Championship: Glenn Becker Doubles Through Jeff Madsen

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 106 of 914

Glenn Becker raised all in for 64,000 from the cutoff and Jeff Madsen gave him action from the button with As10s, racing with Becker’s 9s9d.

The board came down Kh7h4hKdKc, safe for Becker to double up.

Glenn Becker – 148,000 (19 bb)
Jeff Madsen – 230,000 (29 bb)

Championship: Hoan Nguyen Triples While Joseph Cheong Wins Big Side Pot

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 914

Tanner Millen raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Joseph Cheong flatted the button. Hoan Nguyen then moved all in for 198,000 from the small blind and Millen called.

Cheong proceeded to jam for 770,000 and Millen called that too to create a seven-figure pot.

Cheong: QcQd
Millen: JcJs
Nguyen: AcKc

All three players held quality hands but it was Nguyen who hit the 5hAdKd flop to take the lead with two pair. Still, there was a sizeable side pot at stake and Cheong was still out in front in that confrontation.

The 10h turn left Millen looking for a queen on the river to score the double elimination, but it was not meant to be as the 8h bricked.

Nguyen tripled up while Cheong claimed the side pot.

Joseph Cheong – 1,150,000 (144 bb)
Hoan Nguyen – 600,000 (75 bb)
Tanner Millen – 50,000 (6 bb)

Championship: Taylor Black Eliminated by Jeremy Ausmus

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 112 of 914

Jeremy Ausmus

On a flop of Qs6c4c Taylor Black moved all in from the big blind with 7d6d and got called by Jeremy Ausmus’s 9d9h.

The turn Qc and river 2c made it official as Black was eliminated.

Jeremy Ausmus – 265,000 (33 bb)
Taylor Black – Eliminated 

Championship: Jake Schwartz Eliminated by Adam Levy

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 914

Adam Levy

Jake Schwartz raised all in from under the gun for 96,000 and Adam Levy isolated with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Schwartz: QdQh
Levy: AcAh

The board came down 9d4c3d9h10c, no help to Schwartz, locking up the pot for Levy.

Adam Levy – 425,000 (53 bb)
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 109th Place ($7,758)

Championship: Kenny Nguyen Bubbles 2018 SHRPO Championship

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 115 of 914

Kenny Nguyen

Kenny Nguyen opened for 32,000 from middle position leaving himself just over 50K behind. When action reached Mark Dube in the big blind, he spiked in a big three-bet and Nguyen quickly called off.

Nguyen: QcQd
Dube: AdKh

It was a classic flip and Nguyen held through both the 4c7h8c flop and 4d turn. All he had to do was survive one more card, but that proved easier said than done as the As spiked on the river to give Dube the winner.

“Good game table,” Nguyen said as he departed. “I’ll be your bubble boy.”

Mark Dube – 700,000 (88 bb)
Kenny Nguyen – Eliminated

Championship: Ronit Chamani Doubles Through Loni Harwood; Matthew Bretzfield Exposes Queens

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 116 of 914

Ronit Chamani

Ronit Chamani raised all in for 65,000 from middle position and Matthew Bretzfield went into the tank in the hijack. After about 2-3 minutes of mulling it over, Bretzfield folded his hand not quite face up, but enough for his side of the table to see it. Floor staff ruled his hand had to be shown face up to the entire table, and it was shown to be QhQc (Bretzfield subsequently was given a one-orbit penalty).

Loni Harwood was next to act in the cutoff and after a little while, she reraised all in for about 103,000. The rest of the table folded.

Chamani: AcKs
Harwood: JdJh

The board came down 4c3c2hAh9c, giving Chamani a pair of aces to double through Harwood.

Ronit Chamani – 150,000 (19 bb)
Loni Harwood – 38,000 (5 bb)

Loni Harwood

Championship: Matt Stout Penultimate Bubble Boy

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 116 of 914

Matt Stout

The play has been tight two off the money, but something was bound to give and it just did.

It happened when Jeff Fielder opened for 17,000 from middle position and Matt Stout three-bet all in for 109,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Fielder gave it some thought before making the call.

Stout: 9c9d
Fielder: JdJh

Stout was in big trouble and failed to get lucky as the board ran out a dry 3d6s8s4s10d.

The field is now down to 116 players meaning just one more will leave empty-handed before the top 115 are in the money.

Jeff Fielder – 500,000 (63 bb)
Matt Stout – Eliminated

Championship: Adam Adler Takes One Out Near the Bubble

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 914

Adam Adler

A player moved all in from the hijack for 64,000 and Adam Adler raised to 125,000 from the button. The rest of the table folded and it was off to the races.

Adler turned over AcKc and was up against his opponent’s 8h8s.

The board ran out JdJc6c7hAs and Adler spiked an ace on the river to eliminate his opponent close to the money bubble.

Adam Adler – 690,000 (86 bb)