Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 16 – $360 HORSE (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day event set to play out in completion
• Event 16 Structure Sheet

12PM: $5,250 SHRPO Championship

• Final Table Seats and Counts
• Championship Payouts

12PM: $25,500 Big 4 High Roller

• Final Table Seats and Counts
• Big 4 High Roller Payouts

12PM: $2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)

• Final Table Seats and Counts
• Big 4 Freeze-Out Payouts

12PM: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Final Table Seats and Counts
• Event 10 Payouts

12PM: Event 17 – $10,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 are 30 minutes, Levels 9+ are 40 minutes
• Final table levels 60 minutes, heads-up levels 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 12
• This is a one-day event set to play out in completion
• Event 17 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 18 – $250 Deep Stack Turbo (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
• This is a one-day event set to play out in completion
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 15 – $2,650 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Day 2 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 15 Payouts

5PM: Event 14 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

Satellite Schedule

10AM: Event 53 – $1,030 Super Turbo Mega Satellite into Event 17 (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $10,000/$500K GTD Event 17
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 53 Structure Sheet

10AM: Event 54 – $1,030 Super Turbo Mega Satellite into Event 17 (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $10,000/$500K GTD Event 17
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 54 Structure Sheet

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante (play will begin with 15:17 left in the level at the final table)
Players Remaining: 9 of 887

Day 3 saw 30 players return to make their run to the final table of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship, and after six hours of play the final nine have emerged. Aaron Mermelstein held the chip lead wire-to-wire today, and he will take 6,150,000 into the start of play at Tuesday’s final table that will take place as part of The Big 4 over in the Hard Rock Live Arena. Here is a look at the final table seating chart with chip counts:

Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 2,110,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 2,020,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 2,200,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 2,675,000 (67 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,320,000 (58 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 6,150,000 (154 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 4,045,000 (101 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,555,000 (114 bb)
Seat 9: Joe Kuether – 565,000 (14 bb)

The talented final table is going to start play with deep stacks tomorrow, the average stack will have 74 big blinds when cards get into the air tomorrow thanks to a quick march down to the final nine today. Joe Kuether will have to multi-task tomorrow, because he had already made the final table of the $1,100 buy-in event that is also a part of The Big 4 before this Championship event began three days ago.

With the elimination of Glenn Becker in 15th place earlier today, Nathan Papp was crowned the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year. Becker would have had to take third place or better in this event to catch Papp, but he took a good shot at it with a deep run in the Championship.

Other notables that fell today included Joel Harwood (Loni’s father – 29th), the last woman standing Diana Shirey (27th), David Diaz (26th), Scott Clements (24th), Shannon Shorr (22nd), David Sands (21st), Nicholas Palma (13th), and the final table bubble boy Oddie Dardon (10th).

Remaining Prize Pool:

1st: $754,083
2nd: $528,322
3rd: $341,618
4th: $252,481
5th: $191,437
6th: $152,547
7th: $126,305
8th: $100,408
9th: $75,413

Day 3 Results:

10th Oddie Dardon – $61,303
11th: Nicholas Nieto – $61,303
12th: Dejuante Alexander – $61,303
13th: Nicholas Palma – $48,397
14th: Daniel Blum – $48,397
15th: Glenn Becker – $48,397
16th Gautam Lillaney – $40,094
17th: Alexander Turyansky – $40,094
18th: Danny Schechter – $40,094
19th: Otto Palacios – $33,211
20th: Andrew Kelsall – $33,211
21st: David Sands – $33,211
22nd Shannon Shorr – $28,049
23rd: Pfizer Jordan – $28,049
24th: Scott Clements – $28,049
25th: Viktor Lavi – $22,972
26th: David Diaz – $22,972
27th: Diana Shirey – $22,972
28th: Samuel Bernabeu – $19,531
29th: Joel Harwood – $19,531
30th: Robert Heidorn – $19,531

Tune back in tomorrow at Noon ET to follow the hand-for-hand live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Live Updates team at the final day of this Championship event in Hollywood, Florida.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 887
Average Stack: 2,955,000 (74 bb)

The final table for the Championship event of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is set.

Here are the final table seat assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 2,110,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 2,020,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 2,200,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 2,675,000 (67 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,320,000 (58 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 6,150,000 (154 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 4,045,000 (101 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,555,000 (114 bb)
Seat 9: Joe Kuether – 565,000 (14 bb)

A full recap of the day will be posted shortly.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 887

Before the players redrew to one table, Oddie Dardon (pictured) was eliminated in 10th place.

Martin Kozlov opened to 80,000 from the cutoff, Dardon three-bet to 1,050,000 (leaving 15,000 behind) from the button, and Matt Berkey tanked for about 90 seconds in the small blind before he reraised all in. Kozlov folded, and Dardon called all in for 1,065,000 total.

Dardon:
Berkey:

The board came down , no help to Dardon, ending his Championship event in 10th place.

Matt Berkey – 4,045,000 (101 bb)
Oddie Dardon – Eliminated in 10th Place ($61,303)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 887

Adam Levy raised to 85,000 preflop on the hijack, and Nicholas Nieto reraised all in on a short stack from the small blind. Levy called to cover him, and the two remaining players revealed their cards.

Levy:
Nieto:

Board:

Nieto was eliminated in 11th place, good for $61,303, and Levy stacked up 2.5 million after the hand.

Adam Levy – 2,500,000 (62 bb)
Nicholas Nieto – Eliminated in 11th Place ($61,303)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 887

Adam Levy raised to 85,000 from the hijack, Dylan Drazen three-bet to 255,000 from the cutoff, Aaron Mermelstein four-bet to 435,000 from the button, Levy folded, and Drazen called.

They checked to the turn of a board where Drazen bet 365,000. Mermelstein called, the river completed the board, and Drazen shoved for about 700,000. Mermelstein folded.

Dylan Drazen – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 5,900,000 (148 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 887

Joe Kuether raised all in for 265,000 from the button and Dylan Drazen called from the big blind.

Kuether:
Drazen:

The board ran out , giving Kuether a pair of jacks on the river to double through Drazen.

Joe Kuether – 580,000 (15 bb)
Dylan Drazen – 1,530,000 (38 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 887

(betting details of the hand told to us by Martin Kozlov)

Martin Kozlov raised from the cutoff (there was a dead button), and Matt Berkey called from the big blind.

The flop fell , and Berkey check-called a bet from Kozlov. The turn was the , and Berkey check-called a another bet from Kozlov. The river was the , Berkey checked, and Kozlov shoved for 920,000. Berkey tanked for about three minutes before he called.

Kozlov tabled for a set of fours, Berkey’s hand was revealed to be for jack high, and Kozlov scored the double.

Martin Kozlov – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Matt Berkey – 2,700,000 (68 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 887

DeJuante Alexander (pictured) raised all in for 450,000 from middle position and Michael Aron called from the hijack with , leading Alexander’s .

The board came down , giving Aron jacks full of threes to eliminate Alexander.

Michael Aron – 2,250,000 (56 bb)
DeJuante Alexander – Eliminated in 12th Place ($61,303)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 887

After a series of raises, Nicholas Palma was all in preflop on the small blind, and Yi Chi Li has him covered on the cutoff. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Li:
Palma:

Board:

Palma was eliminated in 13th place, good for $48,397, and Li stacked up 4.22 million after the hand.

Yi Chi Li – 4,220,000 (105 bb)
Nicholas Palma – Eliminated in 13th Place ($48,397)