$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,070

James Mendoza raised from middle position, and Ryan Riess called from the big blind.

The flop came , Riess checked, Mendoza moved all in, and Riess called all in for 135,000 with for a pair of queens.

Mendoza turned over , and Riess needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card was the , and Riess won the pot with two pair, queens and nines, to double up in chips.

Ryan Riess  –  500,000  (13 bb)
James Mendoza  –  1,800,000  (45 bb)

With 27 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,585,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $25,790 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.