$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  469

UTG+1 was all in preflop for a short stack with in the hole, and AJ Gambino had him covered holding from late position.

The board ran out , and UTG+1 was eliminated from the tournament. Gambino stacked up 154,000 after collecting the pot, and he is now among the chip leaders on Day 1B.

AJ Gambino – 154,000 (256 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  458

The players returned from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 with a 600 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up two players with at least 150K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Jackson  –  186,700  (311 bb)
2.  A.J. Gambino  –  154,800  (258 bb)
3.  Quan Tran  –  150,700  (251 bb)

The tournament clock shows 458 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 966. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool has already smashed the $3 million guarantee, and it’s currently worth more than $4.68 million and counting.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  439

Vanessa Kade raised under the gun, Steve Blackmon called from the button, and Ruben Perez reraised from the big blind to 6,000. Kade moved all in for 14,000, and Blackmon, who didn’t see Kade’s all-in bet, called 6,000.

At that point, Blackmon was given the option of forfeiting the 6,000, or calling the full 14,000. He thought for a while before he called, and then Perez five-bet all in over the top for 33,400.

Blackmon waited for an exact count and thought for a while before he called the 33,400, and all three players turned over their cards. Here they are in descending order of chip stacks:

Steve Blackmon:  
Ruben Perez:  
Vanessa Kade:  

The board came , and Perez flopped a set to Kade’s gutshot straight draw, but Kade improved no further. Perez won the pot with his of jacks to double thru Blackmon and eliminate Kade.

Ruben Perez  –  81,600  (163 bb)
Steve Blackmon  –  53,000  (106 bb)
Vanessa Kade  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 439 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 947. Registration remains open with a single re-entry until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool has already smashed the $3 million guarantee, and it’s currently worth more than $4.59 million and counting.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  435

A player in middle position raised to open the pot, and Dominique Mosley reraised all in fr 7,500 from the big blind. Middle position called to cover him so they flipped over their cards.

Mosley:
Middle Position:

Board:

Mosley doubled up to survive with 16,300 after collecting the pot.

Dominique Mosley – 16,300 (32 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  410

Vinny Pahuja raised to 1,200 preflop UTG+1, and the big blind called before the flop fell .  Pahuja bet another 1,200, and the big blind check-called before the turn was dealt .

Both players checked to the on the river, and then they checked again. The big blind showed , but Pahuja had to win the hand. Pahuja stacked up 41,000 after collecting the pot.

Vinny Pahuja – 41,000 (82 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  381

The hijack reraised to 3,100 preflop, and Evan Teitelbaum reraised all in for 29,500 after originally raising from middle position. The hijack called so the two players tabled their cards.

Teietelbaum:
Hijack:

Board:

Teitelbaum doubled up to survive with 60,000, and the hijack was left with a single 100 chip after the hand. He was eliminated  a short time later.

Evan Teitelbaum – 60,000 (150 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  356

There is a few thousand in the pot, and the flop read when Steve Blackmon bet 1,500 from middle position. Vanessa Kade raised to 4,000 on the button, and the small blind check-called. Blackmon called as well before the turn fell .

Kade bet 6,000, and the small blind check-raised all in for 10,300. Blackmon tanked before check-calling, and Kade called to cover the small blind as well. The river brought the and the two remaining live players checked.

The small blind showed , and it was not enough to hold up against either the held by Kade, nor the that won the hand for Blackmon. He stacked up 85,000 after collecting the pot, and Kade was at 17,800.

Steve Blackmon – 85,000 (212 bb)
Vanessa Kade – 17,800 (44 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  333

Flight B players returned from break and the entry count pushed the prize pool to another level. We have 333 entries today and they are now playing for a prize pool of over $4,000,000 and it will keep going up until registration closes at 9:15 pm.

A few more familiar faces include Chance Kornuth, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Blake Bohn, Vanessa Kade, Fred Goldberg, and Michael Wang.

von Kriegenbergh holds a special place in our record books. We have crowned 42 major Championship/Main Event winners over the years but there can be only one to collect the first trophy. von Kriegenbergh holds that distinction among all of our former champs, winning the WPT Poker Showdown in 2011, our very first major.