$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 865

Martin Carnero raised UTG+1 to 80,000, and Charles Gomez reraised from the hijack to 590,000, leaving himself just 10K behind. Carnero moved all in for 780,000, and Gomez used his last four Time Chips to tank for more than two minutes before he called all in for 600,000 with .

Carnero turned over , and Gomez needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gomez flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned a set of eights to win the pot and double up in chips.

Charles Gomez  –  1,300,000  (33 bb)
Martin Carnero  –  180,000  (5 bb)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 2,165,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $36,500 each.

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  35

The Big 4 High Roller returned from its first break with 35 entries so far and nearing the $1,000,000 guarantee with a long way to go before we close registration.

Some heroes in today’s field include Chance Kornuth, Erik Seidel, Jonathan Jaffe, Joe McKeehen (former Big 4 High Roller champ), Colby Covington, Alex Foxen, Kristen Foxen, Joe Serock, and reigning WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Tamayo.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 865

Loni Hui was all in preflop for 1.57 million with pocket kings, and they were up against the pocket aces of Kevin Schulz.

The board hit the table , and Hui doubled up to survive with a stack worth 3.24 million. Schulz was at 2.28 million after the dust settled.

Loni Hui – 3,240,000 (81 bb)
Kevin Schulz – 2,280,000 (57 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 865

Kevin Schulz raised UTG+1 to 80,000, Dan Avitsur reraised from the cutoff to 360,000, and Schulz moved all in for about 2,080,000.

Avitsur snap-called all in for about 1,750,000 with , and Schulz turned over . Avitsur needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Schulz rivered a diamond flush to crack the aces, win the pot, and eliminate Avitsur in 21st place.

Kevin Schulz  –  3,935,000  (98 bb)
Dan Avitsur  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($36,500)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 2,165,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $36,500 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 865

Steve Cohen opened to 80,000 and Clemen Deng three-bet to 250,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Cohen four-bet to 580,000. Deng called and the flop was .

Cohen bet 1,500,000 and Deng used several time chips before he moved all in. Cohen thought for a few seconds and called at risk for 2,180,000.

Deng:
Cohen:

Cohen was in a lot of trouble with smaller pair and could not find a miracle on the turn or river to exit in 22nd.

Clemen Deng – 10,420,000 (261 bb)
Steve Cohen – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($36,500)

SHRPO Championship Live-Stream

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 22:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 865

Jeremy Becker was all in for 620,000 with in the hole from the big blind, and Garret Reisz had him covered holding from the cutoff.

The final board read , and Becker doubled up to survive with 1.34 million after collecting the pot. Reisz was at 640,000 after the hand.

Jeremy Becker – 1,340,000 (33 bb)
Garret Reisz – 640,000 (16 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 865

The Championship is down to 22 players and they were sent on their first break. Table 8 was moved onto the Gorilla Poker live-stream stage and you can check out the action at the link below.

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Table 7
Seat 1: Billy Pilossoph – 1,235,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2: Garret Reisz – 825,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Kevin Andriamahefa – 1,105,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5: Kevin Schulz – 2,215,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Jeremy Becker – 585,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Dan Avitsur – 2,380,000 (60 bb)
Seat 8: Loni Hui – 1,840,000 (46 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1: Tyler Montoya – 1,095,000 (27 bb)
Seat 2: Steve Cohen – 4,440,000 (111 bb)
Seat 3: Sterling Savill – 2,390,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Zhen Cai – 1,500,000 (38 bb)
Seat 5: Spencer Champlin – 1,100,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: Clemen Deng – 4,940,000 (124 bb)
Seat 7: Jesse Lonis – 2,795,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: Naing Thu – 3,005,000 (75 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1: Charles Gomez – 855,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Paul Snead – 2,195,000 (55 bb)
Seat 3: Ed Holyoke – 2,685,000 (67 bb)
Seat 4: Brandon Kessous – 3,040,000 (76 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Zamani – 735,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6: Dylan Smith – 1,265,000 (32 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8: Martin Carnero – 1,100,000 (28 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000
9th-10th:  $63,000
11th-12th:  $56,000
13th-15th:  $49,000
16th-19th:  $42,500
20th-22nd:  $36,500

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 865

Kevin Andriamahefa raised from the button to 60,000, Drew O’Connell moved all in from the small blind for 360,000, and Andriamahefa called with .

O’Connell turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and O’Connell paired his three on the flop, but improved no further. Andriamahefa won the pot with his pocket eights to eliminate O’Connell in 23rd place.

Kevin Andriamahefa  –  1,085,000  (36 bb)
Drew O’Connell  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($36,500)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 1,965,000 (66 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $36,500 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 865

When we arrived at the table Andrew Moreno had a raise of a little more than 300,000 in front of him from the big blind, and Brandon Kesssous had reraised all in over the top of him on the cutoff.

Moreno tanked while tossing three extra time chips onto the table before he called all in and flipped over . Kessous revealed pocket kings, and they held on a board that ran out . Moreno was eliminated in 24th place for a payout worth $31,000, and Kessous was close to 2.9 million after the hand.

Brandon Kessous – 2,85,000 (95 bb)
Andrew Moreno – Eliminated in 24th Place ($31,000)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 323

During Hand #4 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Kevin Ordet raised from the cutoff to 8,000, Nick Palma moved all in from the small blind for about 70,000, and Ordet called with .

Palma turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Ordet was ahead the entire way, winning the pot with a full house, nines full of queens, to eliminate Palma on the Money Bubble in 48th place.

Kevin Ordet  –  285,000  (71 bb)
Nick Palma  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 47 players remaining from a field of 323, the average chip stack is around 172,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, and here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000
3rd:  $95,000
4th:  $71,000
5th:  $54,000
6th:  $41,000
7th:  $31,500
8th:  $24,400
9th-10th:  $19,200
11th-12th:  $16,800
13th-15th:  $14,500
16th-19th:  $12,200
20th-23rd:  $10,000
24th-31st:  $8,100
32nd-39th:  $6,500
40th-47th:  $5,400