$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,070

Jim Collopy raised from the button to 275,000, Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind to 775,000, and Collopy moved all in for 2,925,000.

Shorr quickly called with , and Collopy turned over . Collopy needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Collopy paired his ace on the turn and his ten on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Jim Collopy  –  6,050,000  (48 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  8,850,000  (71 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 6,125,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $148,885 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,070

Jim Collopy raised UTG+1 to 275,000, Koray Aldemir moved all in from the small blind for 4,400,000, and Collopy thought for a while before he folded. Aldemir took the pot.

Koray Aldemir  –  4,925,000  (39 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  4,150,000  (33 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 6,125,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $148,885 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,070

Jim Collopy raised from the button to 275,000, Kitty Kuo called from the small blind, and Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind to 900,000.

Collopy thought for a bit before he four-bet it to 3,000,000, leaving himself just 125,000 behind. Kuo and Shorr both folded, and Collopy took the pot.

Jim Collopy  –  4,425,000  (35 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  3,700,000  (30 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  11,675,000  (93 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 6,125,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $148,885 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,070

Mike Leah moved all in from the hijack for 1,550,000, and Farid Jattin used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he called. The rest of the players folded.

Leah turend over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Jattin’s .

The board came , and Leah paired his ten on the flop, but improved no further. Jattin won the pot with his pocket kings to eliminate Leah in eighth place.

Farid Jattin  –  9,800,000  (78 bb)
Mike Leah  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($118,115)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 6,125,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $148,885 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,070

In Hand #4 at the final table, Nadya Magnus raised UTG+1 to 250,000, Omer Rotman entered the pot from the cutoff (either a call or a raise), and Philipe Pizzari Pinto moved all in from the small blind for 750,000.

Magnus folded, and Rotman called with . Pinto turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Pinto flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Rotman won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate Pinto in ninth place.

Omer Rotman  –  6,650,000  (53 bb)
Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($87,960)

With eight players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 5,350,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $118,115 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,070

In the first hand of the final table, Philipe Pizzari Pinto min-raised UTG+1 to 250,000, Kitty Kuo moved all in from middle position for 1,550,000, and Pinto called with .

Kuo turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Kuo to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kitty Kuo  –  3,425,000  (27 bb)
Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  1,000,000  (8 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 4,750,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $87,960 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,070

The final nine players have taken their seats, and everything is set and ready to go. It’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Blind levels will be 90 minutes long until heads-up play begins, and then they will drop to 60 minutes.

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 4,750,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $87,960 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,070

The final nine players are about to return and play down to a winner today, with a top prize of $859,775. Action begins at 12:00 noon EDT, and while there will be no live stream, we will have updates here at SHRPO.com as part of our SHRPO Big 4 coverage.

Here is the lineup with their official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  2,550,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Kitty Kuo  –  1,550,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Shannon Shorr  –  12,425,000  (99 bb)
Seat 4.  Nadya Magnus  –  3,325,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Mike Leah  –  1,550,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Koray Aldemir  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Farid Jattin  –  8,575,000  (69 bb)
Seat 8.  Omer Rotman  –  5,525,000  (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Jim Collopy  –  4,025,000  (32 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is around 4,750,000 (38 big blinds). Action will begin at the start of Level 28, with blinds of 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante. Levels will be 90 minutes until heads-up play, when they drop to 60 minutes each.

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925
6th:  $180,130
7th:  $148,885
8th:  $118,115
9th:  $87,960

Stay tuned, as the action is set to begin soon!

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,070

The final nine players have bagged and tagged their chips for tomorrow’s final table, which begins at 12:00 noon EDT as part of the SHRPO Big 4.

Here is the lineup with their official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  2,550,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Kitty Kuo  –  1,550,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Shannon Shorr  –  12,425,000  (99 bb)
Seat 4.  Nadya Magnus  –  3,325,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Mike Leah  –  1,550,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Koray Aldemir  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Farid Jattin  –  8,575,000  (69 bb)
Seat 8.  Omer Rotman  –  5,525,000  (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Jim Collopy  –  4,025,000  (32 bb)

It’s worth noting that Jim Collopy finished as the runner-up in this event last year, earning $614,775, and chipleader Shannon Shorr won a SHRPO Big 4 event two years ago, earning $186,261.

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is around 4,750,000 (38 big blinds). Action will begin at the start of Level 28, with blinds of 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante. Levels will be 90 minutes until heads-up play, when they drop to 60 minutes each.

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925
6th:  $180,130
7th:  $148,885
8th:  $118,115
9th:  $87,960

Return to SHRPO.com tomorrow at 12:00 noon EDT for our final table coverage.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 86

With the board showing on the turn and about 350K already in the pot, Marcos Exterkotter checked from under the gun, Juan Maceiras bet 90,000, and Exterkotter used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he called.

The river card was the , and it looked like Exterkotter checked, Maceiras moved all in, and Exterkotter snap-called all in for 430,000. Regardless of the specific order of betting, it was quick and sudden that they both got it all in.

Maceiras showed for a turned set of eights, but Exterkotter turned over for a flopped set of kings to win the pot.

Marcos Exterkotter  –  1,400,000  (56 bb)
Juan Maceiras  –  160,000  (6 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 86, the average chip stack is about 615,000 (25 big blinds). The final 12 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $57,350.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which begins at 1:00 pm as part of the SHRPO Big 4.