Championship Day 1B: Charles DiFalco Doubles Thru Nick Palma in an Aces-vs.-Kings Cooler

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  548

Charles DiFalco
Charles DiFalco

A player moved all in from the hijack for 12,700, Mike Chiappetta called from the cutoff, and Nick Palma reraised from the button to 30,000.

Charles DiFalco moves all in over the top from the big blind for 60,600. Chiappetta thinks for a while before he folds, and Palma quickly calls.

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Nick Palma:  KsKc
Charles DiFalco:  AsAh
Hijack:  Ac10d

Chiappetta said that he had folded ace-king.

The board came Js10s9s6h9d, and the aces held up for DiFalco to win the entire pot, doubling thru Palma and eliminating the player in the hijack.

As the pot is being settled, reigning WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jørstad takes one of the empty seats at the table, watching the remnants of a three-way all-in situation.

Charles DiFalco  –  148,100  (148 bb)
Nick Palma  –  85,000  (85 bb)

The tournament clock shows 548 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 1,056. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $5.12 million, easily eclipsing the $3 million guarantee.