$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 1,070

In the last hand before hand-for-hand play began, Richard Warren had lost a pot to Taylor Wilson that knocked him down to just 15,000 in chips.

Then, in Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Richard Warren was forced all in from the big blind, with 8,000 in for the ante, and his last 7,000 out as the big blind.

Everyone folded to the small blind, who called the extra 3,000 with . Warren turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Warren won the pot with the two pair on the board and his queen kicker to stay alive. Warren now has enough chips to fold every hand and survive two more rounds of the button, if that’s what he chooses to do.

Richard Warren  –  22,000  (3 bb)

With 135 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 317,000 (40 big blinds). The final 134 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $7,530.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 6:30 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.