$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,180

Dimitri Vorbe raised from the hijack, AP Louis Garza reraised from the cutoff to 285,000, and Vorbe moved all in for 2,135,000. Garza asked for an exact count and thought for a bit before he called with .

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

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

Dimitri Vorbe  –  4,395,000  (88 bb)
AP Louis Garza  –  3,300,000  (66 bb)

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,815,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $27,470, and the next pay jump is $31,360 for 24th place.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 25 (about 6:45 pm), and action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.