Championship: Jose Nadal Cracks Kings to Double Thru Martina Cherr; Cherr Down to One Big Blind

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $3,262,704  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 673

Jose Nadal
Jose Nadal

Martina Cherr (small blind) and Jose Nadal (big blind) both put in about 800,000 preflop, leaving themselves with just 70K (Cherr) and 20K (Nadal) in chips.

The flop came As10s5d, and it wasn’t clear who bet and who called, but Nadal got it all in for his last 20,000. Nadal had Ah7s for a flopped pair of aces, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Cherr’s KhKc.

The turn card was the 8h, the river card was the 6c, and Nadal won the pot with his pair of aces to double up in chips, knocking Cherr down to less than a big blind.

Jose Nadal  –  1,700,000  (28 bb)
Martina Cherr  –  50,000  (<1 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 2,405,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $41,000 each.

They will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.