Championship: Blair Hinkle Doubles Thru Harrison Brown

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,180

Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle raised from the cutoff to 105,000, Harrison Brown moved all in from the big blind, and Hinkle called all in for 905,000 with 6h6c.

Brown turned over AhQs, and Hinkle needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Kh5c2c6d7s, and Hinkle won the pot with a set of sixes to double up in chips.

Blair Hinkle  –  1,885,000  (38 bb)
Harrison Brown  –  240,000  (5 bb)

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,825,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $27,470, and the next pay jump is $31,360 for 24th place.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 25 (about 6:45 pm), and action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.