Championship: Mike Chiappetta Cracks Aces to Double Thru Christian Harder

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,070

Mike Chiappetta moved all in from the cutoff for 515,000, and Christian Harder moved all in over the top from the small blind for 1,060,000 with AhAd.

Chiappetta turned over KdJh, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came KhQd8cKc7h, and Chiappetta paired his king on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mike Chiappetta  –  1,090,000  (36 bb)
Christian Harder  –  545,000  (18 bb)

With 32 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,340,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,625 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.