Event 13 (Day 1C): Making The Main A Family Affair

Event 13 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event)

$500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Level 6 (Blinds 250/500/75)

Total Day 1B Entries: 153

Michelle Shah (pictured left) and Sean Shah (pictured right)

There are a handful of "brother tandems" in the poker world, including the Mizrachis, Masseys, Hinkles, etc.  There are also "father-son tandems," like the Brunsons (Doyle and Todd)...but there aren't many brother-sister tandems that play the circuit regularly.  Michelle and Sean Shah (Delray Beach, FL) have been in attendance throughout this series, with Sean booking a cash in Event #1, and Michelle cashing in Event #5 and Event #9.  Michelle just missed out on the final table of Event 5 (finishing in 14th Place), with Sean's lone cash more of the "min-cash" variety.  While the series hasn't been a great success for Sean, he did take down the $150 "Saturday Nightly Special" at Hard Rock just two weeks ago, earning himself $6,035 (and basically helped him freeroll this series).