$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised from the button to 120,000, and Matt Bretzfield called from the big blind. The flop came , Bretzfield checked, Cheong bet 90,000, and Bretzfield check-raised to 220,000, and Cheong called.

The turn card is the , Bretzfield moved all in for about 700,000, and Cheong folded. Bretzfield took the pot.

Matt Bretzfield  –  1,500,000  (25 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  1,100,000  (18 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Ido Ashkenazi moved all in from the cutoff for 545,000, and Edgar Vares called from the button with . Ashkenazi turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Vares flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Ashkenazi won the pot with two pair, kings and jacks, to double up in chips.

Aaron Kupin claimed he folded pocket deuces in the big blind, which would have won the hand.

Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,250,000  (21 bb)
Edgar Vares  –  425,000  (7 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Jared Griener raised from the cutoff to 135,000, Brandon Eisen thought for a while before he reraised from the button to 400,000, and Griener thought for a while before he four-bet it to 1,035,000.

Eisen folded, and Griener took the pot.

Jared Griener  –  3,005,000  (50 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  6,095,000  (102 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Marcos Exterkotter raised from early position to 125,000, Steve Trizis moved all in from the cutoff for 725,000, and Exterkotter folded. Trizis took the pot.

Steve Trizis  –  950,000  (16 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  4,550,000  (59 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Matt Bretzfield moved all in from the small blind for 935,000, showing as he took the blinds and ante.

The next hand, Bretzfield moved all in from the button for 1,055,000, taking the blinds and ante.

Matt Bretzfield  –  1,205,000  (20 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

The final 15 players return from dinner to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 30,000/60,000 and a big-blind ante of 60,000. Play will continue tonight with 90 minute levels until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Level 25 came to an end, and the players left on a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:40 pm.

Here are the updated chip counts from the break, followed by the remaining prizepool:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Aaron Kupin  –  1,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  5,300,000  (88 bb)
Seat 3.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  3,000,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  1,840,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Steve Trizis  –  925,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  810,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8.  Edgar Vares  –  750,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9.  Adam Adler  –  2,550,000  (43 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Jacob Bazeley  –  1,390,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Joseph Cheong  –  1,800,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Noah Schwartz  –  1,300,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Matt Bretzfield  –  900,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Stoyan Obreshkov  –  4,400,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Jared Griener  –  2,400,000  (40 bb)
Seat 9.  Brandon Eisen  –  7,900,000  (132 bb)

1st:  $771,444 + Trophy
2nd:  $540,459
3rd:  $349,889
4th:  $258,615
5th:  $195,491
6th:  $156,215
7th:  $129,308
8th:  $102,843
9th:  $77,132
10th-12th:  $62,415
13th-15th:  $49,117

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Adam Adler raised from middle position to 110,000, Aaron Kupin called from the hijack, and Steve Trizis called from the big blind.

The flop came , Trizis checked, and Adler bet 150,000. Kupin called, and Trizis folded.

The turn card was the , Adler bet 375,000, and Kupin called.

The river card was the , Adler moved all in for 920,000, and Kupin folded. Adler took the pot.

Adam Adler  –  2,350,000  (47 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  1,700,000  (34 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Imar Soika was all in from the big blind for 160,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Noah Schwartz in the cutoff.

The board came — Soika paired his jack on the flop to take the lead, but Schwartz rivered two pair, aces and tens, to win the pot and eliminate Soika in 16th place.

Noah Schwartz  –  1,400,000  (28 bb)
Imar Soika  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($49,117)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 914

Brandon Eisen raised from the hijack to 115,000, and Josh Kay called from the big blind. The flop came , Kay checked, Eisen bet 100,000, and Kay called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Kay checked, Eisen bet 350,000, and Kay check-raised all in for about 1,800,000.

Eisen called, and Kay showed for two pair, aces and queens. But Eisen turned over to win the pot with a full house, aces full of queens, eliminating Kay in 17th place.

Brandon Eisen  –  6,700,000  (134 bb)
Josh Kay  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($40,561)