Championship: Tim Capretta Doubles Thru Oleksandr Gnatenko

$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:  28 of 1,110

With the board showing Qd7d4c4h on the turn, Tim Capretta got it all in from the big blind for 945,000 against Oleksandr Gnatenko in the hijack.

Gnatenko showed KsQs for two pair, queens and fours, but Capretta turned over KhKd for a higher two pair, kings and fours.

The river card was the 6c, and Capretta won the pot with his pocket kings to double up in chips.

Tim Capretta  –  3,000,000  (75 bb)
Oleksandr Gnatenko  –  1,380,000  (35 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 1,585,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,255 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.