$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,180

Ed McPike was all in under the gun for about 875,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Jeff Trudeau in the hijack.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Trudeau to win the pot and eliminate McPike in 13th place.

Jeff Trudeau  –  3,450,000  (46 bb)
Ed McPike  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($57,515)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,925,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $73,655, and the next pay jump is $100,215 for 10th place.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.