$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 15:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  75 of 385

Day 2 begins Monday at noon and will continue until nine players remain.

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 15:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  75 of 385

Day 1 of the $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 is in the books with 75 players surviving from the starting field of 385 entries. The top 52 places will pay and a min-cash is worth $4,440. Up top is a first-place payday of $204,610.

Bagging the Day 1 chip lead was Raj Vohra with 417,000. Several players were in contention for the chip lead with similar stacks with about 40 minutes left in Day 1 action, but Vohra scored two eliminations in the final level of play to bring his already sizable stack to the clear forefront.

Day 2 begins Monday at noon. Full chip counts, as well as the Day 2 table and seat draw, will be posted by about 3 a.m.

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  78 of 385

David Tuthill raised to 5,500 from the hijack, Jonathan Jaffe three-bet shoved for 38,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder isolated from the small blind with a shove of his own.

Jaffe:
Harder:

The board came down , no help to Jaffe, securing the elimination for Harder.

The following hand after a flop of , the player in the cutoff was all in for about 53,000 with against Harder on the button with .

The turn and river completed the board, giving Harder a queen-high straight to score the elimination.

Christian Harder – 215,000 (86 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – Eliminated

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  82 of 385

Following the turn of a board, Raj Vohra in the big blind and an opponent in middle position went back and forth before Vohra’s opponent was all in for about 110,000 with .

Vohra tabled for nines full of kings and had his opponent drawing to a one-out chop.

The river was the safe for Vohra to score another elimination.

Raj Vohra – 415,000 (166 bb)

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  86 of 385

Raj Vohra raised under the gun to 6,500, the UTG+1 player called, and the player moved all in from the cutoff for 28,000. Vohra called, and the UTG+1 player folded.

The player in the cutoff turned over , but he was dominated and facing elimination against Vohra’s .

The board came , and the pocket tens held up for Vohra to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Raj Vohra  –  315,000  (126 bb)

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  92 of 385

After a flop of , David Tuthill bet 15,000 from the big blind, his opponent in middle position raised to 55,000, and Tuthill thought for a while before he moved all in.

His opponent called all in for about 120,000 with for an overpair, but Tuthill turned over for two pair, nines and sevens. His opponent needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Tuthill won the pot with his two pair to eliminate his opponent and become a contender for the chip lead.

David Tuthill  –  335,000  (168 bb)

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  108 of 385

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. Action is scheduled to end after Level 14, around 1:20 am.

With 108 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 89,000 (45 big blinds). The final 52 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $4,440 each.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 200K, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Justin Liberto  –  283,000  (142 bb)
2.  Phil Rigby  –  282,500  (141 bb)
3.  Raj Vohra  –  263,000  (132 bb)
4.  John Richards  –  257,500  (129 bb)
5.  Sam Rashid  –  251,500  (126 bb)
6.  Jeannette Mendez  –  247,500  (124 bb)
7.  Armando Collado  –  243,500  (122 bb)

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 385
Prize Pool: $1,000,000
August 11-13, 2019

The prize pool has been released for the $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 event, and with 385 entries, the guaranteed prizepool is $1,000,000. The final 52 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $4,440 each, and first prize is worth $204,610, plus a SHRPO trophy and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $204,610 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $142,880
3rd:  $91,690
4th:  $61,090
5th:  $46,890
6th:  $38,790
7th:  $32,490
8th:  $26,240
9th-10th:  $20,460
11th-12th:  $17,250
13th-15th:  $14,370
16th-18th:  $11,800
19th-21st:  $9,800
22nd-24th:  $8,320
25th-27th:  $6,850
28th-36th:  $5,600
37th-45th:  $5,000
46th-52nd:  $4,440

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 385

After a flop of , Dan Chalifour was all in from the big blind, and the player in middle position had a raise of 26,000 more in front of him. Jessica Dawley was tanking in the small blind.

Dawley asked for the size of the raise, and the player said, “You’re gonna see the hand regardless, if you’re curious.” (Since the short stack was already all in.)

Dawley thought a little bit longer before she moved all in for an additional 54,500 on top of the 26,000. The player in middle position didn’t seem ready for that, and he paused to think.

John Richards, seated near Dawley, said, “You’re gonna see the hand regardless, if you’re curious.”

The middle-position player thought for a bit longer before he called, and all three players turned over their cards:

Middle Position:    (pair of aces)
Jessica Dawley:    (two pair, aces and fours)
Dan Chalifour:    (two pair, sixes and fours)

The turn card was the , the river was the , and Dawley won the pot with a full house, fours full of aces, to eliminate the big blind and double thru the other player.

Jessica Dawley  –  174,500
Dan Chalifour  –  Eliminated

$2,650 SHRPO Big 4 Event 21 (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  385

The players have returned from dinner and action resumed in Level 10, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000.

Registration has closed, and as soon as the casino releases the official numbers and the prizepool, that information will be posted here in the live updates.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 14, around 1:20 am.