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Championship: Loni Harwood vs. Adam Adler

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 914

Loni Harwood
Loni Harwood

Loni Harwood raised from middle position to 100,000, and Adam Adler called from the button. The flop came 9s7s4h, Harwood bet 100,000, Adler raised to 225,000, and Harwood reraised all in for about 700,000.

Adler folded, and Harwood took the pot.

Loni Harwood  –  1,225,000  (31 bb)
Adam Adler  –  925,000  (23 bb)

Championship: Updated Seat Draw for the Final 27 Players

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 914

Final Three Tables of the 2018 SHRPO Championship
Final Three Tables of the 2018 SHRPO Championship

After the elimination of Shannon Shorr in 28th place, the final 27 players redraw for random seats at the final three tables. The updated seat draw is below.

There is about 1 1/2 minutes remaining in Level 23, and starting with Level 24, levels will be 90 minutes long for the rest of the day.

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Johnny Stevenson
Seat 2.  Stoyan Obreshkov
Seat 3.  Jared Griener
Seat 4.  Noah Schwartz
Seat 5.  Jacob Bazeley
Seat 6.  Omar Zazay
Seat 7.  Ryan D’Angelo
Seat 8.  Erik Christensen
Seat 9.  Rami Taqtaq

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Loni Harwood
Seat 2.  Pat Quinn
Seat 3.  Adam Levy
Seat 4.  Imar Soika
Seat 5.  Ido Ashkenazi
Seat 6.  Adam Adler
Seat 7.  Aaron Kupin
Seat 8.  Josh Kay
Seat 9.  Nick Maimone

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Steve Trizis
Seat 2.  Brandon Eisen
Seat 3.  John Racener
Seat 4.  Matt Bretzfield
Seat 5.  Marcos Exterkotter
Seat 6.  Edgar Vares
Seat 7.  John Dolan
Seat 8.  Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 9.  Joseph Cheong

Championship: Shannon Shorr Eliminated in 28th Place by Jared Griener

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 914

Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr

Jared Griener raised from the button, Shannon Shorr moved all in from the small blind for about 450,000, and Griener called with AhAc.

Shorr turned over 6d6d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Qh2h2c9c10s, and the pocket aces held up for Griener to win the pot and eliminate Shorr in 28th place.

Jared Griener  –  2,300,000  (77 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  ($20,037)

Championship: Ekrem Bozkurt Eliminated in 29th Place by Stoyan Obreshkov

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 914

Ekrem Bozkurt
Ekrem Bozkurt

Shannon Shorr raised, Ekram Bozkurt moved all in from the button for about 1,000,000, and Stoyan Obreshkov called from the small blind. Shorr folded.

Bozkurt turned over JsJc, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Obreshkov’s KsKd.

The board came As3h3d8c6d, and the pocket kings held up for Obreshkov to win the pot and eliminate Bozkurt in 29th place.

Stoyan Obreshkov  –  2,800,000  (93 bb)
Ekrem Bozkurt  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($20,037)

Championship: Rex Clinkscales Eliminated by Marcos Exterkotter

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 914

Rex Clinkscales
Rex Clinkscales

Rex Clinkscales was all in from the big blind for about 700,000 with Kc7s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the Ac10s of Marcos Exterkotter in the small blind.

The board came Jd8d2sQh3s, and Exterkotter won the pot with his ace to eliminate Clinkscales in 30th place.

Marcos Exterkotter  –  2,500,000  (83 bb)
Rex Clinkscales  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($20,037)

Championship: Omar Zazay Doubles Thru Ido Ashkenazi

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 914

Omar Zazay

Omar Zazay moved all in under the gun for 175,000, and Ido Ashkenazi called from middle position with AdQs. Zazay turned over Kd7c, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10s6s6c4dKc, and Zazay paired his king on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Zazay said, “They don’t want me to leave for some reason.”

Omar Zazay  –  380,000  (13 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,300,000  (43 bb)

Championship: John Compton Eliminated in 31st Place by Pat Quinn

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 914

Pat Quinn moved all in under the gun for 680,000, and John Compton called all in from the button with a slightly smaller stack and turned over AdQs.

Quinn turned over KsKh, and Compton needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6d6c5hQc3c, and the pocket kings held up for Quinn to win the pot and eliminate Compton in 31st place.

Pat Quinn  –  1,250,000  (42 bb)
John Compton  –  Eliminated in 31st Place  ($20,037)

Championship: Steve Trizis Doubles Thru Omar Zazay

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 914

Steve Tziris

Omar Zazay raised from the cutoff, Steve Trizis moved all in from the button for 630,000, and Zazay called with JhJd. Trizis turned over QsQd, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came AcKcKsAc6s, and the pocket queens hold up for Trizis to win the pot and double up in chips.

Steve Trizis  –  1,335,000  (45 bb)
Omar Zazay  –  270,000  (9 bb)

Championship: Stoyan Obreshkov Doubles Thru Shannon Shorr

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 914

Stoyan Obreshkov

Stoyan Obreshkov raised to 60,000, Johnny Stevenson called from the button, and Shannon Shorr called from the big blind.

The flop came Ah10c2s, Shorr checked, and Obreshkov bet 90,000. Stevenson folded, and Shorr called.

The turn card was the Qh, Shorr checked, Obreshkov bet 210,000, and Shorr called.

The river card was the 3c, Shorr checked, Obreshkov moved all in for 450,000, and Shorr called with Ax10x for two pair, aces and tens.

But Obreshkov turned over AsQc to win the pot with a higher two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Stoyan Obreshkov  –  1,725,000  (58 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  780,000  (26 bb)

Championship: Nelson Resendiz Eliminated in 32nd Place by Shannon Shorr

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 914

Nelson Resendiz
Nelson Resendiz

Shannon Shorr raised, Nelson Resendiz moved all in for about 680,000, and Shorr called with QhQd. Resendiz turned over 7h7c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10d10c4hQs2h, and Shorr won the the pot with a turned full house, queens full of tens, to eliminate Resendiz in 32nd place.

Shannon Shorr  –  1,630,000  (54 bb)
Nelson Resendiz  –  Eliminated in 32nd Place  ($20,037)