$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 914

Ryan D’Angelo raised from middle position to 130,000, Aaron Kupin moved all in from the big blind for about 1,400,000, and D’Angelo called with .

Kupin turned over , and he was on the wrong end of a cooler as he faced elimination.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for D’Angelo to win the pot and eliminate Kupin in 15th place.

Ryan D’Angelo  –  2,900,000  (48 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($49,117)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 422

Rick Alvarado raised from the button, Michael Scoma reraised all in for about 250,000 from the small blind and Alvarado called with . Scoma tabled .

The board ran out , giving Alvarado a pair of queens on the river to eliminate Scoma.

Rick Alvarado – 790,000 (53 bb)
Michael Scoma – Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,634)

$1,100 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 640

Cary Hecker got his short stack all in preflop and was looking to hold against Chance Kornuth.

Hecker:
Kornuth:

The flop gave Hecker top set but he wasn’t out of the woods as Kornuth flopped a gutshot to Broadway.

Fortunately for Hecker, the turn and river both bricked and he doubled on the hand.

Cary Hecker – 150,000 (25 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 450,000 (75 bb)

$2,650 Big 4 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 422

Jesse Chinni raised to 35,000 from under the gun, Michael Esposito three-bet to 115,000 from the big blind and Chinni called.

The flop came down , Esposito shoved for 270,000 and Chinni mulled it over for a bit before he called all in for 260,000.

Chinni:
Esposito:

The turn and river completed the board, giving Esposito a flush to eliminate Chinni.

Michael Esposito – 785,000 (52 bb)
Jesse Chinni – Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,634)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised from the button to 120,000, and Matt Bretzfield called from the big blind. The flop came , Bretzfield checked, Cheong bet 90,000, and Bretzfield check-raised to 220,000, and Cheong called.

The turn card is the , Bretzfield moved all in for about 700,000, and Cheong folded. Bretzfield took the pot.

Matt Bretzfield  –  1,500,000  (25 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  1,100,000  (18 bb)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 11: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 123

Barry Hutter raised to 18,000 from the cutoff and Ray Qartomy moved all in out of the big blind for 44,000. Hutter called.

“I picked the wrong time,” said Qartomy.

Qartomy showed and was dominated by Hutter’s .

The board ran out and Hutter’s big slick held up to win the pot and eliminate Qartomy.

Barry Hutter – 685,000
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated 

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Ido Ashkenazi moved all in from the cutoff for 545,000, and Edgar Vares called from the button with . Ashkenazi turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Vares flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Ashkenazi won the pot with two pair, kings and jacks, to double up in chips.

Aaron Kupin claimed he folded pocket deuces in the big blind, which would have won the hand.

Ido Ashkenazi  –  1,250,000  (21 bb)
Edgar Vares  –  425,000  (7 bb)

$25,000 Big 4 High Roller
$2,000,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Level 10: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 123

Alex Turyansky opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Anthony Zinno moved all in for 80,000. Mark Fisher called the shove from the button and action was back on Turyansky. He moved all in for approximately 170,000 but we never had an official count because Fisher quickly called once again.

Turyansky tabled and Zinno, with , said “please have ace-king” to Fisher.

He did not have ace-king and his was looking pretty good. The board ran and Fisher sent two tough players out.

Mark Fisher – 1,020,000
Alex Turyansky – Eliminated
Anthony Zinno – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 914

Jared Griener raised from the cutoff to 135,000, Brandon Eisen thought for a while before he reraised from the button to 400,000, and Griener thought for a while before he four-bet it to 1,035,000.

Eisen folded, and Griener took the pot.

Jared Griener  –  3,005,000  (50 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  6,095,000  (102 bb)