$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 466
There was 6,500 in the pot, and the flop read 
when the button bet 1,500. James Carroll raised to 6,500 from late position, and the button called before the turn fell 
.
Both players checked to the 
on the river, and Carroll bet 6,000. His opponent folded so Carroll stacked up 132,000 after the hand.
James Carroll – 132,000 (165 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 458
There was 13,600 in the pot, and the board read 
when Josh Gerzog bet 2,700 from the small blind. A player in late position raised all in for 8,700, and Gerzog called to cover after spending some time in the tank. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Gerzog: 
Late Position: 
Gerzog picked off the bluff, and late position was eliminated from the tournament. Gerzog stacked up 164,000 after collecting the pot.
Josh Gerzog – 164,000 (205 bb)
$400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Today’s schedule closes out with another bounty turbo that’s been popular in this series. Event 39 is a $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool starting at 5 pm.
Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm. Since this speedy one is a one-day tournament we will hand out another SHRPO trophy before the end of the night.
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 227
Heads-up play had only been underway for a minute or two when Stanley Lee raised from the button to 530,000, and Mike Vanier called and, thinking Lee was all in, briefly turned over his 
. But Lee still had 30K left in his stack.
The flop came 
, and Vanier moved all in. Lee said he didn’t like his situation, but he called all in for 30,000 with 
for jack high. Vanier officially flipped over his , and Lee needed to catch a jack or a runner-runner straight to stay alive.
The turn card was the 
, giving Lee an open-ended straight draw, but the river card was the 
. Vanier won the pot — and the title, the trophy, and $105,570) with king high.
Stanley Lee finished as the runner-up, earning $72,225.
Stay tuned for a recap from this event to be posted later this afternoon.
1st: Mike Vanier – $105,570 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: Stanley Lee – $72,225
3rd: Giuseppe Calio – $46,500
4th: Raj Vohra – $29,300
5th: Ky Nguyen – $21,900
6th: Luke Brereton – $18,400
7th: Justin Zaki – $15,700
8th: Nick Palma – $13,200
9th: Mitch Garshofsky – $10,700
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 227
Giuseppe Calio got it all in from the big blind for about 940,000 with 
, and needed to improve to stay alive against the 
of Mike Vanier in the small blind.
The board came 
, and the aces held up for Vanier to win the pot and eliminate Calio in third place.
Giuseppe Calio – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($46,500)
Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Mike Vanier – 3,850,000 (64 bb)
Stanley Lee – 685,000 (11 bb)
And here are the payouts they’re playing for:
1st: $105,570 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $72,225
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 439
All the cards were out on the table when UTG+1 was all in with pocket eights in the hole, and Josh Kay had him covered holding pocket tens on the big blind.
The final board read 
, and UTG+1 was eliminated from the event. Kay stacked up 84,000 after the hand.
Josh Kay – 84,000 (140 bb)
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 227
Mike Vanier moved all in from the small blind, and Giuseppe Calio used two of his Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he called all in for 560,000 with .
Vanier turned over 
, and Calio needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came — Calio paired his ace on the flop, Vanier turned a heart flush draw, and the river card was a blank. Calio won the pot with his pair of aces to double up in chips.
Giuseppe Calio – 1,180,000 (20 bb)
Mike Vanier – 2,680,000 (45 bb)
With three players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,515,000 (25 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,500 each.
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 227
Raj Vohra raised under the gun to 150,000, Mike Vanier moved all in from the big blind, and Vohra called all in for about 750,000 with 
.
Vanier turned over , and Vohra needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came 
, and the pocket tens held up for Vanier to win the pot and eliminate Vohra in fourth place.
Mike Vanier – 3,340,000 (56 bb)
Raj Vohra – Eliminated in 4th Place ($29,300)
With three players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,515,000 (25 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,500 each.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 431
Here is a look at the top chip counts in the field in the championship:
Shawn Cunix – 203,500
Carlos Bermudez – 162,500
David “The Dragon” Pham – 152,500
Jason Daly – 147,000
Richard Warren – 133,000
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 227
Stanley Lee got it all in from the big blind for 310,000 with 
, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the 
of Mike Vanier in the cutoff.
The board came 
, and Lee won the pot with two pair, tens and fours, to double up in chips.
Stanley Lee – 710,000 (12 bb)
Mike Vanier – 2,480,000 (41 bb)
With four players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,135,000 (19 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,300 each.