$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  120 of 1,070

With about 120 players remaining, Michael Newman moved all in from the hijack for 50,000, and Landon Tice called from the small blind with .

Newman turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Tice flopped a set of sixes, only to see Newman turn a seven-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

“How crazy is that?” said Newman.

Michael Newman  –  116,000  (15 bb)
Landon Tice  –  320,000  (40 bb)

With about 120 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 357,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,515 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 6:54 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am.