$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 914

Rami Taqtaq moved all in under the gun for about 500,000, and Jacob Bazeley moved all in over the top from the cutoff for about 980,000 with .

Taqtaq turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Taqtaq paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Rami Taqtaq  –  1,065,000  (43 bb)
Jacob Bazeley  –  480,000  (19 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 914

With the final board showing and about 200,000 already in the pot, Jacob Bazeley bet 135,000 from the small blind, and Ekrem Bozkurt called from the big blind with for a pair of tens.

But Bazeley turned over to win the pot with a seven-high straight to reach one million in chips.

Jacob Bazeley  –  1,000,000  (40 bb)
Ekrem Bozkurt  –  150,000  (6 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 914

Jason Mercier moved all in from middle position for about 300,000, and Ido Ashkenazi called with . Mercier turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Ashkenazi won the pot with a pair of queens to eliminate Mercier in 37th place.

Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,700,000  (68 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  Eliminated in 37th Place  ($17,333)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 914

Brandon Eisen raised under the gun to 45,000, John Racener called, and Nick Maimone reraised to 200,000. Eisen reraised to 525,000, and Racener folded.

Maimone five-bet all in for about 1.75 million, and Eisen called all in for 1,495,000 with . Maimone turned over , and Eisen needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Eisen to win a huge pot and double up to nearly 3.1 million.

Brandon Eisen  –  3,085,000  (154 bb)
Nick Maimone  –  250,000  (13 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 914

Alberto Rodriguez moved all in under the gun for 150,000, and Stoyan Obreshkov called from the big blind with .

Obreshkov turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

But there was a on the flop and a on the river for Obreshkov to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Rodriguez in 40th place.

Stoyan Obreshkov  –  875,000  (44 bb)
Alberto Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 40th Place  ($17,333)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 914

Patrick Clarke was all in from the big blind for 160,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of John Compton in early position.

The board came — Clarke rivered two pair, but Compton rivered a king-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Clarke in 41st place.

John Compton  –  700,000  (35 bb)
Patrick Clarke  –  Eliminated in 41st Place  ($17,333)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 914

Pat Quinn was all in for 350,000 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Patrick Clarke.

The board came — Clarke paired his queen on the turn, but Quinn paired his king on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Pat Quinn  –  720,000  (36 bb)
Patrick Clarke  –  190,000  (10 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 914

There was a big pot between Mark Dube and Steve Tziris when the flop came — Dube had for trip queens, but Trizis had for trip queens with a higher kicker.

That pot took Steve Trizis to about 1.5 million, and knocked Dube down to less than 100K.

Steve Trizis  –  1,500,000  (75 bb)
Mark Dube  –  80,000  (4 bb)

A short while later, Dube moved all in from early position for 80,000, and Johnny Stevenson called from the big blind with .

Dube turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Stevenson was ahead the entire way, winning the pot with two pair, aces and nines, to eliminate Dube in 42nd place.

Johnny Stevenson  –  605,000  (30 bb)
Mark Dube  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($17,333)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 914

Scott Robbins was all in for about 400,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Joseph Cheong.

The board came , and Cheong won the pot with his king to eliminate Robbins in 44th place.

Joseph Cheong  –  2,300,000  (115 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  Eliminated in 44th Place  ($17,333)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 914

Jeff Fielder was all in with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Adam Levy’s .

The flop came , giving Levy the lead with a pair of eights to Fielder’s gutshot straight draw.

The turn card was the , the river was the , and Levy won the pot with two pair, eights and sevens, to eliminate Fielder in 45th place.

Adam Levy  –  1,460,000  (73 bb)
Jeff Fielder  –  Eliminated in 45th Place  ($17,333)