$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 100k/200k/25k ante

Matt Stout moves all in from the button from 3.3 million (16 bb) from button and Mukul Pahjua tank calls.

Stout:
Pahuja:

Flop: (Pahjua, pair of 8s – Stout, gutshot straight draw)

Turn: (no change)

As Stout’s rail yells, “nine” to complete the straight, he looks back and laughs, “are you saying ‘no’ in German?”

River:

Stout misses 10 outs on the river (any Queen, Ten or Nine) and is on the rail in 5th place, Pahuja with the winning pair of 8s.

“If you’re going to finish 5th this is a good one to do it at, I like the money,” says Stout after earning $309,501.

Stout adds to his $2.3 million in career recorded live tournament earnings, (with another $3.6 million earnings online), but is still looking for one big score.

“I’m happy with it, but definitely need a major title pretty soon.”

Stout is a 29 year-old originally from New Jersey who has two degrees from the college of New Jersey.

Busted 5th for $308k in the #SHRPO main event. Got short and shoved QT on btn into Mukul's A8. Thx for all the !!! Time to celebrate!

— Matt Stout (@MattStoutPoker) April 16, 2014

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 75k/150k/25k ante

Chance Kornuth  moves all in for 2.6 million after a min raise from James Mackey who makes the call.

Mackey:
Kornuth:

Flop: (Kornuth pair of Queens)

Turn: (Mackey pair of Aces)

River:

Mackey wins the hand with a pair of Aces to eliminate Kornuth in 6th place.

“I came five places short of where I wanted to be, but it was pretty fun,” said Kornuth who takes home $247,954.

Kornuth is originally from Denver, Colorado and pushes his career recorded live tournament earnings to more than $1 million.

“I think I played my “A” game for most of it (tournament), there’s only a couple of hands I could have played differently,” he said from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Kornuth is a 27-year-old pro who won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (PLO).

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 75k/150k/25k ante
6 Players Remaining, 8.975 Million Avg (60 bb)

My office for the day @shrpo with @BJNemeth @Luccrazy & @WPTlive #shrpo pic.twitter.com/LauyKSldsk

— Jeff Shurilla (@ShurillaGorilla) April 16, 2014

I've been in South Florida for 9 days…all for the purposes of this moment. Countdown to Showtime! #WPT @SHRPO pic.twitter.com/D2mKpbJrHD

— Marie♠Lizette (@MarieLizette) April 16, 2014

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 75k/150k/25k ante
6 Players Remaining, 8.975 Million Avg (60 bb)

Matt Stout 4-bets all in on the first hand of the day, but gets James Mackey and Chance Kornuth to fold, and with that the Championship final six action is underway.

Here’s how the table is configured and chip counts to start the day.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Eric Afriat 6.760M
2 Jacob Bazeley 7.305M
3 James Mackey 11.680M
4 Chance Kornuth 5.315M
5 Matt Stout 3.665M
6 Mukul Pahuja 18.895M

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 75k/150k/25k ante
6 Players Remaining, 8.975 Million Avg (60 bb)

The atmosphere is electric with hard rocking music, a fog show and strobe lights as the final six players are introduced before they play for the $1,081,184 here at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Here’s a look at the chip counts and what’s on the line as play resumes at 4 pm.

Chip Counts

Mukul Pahuja 18.895M
James Mackey 11.680M
Jacob Bazeley 7.305M
Eric Afriat 6.760M
Chance Kornuth 5.315M
Matt Stout 3.665M

Place-Amount

1st $1,081,184
2nd $691,965
3rd $441,128
4th $371,931
5th $308,501
6th $247,954

$200 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

As we wait for the crowing of the next WPT Poker Showdown Champion, players have one more chance to win a SHRPO trophy.

A $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool is up for grabs in the final Main Event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

The event features 10k in starting chips and 30 minute levels.

Registration and re-entry for this one day tournament is open until ~3:15 pm.

The final tournament of the series (Event 62) kicks off tonight at 6 pm and is a $150 Double Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em.

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 80k/160k/20k ante
6 Players Remaining, 8.975 Million Avg (56 bb)

The remaining players have a one in six shot at winning $1,081,184 in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. But no matter what happens, it will be an entertaining televised WPT final table.

Poker friends Matt Stout, Chance Kornuth and Mukul Pahuja enjoyed the play down from 18 players on Day 4, especially Pahjua who has the chip lead.

“It doesn’t seem real right now,” said Pahuja who bagged nearly 19 million, more than 1/3 of the chips in play. “I ran unbelievably pure and it’s everything I could ask for. It hasn’t sunk in yet.”

The pivotal hand of the day came between Pahuja and Jacob Bazeley in a 9.5 million chip pot. Pahuja check-raised Bazeley on the turn and led out on the river of a board showing .

“That was a huge one,” said Pahjua who bet 2.8 million on the river with for the nuts and watched Bazeley deep in the tank. “You have to find the right number to bet and extract the most you can.”

Bazeley eventually called and quickly mucked when Pahjua tabled the winning straight. The hand dropped Bazeley out of the chip lead (13.5M to 9M) and gave Pahjua the big stack (12M to 17M).

Pahuja’s closest competitor is James Mackey who began Day 4 as one of the returning short stacks (14 of 18, 22 bb), but is now at 11.7 million. Bazeley is third at 7.3 million.

Rounding out the final table are Eric Afriat (6.7M), Chance Kornuth (5.3M) and Matt Stout (3.7M), with Kornuth and Stout providing the most entertainment.

“He’s been a good side kick, laughing and having a good time,” said Stout about Kornuth. “Even when we’re going for a big pot, we still go back and forth, and go at each other,” he added with his booming laugh, one of the post recognizable in the game.

Day 4 saw the tournament end for a dozen players including Day 1 chip leader Justin Young (13th), Jeff Gross (10th), Matt Glantz (9th), Barry Hutter (8th) and Blake Purvis (7th) who bubbled the TV final table.

The next player eliminated is guaranteed almost $250,000 on the way to $1 million. And Pahuja has is eyes set on a bigger prize as a win would clinch him the WPT Player of the Year points title.

“That’s always in the background,” said Pahjua, who’s making his third WPT final table. “I show up at each event and do my best. You always try to win and if you do that the other things will take care of themselves.”

Day 5 resumes 3 pm Wednesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, but Mukul, Stout and Kornuth have plans before then.

“I’m going to have drinks with the same guys who are going to try and cut each others throat tomorrow when we play for the big money,” said Stout on his way to the casino’s Center Bar.

Remaining Players

Mukul Pahuja 18.895M (118 bb)
James Mackey 11.680M
Jacob Bazeley 7.305M
Eric Afriat 6.760M
Chance Kornuth 5.315M
Matt Stout 3.665M (23 bb)

Remaining Prize Pool

1,795 entries
Total Prize Pool: $5,788,875

Place-Amount

1st $1,081,184
2nd $691,965
3rd $441,128
4th $371,931
5th $308,501
6th $247,954