SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 159 of 847

Danny Suied raised under the gun, Kunal Patel called UTG+1, and Sam Ho reraised from the big blind to 28,000. Suied moved all in for about 120,000, and Patel folded.

Suied turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Ho’s .

The board came — Suied flopped a spade flush draw and paired his king on the river, but it wasn’t enough to catch Ho’s aces. Suied was eliminated as Ho catapulted up the leaderboard to more than 400K.

Sam Ho  –  430,000  (143 bb)
Danny Suied  –  Eliminated

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 183 of 847

A scan of the field during the break turned up only one player with at least 400,000 in chips — Lexy Gavin, and she has a lot more than that. With 610,000 in chips, Gavin has 55% more than anybody else in the field.

This is nowhere near a comprehensive list, but here are some of the updated chip counts from the break:

Lexy Gavin  –  610,000
Jean Prince Gaspard  –  393,000
Joe Serock  –  360,000
Sunny Patel  –  355,000
Andre Crooks  –  340,000
Esther Taylor-Brady  –  325,000
Zo Karim  –  312,000
Alexis Sterner  –  300,000
Gil Haim  –  290,000
Blair Hinkle  –  260,000
Ankush Mandavia  –  245,000
Kurt Lichtman  –  243,000
Theo Lawson  –  240,000
Corey Hochman  –  200,000
Shawn Busse  –  185,000
Josh Gibson  –  175,000
Faraz Jaka  –  175,000
John Krpan  –  170,000
Asher Conniff  –  165,000
DJ MacKinnon  –  147,000
Kunal Patel  –  135,000
Alex Venovski  –  135,000
Keven Stammen  –  130,000
Danny Suied  –  130,000
Nancy Birnbaum  –  120,000
Matt Affleck  –  110,000
Paul Volpe  –  105,000
Justin Young  –  90,000
Adam Geyer  –  80,000
Tom Marchese  –  80,000
David Jackson  –  67,000
Chris Klodnicki  –  67,000
Joe Kuether  –  65,000
Nenad Medic  –  59,000
Angel Guillen  –  55,500
Rhynie Campbell  –  50,000
Rachel Kranz  –  50,000
David Diaz  –  33,500

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 183 of 847

The field returned from a 15-minute break to begin Level 13, with blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a 500 ante. With 183 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 139,000 (46 big blinds).

The final 150 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,500 each. The Money Bubble should burst before the next break.

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 847

After a flop of , Alex Venovski was all in for 53,000 with (two pair, aces and queens), and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s (two pair, aces and tens).

The turn was the , the river was the , and Venovski won the pot with his two pair to double up in chips.

Alex Venovski  –  137,000  (57 bb)

A few moments later at the next table, Andy Hwang raised UTG+1 to 5,300, the player in the hijack called, and Esther Taylor-Brady (aka “Etay”) reraised from the small blind to 21,000. Hwang tanked for a while before he folded, and the hijack called.

The flop came , Taylor-Brady checked, the hijack bet 15,000, and Taylor-Brady check-raised to more than 100,000. The hijack folded, and Taylor-Brady won the pot to cross the 300K mark.

Esther Taylor-Brady  –  320,000  (133 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 12: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 847

Adam Friedman raised from the cutoff to 5,500, the player on the button called, and Roman Valerstein called from the big blind. The flop came , Valerstein checked, and Friedman bet 6,000. The button folded, and Valerstein called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and Valerstein tanked for a while before betting 17,500. Friedman quickly called, and Valerstein turned over to win the pot with a rivered two pair, tens and nines. Friedman looks frustrated as he mucked, implying that he may have been ahead until the river.

After the hand, the player on the button said to Friedman, “If you don’t bet there, I take all the money. I told this guy [next][to][me] I had pocket fives before it came out.”

Roman Valerstein  –  230,000  (96 bb)
Adam Friedman  –  105,000  (44 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 226 of 847

Randy Bogen and his opponent both checked to the turn on a board of . His opponent checked, Bogen bet, and his opponent check-raised. Bogen moved all in, and his opponent called with for a pair of aces. But Bogen turned over for a set of eights, and his opponent was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Bogen won the pot to eliminate his opponent and get closer to the chip lead.

Randy Bogen  –  275,000  (138 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 847

Darryll Fish was all in from the button with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kurt Lichtman’s in the cutoff.

The board came , and Lichtman flopped a set of eights to win the pot and eliminate Fish from the tournament. (Though as you can see by his tweet below, Fish plans to play in Event 23, the $1 Million Guaranteed $2,650 Freezeout NLHE, which begins at 2:00 pm.)

Kurt Lichtman  –  170,000  (85 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  Eliminated

Busto, $2650 next up #SHRPO

— Darryll Fish (@DarryllFish) August 14, 2016

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 270 of 847

Jim Carroll raised from middle position to 5,000, his opponent moved all in from middle position for 35,600, and Carroll asked for an exact count and went into the tank, asking if his opponent woke up with a big hand.

Carroll eventually called with , and winced when his opponent turned over .

The board came , and the pocket aces held up to win the pot, doubling the short stack thru Carroll.

Jim Carroll  –  130,000  (65 bb)