gimbel won the pot.
“Would the king-nine have gotten me in trouble?” asked Chance Kornuth to Gimbel about the hand he folded.
“We would have played a fun one,” responded Gimbel.
Harrison Gimbel – 31,000
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Total Entries: 154
It was a battle of the blinds between Tyler Patterson in the small blind and his lone opponent in the big blind.
There was about 1,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of 
. Patterson led out for 1,000 and the big blind raised to 2,600.
Patterson called. The big blind showed 
, good for a flush, but Patterson’s 
gave him a bigger flush and he won the pot.
Tyler Patterson – 23,000
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Total Entries: 154
The field is quickly filling in with familiar faces here, many of whom played in the $5,250 SHRPO Championship but unfortunately busted.
Familiar faces in the field include Anna Antimony, Kristen Bicknell, Blake Bohn, Olivier Busquet, Mark Cole, Lisa Costello, Joey Couden, Darren Elias, Andy Frankenberger, Harrison Gimbel, Marvin Karlins, Maria Konnikova, Chance Kornuth, Jeremy Kottler, Jonathan Little, Marc MacDonnell, James Mackey, Jeff Madsen, Nadya Magnus, Michael Newman, Ian O’Hara, Tyler Patterson, Ofer Peleg, Ray Qartomy, Alex Rocha, James Romero, and Ryan Van Sanford.
As players bust out of the Championship event on one side of the room, we expect some of them to make their way into this field.
$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
The Championship is playing down in one part of the Hard Rock Event Center and it’s almost time to kick off the next Big 4 tournament in the other.
Event 20 is a $2,650 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a big $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Poker pro Alex Foxen won this tournament last year but he’s hoping he doesn’t need to defend it this time around since he’s still in the Championship with a healthy stack.
Entrants sit down to 25,000 starting stack and all levels last 40 minutes on Day 1. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:05pm after the dinner break but players are limited to a single re-entry if they bust out.
Cards fly at 2pm and we will have full coverage from beginning to end.
Primary Event Schedule
12PM: Day 2 – $5,250 SHRPO Championship
2PM: Day 1 – $2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 23 Day 1A – $150 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: Event 61 – $300 Turbo High Roller Step Satellite (1-in-10)
4PM: Event 62 – $140 Big 4 Event 21 Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: Event 63 – $2,650 Big 4 High Roller Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: Event 64 – $140 Turbo Big 4 Event 21 Satellite (1-in-10)