$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  597

Andy Kaplan moved all in from middle position for 6,200, and Ubaid Habib called from the button with .

Kaplan turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Kaplan to win the pot and double up in chips.

After the hand, Habib pointed out that the only hands of his that ever get reported on the blog are ones where he doubles up other players. So this one is for you, Ubaid.

Andy Kaplan  –  15,400  (13 bb)
Ubaid Habib  –  77,000  (64 bb)

However, two hands later, a player raised under the gun to 2,800, Habib reraised from the hijack to 7,800, and his opponent folded. Habib took the pot and said, “Can you put that one in? I won a hand!”

Ubaid Habib  –  83,000  (69 bb)

The tournament clock shows 597 entries here on Day 1B for a two-day total of 1,170, which means the prizepool is up to $5.67 million. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option per starting flight until the start of Level 9 (9:15 pm).

Action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).