$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80

Diana Shirey began the day with the lead, gave it up for a bit, but she’s now back up top. Deeb holds the same 900,000 stack with SHRP team member Chance Kornuth holding steading in third place.

They’ll return at 7:30 to put cards back in the air and play four more levels this evening.

Shaun Deeb – 900,000 (113 bb)
Diana Shirey – 900,000 (113 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 800,000 (100 bb)
Shawn Nguyen – 735,000 (92 bb)
Matt Berkey – 725,000 (91 bb)
Sam Bernabau – 720,000 (90 bb)
Ryan Olisar – 670,000 (84 bb)
Doc Sands – 660,000 (83 bb)
Joe Kuether – 600,000 (75 bb)
Danny Schechter – 593,000 (74 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 561,000 (70 bb)
Carlos Chang – 545,000 (68 bb)
David Diaz – 535,000 (67 bb)
Nipun Java – 530,000 (66 bb)
Ari Engel – 518,000 (65 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80

While players are on their dinner break, we took a look at the results so far. Plenty of big names hit the rail including Harrison Gimble, Keven Stammen, Kane Kalas, Christian Harder, and 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open champ Omar Zazay.

Aron Dermer turned a good deed into some cash. He won the CSOP/Jeff Conine Celebrity Charity event last week to earn $5,000 plus a seat in the Championship. Dermer made it through the tough field and cash out in 96th place for $9,421.

81st: John Gordon – $11,400
82nd: Michael Weber – $10,411
83rd: Elizabeth Rainer – $10,411
84th: Kane Kalas – $10,411
85th: Glen Cressman – $10,411
86th: John Stevenson – $10,411
87th: Frank DiMaria – $10,411
88th: Ho Duy – $10,411
89th: Peter Walsworth – $10,411
90th: Dong Ji – $10,411
91st: Jorge Gomez – $9,421
92nd: Jae Hwang – $9,421
93rd: Mark Herm – $9,421
94th: Neil Blumenfield – $9,421
95th: Taylor Paur – $9,421
96th: Aron Dermer – $9,421
97th: Harvey Vandeven – $9,421
98th: Aaron Rosenthal – $9,421
99th: Andrew Dean – $9,421
100th: Michael Moreno – $8,475
101st: Haim Gil Nagar – $8,475
102nd: Harrison Gimbel – $8,475
103rd: Keven Stammen – $8,475
104th: David Longuil – $8,475
105th: Amihai Neeman – $8,475
106th: Ryan McKnight – $8,475
107th: Hiren Patel – $8,475
108th: Joshua Gordon – $8,475
109th: Christian Harder – $7,528
110th: Unknown – $7,528
T111th: Alejandro Duque – $2,510
T111th: Omar Zazy – $2,509
T111th: Tony Tran – $2,509

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 365

The 15-minute break gave us a chance to scout the room for big and notable stacks. Here are a few:

Matt Salsberg  –  70,000
Staffan Lind  –  68,125
Sean Perry  –  59,900
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  48,800
Abbey Daniels  –  39,425
Seth Davies  –  36,700
Ian O’hara  –  33,825
Dan Dizenzo  –  30,100
Lexy Gavin  –  23,000
Joe McKeehen  –  20,000
Cate Hall  –  15,500
Ryan Riess  –  15,150
Matt Stout  –  11,450
Jason Lee  –  10,475

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 82 of 887

The final 82 players are now taking a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:30 p.m. ET. The field will play four levels after they return, and Day 2 will end around midnight local time.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 887

Luke Brereton was all in preflop holding on the cutoff, and Kane Kalas had him covered with in the hole on the hijack. The board was dealt , and Brereton doubled up to survive with 217,500 thanks to a full house on the river.

Luke Brereton – 217,500 (36 bb)
Kane Kalas – 55,500 (9 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90

A big hand just went down at Table 70, and while we missed the preflop action, we do know it resulted in both Larry Hirschfield and Nicholas Palma getting their respective stacks of 137,500 and 298,000 against chip leader Matt Berkey.

Berkey:
Hirschfield:
Palma:

Hirschfield had the best of it and he was rewarded with a triple up after the board ran out . Meanwhile, Palma took down the 321,000 side pot.

Matt Berkey – 850,000 (142 bb)
Larry Hirschfield – 420,000 (70 bb)
Nicholas Palma – 321,000 (54 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 348

Three players limped into the pot, including T.K. Miles on the button. Ronit Chamani squeezed in a raise from the small blind, and only the first limper folded.

The flop was all low cards, and Chamani continued with a bet of 2,500. The player in middle position called, and Miles raised all in for about 9,500. Chamani re-shoved, isolating with a chance at the knockout.

Miles showed for a pair of threes, and Chamani rolled over an overpair with .

The board bricked off for Miles, and he was eliminated just before the second break.

Ronit Chamani – 38,000
T.K. Miles – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 92 of 887

Mark Herm was down to only 18,000 and moved all in from the cutoff. Matt Berkey called from the small blind to put him at risk.

Berkey:
Herm:

Herm was ahead for the double but needed to dodge the over card ace or some magic cards. The flop was safe but he was in trouble after the river. The could not save his Championship while Berkey moved further into the lead.

Matt Berkey – 1,400,000 (233 bb)
Mark Herm – Eliminated in 93rd ($9,421)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with 50 ante
Entries: 348

On a final board reading the big blind bet 5,400 and Marvin Rettenmaier put him all in. He called with but was no good against Rettemaier’s rivered flush.

Marvin Rettenmaier  –  58,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 96

With roughly 75,000 in the middle and a board reading , Johnny “World” Hennigan checked from middle position and Harvey Vandeven bet 35,000 from the cutoff.

Hennigan, who had the bigger stack, responded by check-raising all, and Vandeven hit the tank before calling off the 155,000 he had behind.

Vandeven:
Hennigan:

Vandeven  was looking for a jack to make Broadway and double, but it didn’t come as instead the river improved Hennigan to a full house.

John Hennigan – 560,000 (93 bb)
Harvey Vandeven – Eliminated in 97th Place for $9,421