$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 422

Matt O’Donnell raised to 55,000 from the hijack and Blair Hinkle three-bet to 135,000 from the cutoff. O’Donnell called and the flop was .

Both players checked and the came on the turn. O’Donnell checked again and Hinkle bet 125,000. O’Donnell called.

The river was the and both players checked. O’Donnell turned over and Hinkle mucked his hand. O’Donnell won the pot with a full house.

Matt O’Donnell – 1,530,000 (61 bb)
Blair Hinkle – 800,000 (32 bb)

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 19: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 123

Jake Schindler opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Barry Hutter called in the big blind to the flop. Both checked and the turn came . Hutter bet 160,000 and Schindler called before the river.

Hutter bet 415,000 and Schindler went in the tank. Three minutes later, Shaun Deeb called the clock and Schlindler folded.

Barry Hutter – 1,600,000 (32 bb)
Jake Schindler – 1,700,000 (34 bb)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 200/400/400
Entries: 58

A throng of new players jumped into action after the first break of the day. They include:

Jeff Gross – 20,000
Bryn Kenney – 20,000
Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen – 20,000
Joey Weissman – 20,000
Tim Reilly – 20,000
Joe McKeehen – 20,000
Dan Shak – 20,000
Darryll Fish – 20,000
Paul Volpe – 20,000
Patrick Eskandar – 20,000
Kelly Minkin – 20,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

Hand #1  –  Stoyan Obreshkov raised from the button to 180,000, and Jeremy Ausmus called from the small blind. The flop came , Ausmus checked, Obreshkov bet 175,000, and Ausmus called. The turn card was the , Ausmus checked, Obreshkov bet 600,000, and Ausmus thought for a while before he called.

The river card came (unknown), and both players checked. Ausmus showed to win the pot with a pair of aces.

Hand #2  –  Brandon Eisen raised under the gun to 180,000, Jeremy Ausmus called from the button, and Jared Griener called from the big blind. The flop came , Griener checked, and Eisen bet 180,000. Ausmus called, and Griener folded.

The turn card was the , Eisen checked, Ausmus bet 450,000, and Eisen folded. Ausmus took the pot.

Hand #3  –  Ryan D’Angelo raised from middle position to 200,000, and Brandon Eisen called from the big blind. The flop came , Eisen checked, D’Angelo bet 150,000, and Eisen called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked. The river card was the , and they check again. Eisen showed to win the pot with a pair of threes, and D’Angelo mucked.

Hand #4  –  Marcos Exterkotter raised under the gun to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 640

Joey Couden opened to 150,000 from late position and Adam Zeltser moved all in from the small blind. Couden called.

Zeltser tabled and needed to hold against Couden’s .

Couden took the lead when the flop came . The on the turn made it official as the meaningless hit the river.

Joey Couden – 3,300,000 (55 bb)
Adam Zeltser – Eliminated in 8th Place ($15,923)

Each of The Big 4 events are underway! Updates will continue now until we have four champions.

• Link: Tournament Live Stream

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

The final nine players are back in action for the final table of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship. They are still in Level 27, with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and a big-blind ante of 80,000. Levels will be 90 minutes until there are two players left, and then heads-up levels will be 60 minutes.

Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300/300
Entries: 47

Dylan Linde raised to 700 from early position and picked up callers in the cutoff and big blind. When the flop fell , the big blind checked and Linde continued for 900. Both his opponents folded.

Not the most exciting hand but indicative of most hands we see in the early stages of a tournament.

Dylan Linde – 17,000 (57 bb)

Event #25: $10,000 One-Day Event
$500,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 200/300/300
Entries: 47

Alan Schein raised to 800 from early position and both Aaron Mermelstein and Sam Soverel, who were on the button and in the big blind respectively, called to see a flop.

All three players checked and then Soverel checked for the second time on the   turn. Schein bet 1,100, Mermelstein called, and Soverel thought for a bit before check-raising to 5,400.

Schein released but Mermelstein wasn’t so easy to shake. He called and the completed the board on the river.

Soverel slowed down with a check and Mermelstein bet 11,000, which left him just 200 back. Soverel shook his head and folded his cards.

Aaron Mermelstein – 27,500 (92 bb)
Sam Soverel – 13,000 (43 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 914

We are closing out the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open with the Big 4 and the headline final table in the room will be the $3 Million Guarantee Championship.

There are nine players remaining with Brandon Eisen leading the way after sending Noah Schwartz out with a tough beat. Former November Niners Joseph Cheong and Jeremy Ausmus will be there with Ryan D’Angelo, Jared Griener, Marcos Exterkotter, Adam Adler, Stoyan Obreshkov, and former SHRP champ Ido Ashkenazi rounding out the lineup.

They are all guaranteed at least $77,132 and the 2018 SHRPO Champ will take home $771,444.

Cards fly at 1pm with the live-stream starting 30 minutes later.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,265,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  4,370,000  (55 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Adler  –  3,745,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  3,810,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  6,540,000  (82 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  4,090,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,470,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  3,975,000  (50 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,330,000  (92 bb)

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  $102,843
9th:  $77,132

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