$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight E of SHRPO Event 18 is ready to go in the Grand Ballroom and they’ll build on an already successful tournament. The $200 Big Stack topped its $200,000 earlier in Flight D and now they’re spinning it up.

Players start with 15,000 stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 6:30 pm. They will continue playing into the evening until only 10% of the field remains to advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 2 pm in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 137

Jeff Silverstein opened to 30,000 from early position and Mark Dickstein moved all for 79,000 from the small blind. Silverstein called and they were racing.

Dickstein:
Silverstein:

Dickstein needed to improve to stay in the game and paired his ace on the flop. Silverstein picked up a gutshot draw on the turn but Dickstein faded the river to double up.

Mark Dickstein – 183,000 (18 bb)
Jeff Silverstein – 186,000 (19 bb)

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 86

During a round of Stud, Harrison Luba got it all in on 3rd street for 22,000 against Phil Hui.

These were their cards on 6th street, in no particular order:

Phil Hui:    (pair of threes, gutshot straight draw)
Harrison Luba:    (pair of jacks)

On sixth street, Luba had a pair of jacks, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

Seventh street was dealt, and Hui flipped over first, showing the to take the lead with two pair, fives and threes.

Luba needed to improve to stay alive, but his final card was the , leaving him with just the pair of jacks. Hui won the pot to eliminate Luba in fifth place.

Phil Hui  –  320,000  (13 BB)
Harrison Luba  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,825)

With four players remaining from a field of 86 entries, the average chip stack is about 258,000 (13 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,700 each.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 137

The Seniors Event final table went on break with nine players remaining, Neil Blumenfield further in the lead, and Jeff Silverstein built his stack with no flops.

Seat 1: Carlo Sciannameo – 290,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Emerson Ward – 160,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dickstein – 99,000 (10 bb)
Seat 4: John Famularo – 216,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Threadgill – 367,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Jeff Silverstein – 265,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Woloshin – 222,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Neil Blumenfield – 928,000 (93 bb)
Seat 9: Naoum Zarcadoolas – 193,000 (19 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $36,670 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $23,390
3rd: $13,885
4th: $8,375
5th: $6,515
6th: $5,450
7th: $4,720
8th: $4,195
9th: $3,715

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 86

During a round of Omaha-8, Scott Baumstein (button) and Aaron Kupin (small blind) saw a flop of , and they put in 10,000 each.

The turn card was the , Kupin checked, Baumstein bet 20,000, and Kupin called.

The river card paired the board with the , Kupin bet 20,000, and Baumstein called.

Aaron Kupin:    (fives full of threes, 8-6 low)
Scott Baumstein:    (two pair, kings and fives)

Kupin scooped the pot with his full house and his 8-6 low, knocking Baumstein to just three big bets.

Aaron Kupin  –  355,000  (18 BB)
Scott Baumstein  –  65,000  (3 BB)

The next hand, three players put in 30,000 each to see a flop of . Phil Hui checked from UTG, and Scott Baumstein bet 10,000 from the cutoff. Aaron Kupin called, Hui raised to 20,000, and Baumstein reraised to 30,000 (leaving himself just 4K behind).

Kupin went into thee tank for a long time before he eventually folded. Hui reraised, and Baumstein called all in for 34,000.

Phil Hui:    (wrap straight draw, 7-5 low)
Scott Baumstein:    (set of fives)

Hui had a made low, and Baumstein needed his set to hold up to split the pot and stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Hui rivered an eight-high straight to scoop the entire pot, eliminating Baumstein in sixth place.

Phil Hui  –  300,000  (15 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,255)

With five players remaining from a field of 86 entries, the average chip stack is about 258,000 (13 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,825 each.

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 500

We put together a nice multi-flight Pot Limit Omaha tournament this week and the players came out in big numbers. It attracted 500 entries over three flights to turn the $100,000 guarantee into a $260,000 prize pool.

We have 64 players returning at 3 pm, all in the money, and working their way down to the final table and eventual Event 15 champ. They are each guaranteed at least $910 but they have more than $50K set aside for the winner.

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 137

With the elimination of former WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak, the $1,100 Seniors 50+ Event reached its nine-handed final table and Neil Blumenfield continued to hold the lead.

Seat 1: Carlo Sciannameo – 510,000 (64 bb)
Seat 2: Emerson Ward – 215,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Mark Dickstein – 158,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: John Famularo – 285,000 (36 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Threadgill – 331,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Jeff Silverstein – 138,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Woloshin – 245,000 (31 bb)
Seat 8: Neil Blumenfield – 675,000 (84 bb)
Seat 9: Naoum Zarcadoolas – 195,000 (24 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $36,670 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $23,390
3rd: $13,885
4th: $8,375
5th: $6,515
6th: $5,450
7th: $4,720
8th: $4,195
9th: $3,715

10th: Marsha Wolak – $3,715
11th: David Feigenbaum – $3,255
12th: David Finkelstein – $3,255
13th: Stacey Manning – $2,825
14th: David Poces – $2,825
15th: Jeffrey Revell – $2,825
16th: Deonarine Itwaru – $2,425
17th: Randal Taylor – $2,425
18th: Ronald Katz – $2,425

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 86

In the very first hand of the final table, during a Hold’em round, Michael Dreese called all in from the button for 3,000. Phil Hui completed the small blind to 10,000, and Lazaro Rodriguez checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Hui checked, Rodriguez bet 10,000, and Hui called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked. The river card was the , and they checked again. All three players showed their cards.

Phil Hui:    (jack high)
Lazaro Rodriguez:    (pair of kings)
Michael Dreese:    (pair of fours)

Rodriguez won the entire pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Dreese in seventh place.

Lazaro Rodriguez  –  93,000  (5 BB)
Phil Hui  –  220,000  (11 BB)
Michael Dreese  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,875)

With six players remaining from a field of 86 entries, the average chip stack is about 215,000 (11 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,255 each.

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 86

The final seven players have taken their seats, and they’ll be playing down to a winner today. Action resumes with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and limits of 10,000-20,000.

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

With seven players remaining from a field of 86 entries, the average chip stack is about 184,000 (9 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,875 each.

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 86

The $600 H.O.R.S.E. tournament played down to its final table and they return this afternoon to play for the trophy. Event 5 champ Aaron Kupin leads but the other six talented players are more than capable of chasing him down.

Here’s the final table lineup and what they are playing for:

Seat 1:  Phil Hui  –  240,000  (12 big bets)
Seat 2:  Lazaro Rodriguez  –  70,000  (3.5 big bets)
Seat 3:  Scott Baumstein  –  164,000  (8 big bets)
Seat 4:  Aaron Kupin  –  389,000  (19 big bets)
Seat 5:  Christina Hill  –  235,000  (12 big bets)
Seat 6:  Harrison Luba  –  170,000  (8.5 big bets)
Seat 7:  Michael Dreese  –  3,000  (< 1 big bet)

1st:  $14,460 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $8,805
3rd:  $5,475
4th:  $3,700
5th:  $2,825
6th:  $2,255
7th:  $1,875