The 2018 SHRPO $1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), which began with 640 runners, is down the final table of eight. Among them are a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, WPTDeepStacks Champion, an Irish superstar making back-to-back final tables in this event, and someone who has made a SHRPO Big 4 final table three years running!

They are set to return at 1p.m. local time to play out the final table in front of the Poker Night in America cameras. Action will resume in Level 27 (30,000/60,000/60,000) with 26:08 left on the clock.\

Seat 1: Joey Couden
Chip Count: 3,045,000

Joey Couden of Columbus, Ohio begins the final table as the chip leader. The 31-year-old poker pro and father of three (Kenzie, Austin and Sophie) is currently having the best year of his career with $614,216 in tournament earnings.

That includes a career-high $251,523 for finishing fourth in April’s $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship here at SHRPO, and $244,370 for taking down the 2018 World Series of Poker Event #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, which also came with his first bracelet.

Seat 2: James Salmon
Chip Count: 1,260,000

James Salmon, a 32-year-old married poker pro, may have home field advantage at the final table. He hails from Miami and is a familiar face at the Hard Rock. He has just shy of $700K in tournament earnings including a career-high $91,097 for finishing runner-up in the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event #1: $350 Deepstack. He also won two titles at the venue in 2014 and 2015 for $35,411 and $31,074 respectively.

In 2017, Salmon made a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event finishing in 142nd place for $53,247.

Seat 3: Marc MacDonnell
Chip Count: 1,145,000

Marc MacDonnell, 31, is no stranger to this event’s final table. Last year, he finished third out of a field of 633 entries for $53,349. MacDonnell, who currently ranks sixth on Ireland’s all-time money list with more than $1.8 million in earnings, has also made noise at the World Series of Poker in recent years.

At the 2015 WSOP, he finished runner-up to John Reading in Event #6: $1,000 NLH Hyper Turbo for $155,876, and at the 2017 WSOP placed fourth in the Millionaire Maker for $420,805. Earlier this year, he finished fourth in the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic for $319,310.

Seat 4: Paul Balzano
Chip Count: 1,970,000

Based out of Sunrise, Florida, 53-year-old Paul Balzano (married with one daughter) has more than $1.4 million in lifetime earnings including a career-best $180,583 for winning the 2014 Wynn Poker Classic.

This marks his third SHRPO Big 4 final table in a row. In 2016, he finished seventh in the $5,250 Championship event for $125,000 and last year took fourth in the $2,650 NLH for $61,500.

If he can close out this final table he’ll not only capture the coveted SHRPO trophy but also notch the biggest score of his career.

Seat 5: Adam Zeltser
Chip Count: 640,000

Adam Zeltser, 33, enters the final table as the extreme short stack. He lists making this final table as his best poker accomplishment, which it must be given he has no documented cashes on HendonMob. Based out of Brooklyn, New York, Zeltser will look to spin it up early.

Seat 6: Michael Graffeo
Chip Count: 1,585,000

Born in Brooklyn, New York but now residing in Boca Raton, Florida, 43-year-old Michael Graffeo has $627,764 in tournament earnings. His best score came at this very venue back in January 2017 when he topped a massive field of 1,509 entries to win the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open $1,100 WPTDeepStacks for $290,687.

Other highlights on his poker résumé include $88,481 for finishing third in a 2007 WSOP $2,000 NLH event and $58,200 for finishing runner-up in the 2009 Festa al Lago.

Seat 7: Maria Ho
Chip Count: 1,365,000

Maria Ho, 35, was slated to emcee and announce the Big 4 action, and while she might try to juggle some duties, she’s going to have to come on with her player cap on. That’s because the professional poker player, who this summer was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, is in contention for a SHRPO title.

A true ambassador of the game, Ho is an accomplished player with more than $2.8 million in earnings and has made a name for herself as a go-to commentator. She also appeared on a season of CBS’ The Amazing Race alongside Tiffany Michelle.

Seat 8: Dennis Rodriguez
Chip Count: 1,975,000

Dennis Rodriguez, 39, was born in Queens, New York but now resides in Sunrise, Florida. He has $158,859 in lifetime earnings a career-best $46,996 for finishing fourth in April’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event #8: $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Immokalee.

He also took fifth in the 2011 DeepStack $350 NLH Event for $21,000 and fourth in the 2014 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Coconut Creek $350 DeepStack for $12,750.

