Championship Day 1B: Fikret Kovac Knocks Out a Player to Reach 155K

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  480

Fikret Kovac
Fikret Kovac

A player got his short stack all in from the cutoff with 5s5c, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the Jc10c of Fikret Kovac in the big blind.

The board came Kd9d6cKcAc, and Kovac caught runner-runner clubs to win the pot with a flush to eliminate his opponent.

Fikret Kovac  –  155,000  (258 bb)

The tournament clock shows 480 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 988. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool has already smashed the $3 million guarantee, and it’s currently worth more than $4.79 million and counting.