America's Poker Tour Updates

Bryan Skreens is your August 2017 Majestic Star $1100 Main Event champ. Skreens and Gary Herstein agreed to a chop of the final two places that gives Skreens $39,000 and the title. Herstein gets $30,000 and the America's Poker Tour Championship Cruise later this year. Skreens also gets a small percentage of Herstein's action in the cruise Main Event. Full results can be found here . -- Dan Ross

Bryan Skreens (above) and Gary Herstein are going to play heads up for the Majestic Star $1100 Main Event title. Players are on a short break. Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 2/183 -- Dan Ross

Mack Hill moves all in for his last 10BB and chipleader Bryan Skreens makes the call. Hill shows Q-9 and Skreens is ahead with his K-2 A-4-x-4-A goes the board and Hill is eliminated in 3rd place, turning his $130 satellite entry in to a $17,625 cash. Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 2/183 -- Dan Ross

Technical issues have brought the LiveStream of today's Majestic Star $1100 Main Event to a close. Play is continuing and we'll finish out play here via the Live Updates blog. The end of play is going to upload later tonight to the America's Poker Tour YouTube page. Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 3/183 -- Dan Ross

Here are the chipcounts for the final three players in the Majestic Star $1100 Main Event. 2,213,000 - Bryan Skreens 1,200,000 - Gary Herstein 249,000 - Mack Hill Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 3/183 -- Dan Ross

Ryan Marin moves all in for his last 385,000 and Bryan Skreens finds a call. Marin - A 9 Skreens - JT 5-4-K-T-6 goes the board and Marin is eliminated in 4th place, cashing for $12,651 Skreens takes an overwhelming chip advantage, moving to 2.2 million. Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 3/183 -- Dan Ross

Jack Torcolese opens for 55,000 Skreens makes it 170,000. Tortolese 4-bets all in for 438,000 and after having ShellyTheDealer pull in the bet, Skreens makes the call. Skreens -    Tortolese -    The board runs out           and Tortolese is eliminated in 5th place, cashing for $9,598. This finish was one place better than his cash in the inaugural America's Poker Tour Main Event last November, also held at Majestic Star. Brian Skreens - 1,400,000 Level - 24 Blinds - 12k/24k Antes - 4k Remaining - 4/183 -- Dan Ross

1,034,000 - Gary Herstein 741,000 - Bryan Skreens 708,000 - Jack Tortolese 693,000 - Ryan Marin 476,000 - Mack Hill Level - 23 Blinds - 10k/20k Antes - 3k Remaining - 5/183 -- Dan Ross

Bryan Skreens and Steve Resnick have played quite a few blind-on-blind hands today, battling one another and not backing down from one another. Resnick gets his chips in the middle preflop, and Skreens makes the call. Skreens -    Resnick -    The board runs out           and Resnick is eliminated in 6th palce, cashing for $7,852. Level - 23 Blinds - 10k/20k Antes - 3k Remaining - 5/183 -- Dan Ross

A short-stacked Frank Maggio moves in for his last 71,000 and Gary Herstein makes the call, as does Jack Tortolese. The board runs out 5-5-6-T and Herstein bets, Tortolese folding.     The river is a Queen and Maggio - 2017 WSOP Seniors Champ - is eliminated in 7th place, cashing for $6,631 Level - 23 Blinds - 10k/20k Antes - 3k Remaining - 6/183 -- Dan Ross

Lena Zhao opens to 40,000, Gary Herstein raises enough to put Zhao all-in, and she obliges, calling off her stack. Zhao -    Herstein -    The board runs out           and Zhao is eliminated in 8th place, a $5,671 cash. Herstein moves to 690,000 Level - 22 Blinds - 8k/16k Antes - 2k Remaining - 7/183 -- Dan Ross

Main Event Final Table players are on a 15-minute break. Here are chipcounts on break. 761,000 - Ryan Marin 630,000 - Jack Torcolese 554,000 - Bryan Skreens 537,000 - Gary Herstein 438,000 - Mack Hill 398,000 - Steve Resnick 229,000 - Lena Zhao 115,000 - Frank Maggio Level - 22 Blinds - 8k/16k Antes - 2k Remaining - 8/183 -- Dan Ross

Steve Resnick and Ryan Marin clash again here at the final table. The flop of       gets a 50,000 bet from from Resnick, Marin moves all in and Resnick calls off his 169,000 stack. Resnick -    Marin -    The board runs out     and Resnick gets back some of the chips he sent to Marin about 30 minutes earlier. Level - 21 Blinds - 6k/12k Antes - 2k Remaining - 8/183 -- Dan Ross