$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 84 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised to 20,000 from the button and Michael Laake called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Laake checked and Cheong bet 25,000. Laake check-raised all in for 96,000 and Cheong called.

Cheong:
Laake:

Laake was ahead with a pair of tens and held up through the turn and river to double up.

Michael Laake – 247,000 (25 bb)
Joseph Cheong – 1,420,000 (142 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 91 of 914

In a battle of the blinds, Jared Griener was all in for 260,000 from the big blind with against his opponent in the small blind with .

The board came down , giving Griener queens up to double through his opponent.

Jared Griener – 530,000 (53 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 94 of 914

D.J. Alexander raised all in for about 145,000 from early position and Jeff Madsen isolated from the hijack.

Alexander:
Madsen:

The board came down , no help to Alexander, scoring the elimination for Madsen.

Jeff Madsen – 365,000 (37 bb)
D.J. Alexander – Eliminated in 95th Place ($9,708)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 104 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised to 18,000 from early position, Jared Griener called from the button, Tanner Millen reraised all in for about 35,000 from the big blind and Cheong isolated the pot.

Cheong:
Millen:

The board came down , not enough help to Millen, locking up the pot for Cheong.

Joseph Cheong – 1,450,000 (181 bb)
Jared Griener – 230,000 (29 bb)
Tanner Millen – Eliminated in 104th Place ($8,733)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 106 of 914

Glenn Becker raised all in for 64,000 from the cutoff and Jeff Madsen gave him action from the button with , racing with Becker’s .

The board came down , safe for Becker to double up.

Glenn Becker – 148,000 (19 bb)
Jeff Madsen – 230,000 (29 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 914

Jake Schwartz raised all in from under the gun for 96,000 and Adam Levy isolated with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Schwartz:
Levy:

The board came down , no help to Schwartz, locking up the pot for Levy.

Adam Levy – 425,000 (53 bb)
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 109th Place ($7,758)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 116 of 914

Ronit Chamani raised all in for 65,000 from middle position and Matthew Bretzfield went into the tank in the hijack. After about 2-3 minutes of mulling it over, Bretzfield folded his hand not quite face up, but enough for his side of the table to see it. Floor staff ruled his hand had to be shown face up to the entire table, and it was shown to be (Bretzfield subsequently was given a one-orbit penalty).

Loni Harwood was next to act in the cutoff and after a little while, she reraised all in for about 103,000. The rest of the table folded.

Chamani:
Harwood:

The board came down , giving Chamani a pair of aces to double through Harwood.

Ronit Chamani – 150,000 (19 bb)
Loni Harwood – 38,000 (5 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 120 of 914

The players have returned from dinner break. Only 115 of the remaining 120 players will cash.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 120 of 914

The remaining 120 players are in the midst of a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes at about 7:30 pm.

Here are the biggest stacks at dinner break:

Nick Maimone – 1,108,000
Stoyan Obreshkov – 848,000
John Dolan – 826,000
Tanner Millen – 798,000
Marcos Exterkotter – 768,000
Ido Ashkenazi – 702,000
Noah Schwartz – 695,000
Joseph Cheong – 676,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 121 of 914

Jake Schindler raised to 30,000 from the button, Shannon Shorr three-bet to effectively 87,000 from the big blind and Schindler tanked for about two minutes before he called all in.

Schindler:
Shorr:

The board came down , giving Shorr queens up to eliminate Schindler.

Shannon Shorr – 390,000 (65 bb)
Jake Schindler – Eliminated