$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44

Aaron Mermelstein raised to 27,000 under the gun and Ashton Griffin raised it to 70,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Mermelstein and he called to see the flop, which came down .

Both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Mermelstein checked for a second time and Griffin bet 115,000. Mermelstein then sprung to life with a check-raise to 265,000, Griffin called, and the completed the board on the river.

Mermelstein paused for a few beats and then slid out 400,000, which had Griffin covered. Griffin wasted little time in calling off for 290,000 with the , and he was both shocked and disappointed to see Mermelstein roll over the for the rivered straight.

Aaron Mermelstein – 1,800,000 (150 bb)
Ashton Griffin – Eliminated in 45th Place ($16,950)