$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,110

With more than 500K in the preflop pot, the flop came . Mitchell Halverson checked from middle position, Mike Liang bet 175,000 from the button, and Halverson check-raised all in.

Liang quickly called all in for 1,035,000 with for an overpair, and Halverson turned over for a pair of tens. Liang needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Liang was ahead the entire time, winning the pot with a rivered queen-high flush to double up in chips.

Mike Liang  –  2,650,000  (66 bb)
Mitchell Halverson  –  540,000  (14 bb)

To balance the tables, Martin Zamani was just moved from Table 8 to seat 8 at the Live-Stream table. That was due to the following recent eliminations:

Here are the most recent eliminations:

25th:  Roberto Alberro  –  $26,485
26th:  Nic Agnew  –  $26,485
27th:  Jason Wandling  –  $26,485

With 24 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 1,845,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $30,150 each.

Action will continue today until there are seven players left for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.