$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,070

Ardit Kurshumi moved all in from UTG+1 for 220,000, and Chris Backhouse called from middle position with . Kurshumi turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

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

Ardit Kurshumi  –  515,000  (17 bb)
Chris Backhouse  –  880,000  (29 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,155,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,625 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.