Championship: Robert-Andrei Burlacu Doubles Thru Eli Berg

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $3,262,704  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 673

Robert-Andrei Burlacu
Robert-Andrei Burlacu

Robert-Andrei Burlacu was all in preflop for 725,000 with 6h6c, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the AcQc of Eli Berg, who was UTG+1.

The board came 8d4s3h5hKs, and the sixes held up for Burlacu to win the pot and double up in chips.

Robert-Andrei Burlacu  –  1,510,000  (38 bb)
Eli Berg  –  1,420,000  (36 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 1,530,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,000 each.

Now that they’ve reached the final three tables, they will play as many 90-minute levels as it takes to reach the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.