$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,180

Spencer Champlin raised from the small blind to 100,000, leaving himself just 5K behind, and the big blind moved all in.

Champlin tanked for a bit, since it looked like a table might be breaking, which would indicate a pay jump. A.J. Kelsall got up and went to confirm with a floorperson how many players were left, and he returned to tell Champlin there were 63 left and he had made the pay jump.

Champlin called all in for 105,000 with , and the big blind turned over . Champlin needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Champlin won the pot with a flopped pair of queens to double up in chips.

“See? The pay jump didn’t even matter,” said Kelsall.

Spencer Champlin  –  225,000  (15 bb)

With 63 players remaining from a field of 1,180, the average chip stack is about 750,000 (50 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $16,425 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:20 am).