2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 17: Surviving the trepid waters

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Day 1B Level 9: 300/600/ 75 ante

Vladislav Mezheritsky is all-in from under the gun, and gets 2 callers from the blinds including Amanda Musumeci in the small blind. Both blinds check down a board of 6c5h8s9cJc. Mezheritsky flips over Jh10s and scoops the pot to triple up with a pair of rivered Jacks.

Also at the same table is 2001 WSOP main event and 2007 WPT champ Carlos Mortensen, and Team Ivey poker pro Mike Leah. There’s plenty of poker talent at this table for sure.

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Event 17: Boatman loves the river

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Day 1B Level 8: 250/500/ 75 ante

On a flop showing 8sQc2s, action is checked to the player in seat 3. He bets out 1700 from the cutoff position. Arthur Boatman is in the big blind, and makes the call. 2d falls on the turn and Boatman check-calls the cutoff’s bet of 3K. The river is the Ks, and brings a 3rd spade on the board to complete a possible flush draw. Boatman then fires out 6K. The player in the cutoff tanks for a while before deciding to muck his cards.

Earlier this week, Boatman final tabled the SHRPO Event 13 $350 Buy-In Big Stack Six-Max NLH in 8th place. He’s sitting on around 55K.

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Event 17: They said it…

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Day 1B Level 7: 200/400/ 50 ante

A 15 minute break is a great time to let interested observers and followers know how one is doing. Here are the latest tweets as players settle back into their seats after the break:

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Event 17: The Thrill and the Bunny

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 75/150

There a few voices in poker that you can hear clear across the room and know exactly who it is. Matt Stout, Gavin Smith, and Will “The Thrill” Failla are among the most easily recognizable and we have Failla literally within shouting range of media row.

Failla is a recent edition to Table 7 and found himself sitting next to former Playboy Playmate Edina Pantinchin. We became aware of his presence when he was heard yelling across the table, “Give it up buddy. She’s never going to sleep with you!”

Pantinchin is often found at the Seminole Hard Rock poker tables and won her way into the Main Event via Qualifier. She’s laughing at “The Thrill” and having a good time, if she didn’t have a sense of humor it might have been a very long day for her.

Edina Pantinchin and Will "The Thrill" Failla
Edina Pantinchin and Will “The Thrill” Failla
2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 17: Take a Timeout

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 75/150/25 ante

Players are on their first break of the day with 352 entrants showing on the clock. Scott Seiver, Cliff Josephy, and Eugene Katchalov are recent arrivals and David Williams is on his way.

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Event 17: Numbers Climbing

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$5,300 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150

Big names continue to make their way into the room as the count climbs over 300 players at the start of Level 3. WSOP and WPT champion David Benyamine took his seat next to Amanda Musumeci shortly after the start of the day. Local grinders Zach “Redlocks” Kessler and Angel Vu are joined in the field by Todd Terry, Darryll Fish, Joe Serock, Dan O’Brien, Tyler Patterson, Kuo Hui Chen, and Edina Pantinchin.