$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  385

After a flop of , Darin Thompson bet 1,400 from the hijack, and Davy Ridout moved all in from the button for about 18,000.

Thompson tanked for a while before he called with for a pair of eights. Ridout turned over for a pair of nines, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card was the , and Thompson turned trip eights to win the pot and eliminate Ridout, who appeared momentarily stunned by his loss.

In an apologetic tone, Thompson said, “I put you on a flush draw. At least I hoped you had a flush draw.”

Darin Thompson  –  96,000  (240 bb)
Davy Ridout  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 385 entries here on Day 1B for a two-day total of 958, which means the prizepool is up to $4.64 million. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option per starting flight until the start of Level 9 (9:15 pm).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6 (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).