$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 914

The player in the cutoff raised to 40,000, Eracles Panayiotou called on the button and Loni Harwood three-bet to roughly 140,000 from the big blind.

The initial raiser folded and Panayiotou called all in for about 135,000.

Panayiotou:
Harwood:

The board comes down , giving Harwood two pair to eliminate Panayiotou.

Loni Harwood – 720,000 (45 bb)
Eric Panayiotou – Eliminated in 54th Place ($15,338)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 914

Jason Mercier raised to 34,000 from the hijack, Nelson Resendiz three-bet to 100,000 from the cutoff, Mercier four-bet shoved with a covering stack and Resendiz tanked for about 90 seconds before he called all in with . Mercier tabled .

The board ran out , giving Resendiz a pair of aces to double through Mercier.

Nelson Redendiz – 1,390,000 (87 bb)
Jason Mercier – 540,000 (34 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 914

Ralph Massey was all in for about 320,000 from middle position, Quinn Bruno had him covered on the button and Matthew Zacadoolas was all in for about 270,000 from the small blind.

Massey:
Bruno:
Zarcadoolas:

The board came down and Bruno scored the double elimination.

Quinn Bruno – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Ralph Massey – Eliminated in 59th Place ($13,919)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – Eliminated in 60th Place ($13,919)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 914

John Racener raised to 28,000 from middle position, Nick Maimone called from the hijack, and Adam Adler called from the button.

Mike Leah three-bet shoved from the big blind for about 390,000, getting folds from Racener and Maimone. Adler called and tabled while Leah turned over .

The board ran out  , giving Adler a set of jacks to eliminate Leah.

Adam Adler – 1,400,000 (117 bb)
Mike Leah – Eliminated in 63rd Place ($13,919)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 914

Picking up the action in the midst of the preflop raises, Nick Maimone had reraised to 85,000 from early position and Adam Adler reraised to 187,000 from middle position. Maimone called.

The flop came down and Maimone check-called 75,000 from Adler.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Maimone bet 100,000 and Adler called.

“Your aces are good,” said Maimone, who showed .

Adler tabled and won the pot.

Adam Adler – 1,040,000 (87 bb)
Nick Maimone – 1,050,000 (88 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 914

Following a flop of , Mark Dube bet 30,000 from middle position and Jason Mercier called.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Dube bet 145,000 and Mercier tanked for a bit before he called.

Dube tabled for eights full of kings, Mercier mucked and Dube won the pot.

Mark Dube – 1,060,000 (88 bb)
Jason Mercier – 830,000 (69 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 914

Corey Burbick was all in for about 200,000 from early position with against Michael Laake in the big blind with .

The flop came down , providing little help to Burbick. The turn was the , leaving Burbick down to one out to chop.

“King!” called Laake.

The fell on the river, giving both players quad kings with an ace kicker to chop the pot.

“Why did you call for a king?” asked a player at the table to Laake.

“It was the only interesting card left,” said Laake.

Michael Laake – 240,000 (20 bb)
Corey Burbick – 206,000 (17 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised to 27,000 from middle position, Jared Griener three-bet to 96,000 from the small blind, Cheong four-bet to about 477,000 and Griener tanked for a bit before he folded.

Joseph Cheong – 1,620,000 (135 bb)
Jared Griener – 325,000 (27 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 914

The players return from break to begin Level 19 with increased blinds of 6,000/12,000 with a big blind ante of 12,000.

Here were the chip leaders at the break:

Joseph Cheong – 1,519,000
Noah Schwartz – 1,440,000
Nick Maimone – 1,406,000
John Dolan – 1,165,000
John Racener – 1,021,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 914

Ryan D’Angelo (shortly after he eliminated Aaron Massey) raised to 25,000 from the button, Ralph Massey reraised all in for 87,000 from the small blind and D’Angelo called.

D’Angelo:
Massey:

The board came down , giving Massey aces up to double through D’Angelo.

Ralph Massey – 199,000 (20 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – 690,000 (69 bb)