The Big 4 High Roller drew a huge crowd to the $25,500 buy-in event and they pushed the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool over $3,000,000 by the time registration closed. Only eight of the starting 123 players remain and they’ll play it out for the title in front of the Poker Night in America cameras.

The eight players have combined for more than $53,000,000 in career earnings along with countless tournament trophies. Shaun Deeb leads the final table but there are seven talented players trying to catch.

Seat 1: Tom Marchese
Chip Count – 1,180,000

Marchese is a pro player and a regular in any High Roller event around the world. His $17.5 million in career earnings is huge and good enough for second all-time at this final table behind Jake Schindler. Marchese has 13 cashes over $100,000 and six that were $1,000,000 or more.

Seat 2: Barry Hutter
Chip Count – 1,320,000

The hometown Hollywood, FL hero will move over $4.7 million in career earnings no matter where he finishes at the final table and he can add another award to his list of credits. He already owns a WSOP Circuit ring from 2010, a WSOP bracelet from 2015, and he has one career WPT final table.

Seat 3: Jake Schindler
Chip Count – 2,035,000

The Northeast grinder is another familiar face in High Rollers around the world and his $20,000,000 in career earnings puts him at the top of the list among these final table players. Schindler has too many Aria High Roller wins to count and he began his trophy hunt with a tournament win here during the 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

Seat 4: Ory Hen
Chip Count – 710,000

Hen is a constant, familiar, friendly face in all of our tournaments and the SHRP favorite will return to the final table as the shortest stack. He has proven his ability to finish off a tournament with a half dozen SHRP titles to go along with his WSOP Circuit ring. He is also a former SHRP Player of the Year after a huge run in 2015.

Seat 5: Paul Hofer
Chip Count – 1,365,000

The German pro is one of only three players at this final table with a WSOP bracelet. Hofer picked up nearly $650,000 when he won the $1,111 WSOP Little One for One Drop tournament in 2015. He also earned another nice score for an Aussie Million title back in 2016.

Seat 6: Mark Fisher
Chip Count – 1,625,000

Fisher is the big unknown quantity at this High Roller final table. The futures trader from Bar Harbor has only a handful of tournament results to his credit but he cashed a big one when he went deep in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Fisher only non-pro at the final table but he has not been intimidated by the High Roller regulars.

Seat 7: Shaun Deeb
Chip Count – 3,205,000

Our chip leader Shaun Deeb has been on quite a roll all summer long. The high-stakes cash game pro has been hitting it big on the tournament side with 16 cashes during this summer’s World Series of Poker including two more bracelets bringing his total to four career WSOP wins. All those results add up to make him the current frontrunner for the WSOP Player of the Year.

Seat 8: Omar Zazay
Chip Count – 870,000

Zazay may not be from South Florida but we can still count him among our favorites after winning a monster title. He has $1.8 million in career earnings with a cool $1,000,000 of it coming almost exactly three years ago. Zazay outlasted 907 players to win the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship which ran as a freeze-out that year.

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 25 – $10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 11
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Tournament will be held in Salon East (outside Event Center)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 25 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 26 – $300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 15
• Tournament will be held in Salon East (outside Event Center)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

1PM: Final Table – $5,250 SHRPO Championship

• Championship Final Table Counts and Seats
• Championship Payouts

1PM: Final Table – $2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 20 Final Table Counts and Seats
• Event 20 Payouts

1PM: Final Table – $25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)

• High Roller Final Table Counts and Seats
• High Roller Payouts

1PM: Final Table – $1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 21 Final Table Counts and Seats
• Event 21 Payouts

3PM: Event 24 Day 2 – $2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Event 24 Day 2 Counts and Seats
• Event 24 Payouts

5PM: Event 23 Day 2 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 23 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 23 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 23 Payouts

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: Event 68 – $1,030 Event 25 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $10,000/$500,000 GTD Event 25
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 67 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 69 – $1,030 Event 25 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $10,000/$500,000 GTD Event 25
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 69 Structure Sheet

$2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 91

While the Big 4 tournaments were playing down to a final table, we had another great group of players in the $2,650 Pot Limit Omaha game. They made it down to the final table before the ten remaining players bagged up their chips at 3am and will return on Tuesday at 3pm to play down to a winner.

Charles Kapetanakos leads a star-studded final table that also includes Matt Stout, Phil Hui, Matt Wantman, Ben Yu, Alex Condon, Raj Vohra, Greg Levine, Iman Dan, and David Eller.

