$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 42

Day 1 came to an end with six players remaining, and the biggest stack belongs to Chris Brewer, who bagged up 1.64 million (82 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts, followed by the prizepool:

Seat 1.  Arthur Conan  –  170,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Sam Soverel  –  1,145,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Chris Brewer  –  1,640,000  (82 bb)
Seat 4.  Seth Davies  –  1,520,000  (76 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  265,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Sean Winter  –  510,000  (26 bb)

1st:  $733,320
2nd:  $468,510
3rd:  $295,365
4th:  $203,700
5th:  $142,590
6th:  $112,035
7th:  Ilyas Muradi  –  $81,480

With 42 entries, this became the largest Super High Roller in Seminole Hard Rock Poker history, with a prizepool worth $2,037,000. The previous record was 41 entries during the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

This was a single re-entry tournament, and there were nine players who took advantage by buying in a second time. But only one of them parlayed that second buy-in far into a money finish — Seth Davies, who is currently second in chips.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:00 pm EDT, when they will play down to a winner. And we will continue to provide live updates right here on SHRPO.com.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 42

With the board showing on the turn, Ilyas Muradi got it all in from the big blind for about 400,000 with — a pair of nines with a heart flush draw.

But Muradi would need to improve to stay alive against the of Chris Brewer, who was UTG+1.

The river card was the , and the pocket aces held up for Brewer to win the pot and eliminate Muradi in seventh place.

Chris Brewer  –  1,555,000  (104 bb)
Ilyas Muradi  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($81,480)

A floorperson told Muradi that he would take him over to the payout table to get paid, and that’s when Sean Winter — who scored the knockout on the Money Bubble — asked, “Are we in the money?”

The remaining six players are, of course, in the money, guaranteed at least $112,035 each. The average chip stack is about 875,000 (58 big blinds), and there are less than five minutes remaining before play ends for the night.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 42

Aaron Van Blarcum moved all in from the cutoff for 195,000, and Sean Winter called from the small blind with .

Van Blarcum turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Winter paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Van Blarcum in eighth place.

Sean Winter  –  610,000  (41 bb)
Aaron Van Blarcum  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining seven players are in the money, guaranteed at least $81,480 each.

With seven players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 750,000 (50 big blinds). There are about 10 minutes remaining in this, the last level of the night.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 42

Sam Soverel raised UTG+1 to 30,000, Sean Winter called from the small blind, and Arthur Conan moved all in from the big blind for 215,000.

Soverel folded, and Winter thought for a while before he also folded, saying something like, “I can’t call ace-king.”

Conan showed as he took the pot.

Arthur Conan  –  290,000  (19 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 655,000 (44 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, shortly after 3:10 am.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 42

After the elimination of Alex Foxen in ninth place, the final eight players redraw for random seats at the final table, and levels will now be one hour long — which means play will end shortly after 3:10 am.

Here are the updated chip counts and seating positions at the start of the final table:

Seat 1.  Arthur Conan  –  260,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Ilyas Muradi  –  455,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Sam Soverel  –  1,080,000  (72 bb)
Seat 4.  Chris Brewer  –  1,170,000  (78 bb)
Seat 5.  Seth Davies  –  900,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Van Blarcum  –  275,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  560,000  (37 bb)
Seat 8.  Sean Winter  –  585,000  (39 bb)

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 42

With nine players remaining, combining to a final table at eight, and only the final seven players getting paid, the action has slowed to a crawl.

While both tables were playing roughly the same number of hands, they were both stalling to the point that the players requested hand-for-hand play. After the stalling continued for a while, hand-for-hand play began, and the pace picked up.

Eventually, Alex Foxen moved all in from the cutoff for 145,000, and Ilyas Muradi called from the big blind with .

Foxen turned over , and he needed his jacks to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Muradi flopped a set of nines and turned a full house to win the pot and eliminate Foxen in ninth place.

Ilyas Muradi  –  455,000  (30 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  Eliminated

With eight players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 655,000 (44 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 2:40 am.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 42

Seth Davies was all in from the big blind for 410,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Sam Soverel in the small blind.

The board came , and Davies paired his jack on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Seth Davies  –  835,000  (84 bb)
Sam Soverel  –  1,125,000  (75 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 585,000 (39 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 2:30 am.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 42

Jason Mercier was all in with , but he was dominated by Sam Soverel’s .

Soverel paired his king on the flop, and Mercier never caught up. Soverel won the pot to eliminate Mercier in 10th place.

Sam Soverel  –  1,500,000  (100 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  Eliminated

With nine players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 585,000 (39 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 2:30 am.

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 42

Sean Perry was all in from the button for 160,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Chris Brewer in the cutoff.

The board came , and Perry jokingly shouted “chop.” But Brewer won the pot with two pair, aces and fours, with a jack kicker, to eliminate Perry in 11th place.

Chris Brewer  –  925,000  (93 bb)
Sean Perry  –  Eliminated

All day, Perry has been repeatedly making the claim that he’s the 11th-best player in the world, though he never seemed to offer up any evidence to back up that claim.

After Perry’s elimination, Jason Mercier said, “Well, he did finish 11th in this event. So he’s 11th in the world, and 11th in this event.”

$50,000 Super High Roller
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 42

Alex Foxen raised to 20,000, Andjelko Andrejevic moved all in for 60,000, and Foxen called with .

Andrejevic turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Foxen paired his eight on the flop and his queen on the turn to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Andrejevic in 12th place.

Alex Foxen  –  375,000  (38 bb)
Andjelko Andrejevic  –  Eliminated

With 11 players remaining from a field of 42, the average chip stack is about 475,000 (48 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 2:30 am.