Championship Day 1B: John Owen Knocks Out a Player

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  494

John Owen
John Owen

Corey Hochman raised from middle position to 1,600, and John Owen reraised from the hijack to 5,500. The player in the cutoff called, and Hochman thought for a while before he also called.

The flop came Jd6c2s, and it checked to the player in the cutoff, who bet 6,500. Hochman thought for a while before he folded, and Owen called.

The turn card was the 4c, and both players checked.

The river card was the 8s, and Owen moved all in. The player in the cutoff tanked for a while before he called all in for 17,200 with QhQd for an overpair.

But Owen turned over AhAd to win the pot with a bigger pocket pair, eliminating his opponent.

“You played it well,” said the player in the cutoff as he was leaving the table.

John Owen  –  63,000  (105 bb)
Corey Hochman  –  102,000  (170 bb)

The tournament clock shows 494 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 1,002. 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 $4.85 million and counting.