There’s $70,000 waiting up top for one of these players on Tuesday afternoon.

Seat 1: Matt Wantman – 205,000
Seat 2: Iman Dan – 177,000
Seat 3: Phil Hui – 108,000
Seat 4: Greg Levine – 188,000
Seat 5: Charles Kapetanakos – 353,000
Seat 6: Matt Stout – 238,000
Seat 7: Raj Vohra – 141,000
Seat 8: Ben Yu – 178,000
Seat 9: David Eller – 47,000
Seat 10: Alex Condon – 190,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $70,009 + Trophy
2nd: $41,928
3rd: $26,481
4th: $17,102
5th: $13,241
6th: $10,482
7th: $8,827
8th: $7,724
9th: $7,002
10th: $6,400

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 18: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 123

With 2:09 remaining in level 18, the $25,000 High Roller event reached its final table. Shaun Deeb is pacing the final eight players, who will return on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner.

The second-biggest buy-in of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open drew 123 entries, generating a prize pool of $3,075,000 with the top 16 spots finishing in the money.

They reached the money bubble late in the day and Scott Wright bubbled the event, securing the top 16 spots a payday.

Here are the results thus far:

9th: David Peters – $80,073
10th: Chris Hunichen – $80,073
11th: Toby Lewis – $69,926
12th: Nipun Java – $69,926
13th: Alan Schein – $63,407
14th: Ian O’Hara – $63,407
15th: Darren Elias – $59,778
16th: Ryan Riess – $59,778

Everybody remaining guaranteed a cash of at least $95,110, with the winner taking home $800,758.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final day of play:

Seat 1: Thomas Marchese – 1,180,000
Seat 2: Barry Hutter – 1,320,000
Seat 3: Jake Schindler – 2,035,000
Seat 4: Ory Hen – 710,000
Seat 5: Paul Hofer – 1,365,000
Seat 6: Mark Fisher – 1,625,000
Seat 7: Shaun Deeb – 3,205,000
Seat 8: Omar Zazay – 870,000

When they return tomorrow, the levels will be switched to 60 minutes in length for the duration of the tournament.

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 18: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 123

David Peters raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Mark Fisher called out of the small blind. Shaun Deeb three-bet to 325,000 out of the big blind and Peters moved all in for about 650,000.

Fisher folded and Deeb called. Deeb showed and needed an ace against Peters’ .

The flop was , keeping Peters in the lead, but the came on the turn, which left Peters drawing to to outs.

The river was the and Peters was gone in ninth, while Deeb takes the chip lead into the final day of play.

Shaun Deeb – 3,205,000
David Peters – Eliminated 

1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 640

The 2018 SHRPO $1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) surpassed its $500K GTD by drawing 640 runners, which created a $640K prize pool and surpassed last year’s field by seven players.

By the end of the night, which concluded with a double knockout, just eight players remained in contention for the $119,465 first-place prize. They will return at 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday to play down to a winner on The Big 4 television set. Action will resume in Level 27 (30,000/60,000/60,000) with 26:08 left on the clock.

Joey Couden leads the remaining eight players. Meanwhile, Ireland’s Marc MacDonnell, who has made the final table for the second year in a row, is looking to improve upon last year’s third-place finish, which was good for $53,349.

Among the top 80 players to get paid on Monday were Nick Pupillo (9tth – $11,949), Marvin Rettenmaier (17^th – $6,560), Brian Hastings (42^nd – $2,771), Brittany Barnes (49^th – $2,451), and defending champ Brian Altman (80^th – $1,824).

Here are the official chip counts followed by the remaining prize pool:

Seat 1. Joey Couden – 3,045,000 (51 bb)
Seat 2. James Salmon – 1,260,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3. Marc MacDonnell – 1,145,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4. Paul Balzano – 1,970,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5. Adam Zeltser – 460,000 (8 bb)
Seat 6. Michael Graffeo – 1,585,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7. Maria Ho – 1,365,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8. Dennis Rodriguez – 1,975,000 (33 bb)

1^st: $119,465 + Trophy
2^nd: $83,750
3^rd: $53,939
4^th: $39,008
5^th: $29,933
6^th: $24,045
7^th: $19,981
8^th: $15,923

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 640

9^th – Nick Pupillo – $11,949
10^th – Matt Lessor – $9,888
11^th – Gonzalo Pelasez – $9,888
12^th – Thayer Rasmussen – $9,888
13^th – Chance Kornuth – $7,872
14^th – Brandon Schwartz – $7,872
15^th – Gavin O’Rourke – $7,872
16^th – Chris Nomikos – $6,560
17^th – Marvin Rettenmaier – $6,560
18^th – Jerry Humphrey – $6,560
19^th – Lloyd Gunther – $5,376
20^th – Michael Laake – $5,376
21^st – Robert Suer – $5,376
22^nd – Scott Caracciolo – $4,544
23^rd – Elliott Zaydman – $4,544
24^th – Scott Robbins – $4,544
25^th – Filipp Khavin – $3,850
26^th – Paulo Chohfi – $3,840
27^th – Santana Noronha – $3,840
28^th – Christian Gasparino – $3,155
29^th – Corey Burbick – $3,155
30^th – Mike Newman – $3,155
31^st – Michael Johnson – $3,155
32^nd – Jeff Rodriguez – $3,155
33^rd – Lumni Zhuta – $3,155
34^th – Stanley Lee – $3,155
35^th – Kevin Saul – $3,155
36^th – Kevin Blewitt – $3,155
37^th – Francis Garcia – $2,711
38^th – James Manis – $2,771
39^th – Eracles Panayiotou – $2,711
40^th – Cord Garcia – $2,771
41^st – John Spadavecchia – $2,771
42^nd – Brian Hastings – $2,771
43^rd – Suk Wan – $2,771
44^th – Hugh Cullen – $2,771
45^th – Zach  Milchman – $2,771
46^th – Lionel Johnson – $2,451
47^th – Paul Fisher – $2,451
48^th – Cary Hecker – $2,451
49^th – Brittney Barnes – $2,451
50^th – Boris Kolev – $2,451
51^st – Jorge Gomez – $2,451
52^nd – Mark Howey – $2,451
53^rd – William Givens IV – $2,451
54^th – Nancy Birnbaum – $2,451
55^th – Phil Hui – $2,195
56^th – Toorgeman – $2,195
57^th – Joseph Hernon – $2,195
58^th – Nelson Resendiz – $2,195
59^th – Mike Hallen – $2,195
60th – Tim Miles – $2,195
61st – Alan Shahar – $2,195
62nd – Joseph Levitt – $2,195
63rd – Robert Cicchelli – $2,195
64th – Kevin Torres – $2,003
65th – Jason Song – $2,003
66th – Yvonne McQuillan – $2,003
67th – Lander Bereciartua – $2,003
68th – Mike Shin – $2,003
69^th – Luiz Stadler III – $2,003
70^th – Matt Zarcadoolas – $2,003
71^st – Richard Russ – $2,003
72^nd – Jason Mangold – $2,003
73^rd – Tien Nguyen – $1,824
74^th – Jason Wandling – $1,824
75^th – Dusti Smith – $1,824
76^th – Pejmon Eskandar – $1,824
77^th – Mike Leah – $1,824
78^th – Howard Mash – $1,824
79^th – Donald Delancy – $1,824
80^th – Brian Altman – $1,824

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 640

Nick Pupillo raised all in from early position for about 395,000, Matt Lessor called all in for about 300,000 from middle position and Joey Couden called from the small blind with a covering stack.

Pupillo:
Lessor:
Couden:

The board came down , giving Couden aces and treys with a queen kicker to score the double elimination.

Joey Couden – 3,045,000 (51 bb)
Nick Pupillo – Eliminated in 9th Place ($11,949)
Matt Lessor – Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,888)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 18: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 123

With the elimination of Chris Hunichen in 10th place, the final nine players have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table. Since the tournament is an eight-max event, the final eight players will be credited with making the final table.

After one more elimination, the final eight players will bag up for the night and come back on Tuesday afternoon to play down to a winner.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final nine players:

Seat 1: Tom Marchese – 1,150,000
Seat 2: Barry Hutter – 1,200,000
Seat 3: Jake Schindler – 2,050,000
Seat 4: David Peters – 900,000
Seat 5: Ory Hen – 650,000
Seat 6: Paul Hofer – 1,525,000
Seat 7: Mark Fisher – 1,300,000
Seat 8: Shaun Deeb – 2,100,000
Seat 9: Omar Zazay – 800,000