$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,070

Darren Elias raised all in for 270,000 from the hijack, and Koray Aldemir called on the button.

Elias: 
Aldemir: 

The board ran out , giving Elias a pair of tens to double up.

Darren Elias  –  665,000  (13 bb)
Koray Aldemir  –  2,165,000  (43 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,070

Shannon Shorr raised from early position, Alexander Stewart three-bet all in for about 350,000 from the big blind, and Shorr called.

Shorr: 
Stewart: 

The board ran out , giving Shorr a pair of aces to eliminate Stewart in 21st place.

Shannon Shorr  –  3,930,000  (70 bb)
Alexander Stewart  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($36,120)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 2,140,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $36,120 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26, around 8:20 pm, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon.

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 411

Mitch Mitchel was all in short for 49,000 with in the hole under the gun, and the small blind had him covered  holding on the small blind.

The final board read , and Mitchell doubled up to survive with a stack of 118,000.

Mitch Mitchell – 118,000 (14 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,070

Chris Backhouse raised to 100,000 from under the gun, Joel Harwood three-bet all in for about 1,020,000 from the big blind, and Backhouse called all in for roughly 900,000.

Backhouse: 
Harwood: 

The board ran out , giving Harwood an ace-high straight on the river to eliminate Backhouse in 22nd place.

Joel Harwood  –  1,995,000  (40 bb)
Chris Backhouse  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($29,840)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,070

Chipleader Farid Jattin raised from the button to 125,000, Sheddy Siddiqui moved all in from the small blind for 790,000, and Sebastien Guinand thought for a while before he moved all in over the top from the big blind for roughly 1,450,000.

Jattin took a look at Guinand’s stack before he called, covering both players. These were their cards in descending order of chip stacks:

Jattin:  
Guinand:  
Siddiqui:  

The board came — Guinand paired his ace on the flop, Siddiqui turned a set of fours, and Jattin rivered a set of jacks. It was a roller-coaster of emotion, but Jattin won the entire pot with his set of jacks to eliminate both players from the tournament.

Farid Jattin  –  7,600,000  (152 bb)
Sebastien Guinand  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($29,840)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($29,840)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,945,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,840 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26, around 8:20 pm, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,070

Because of the increase in levels to 90 minutes once they reached the final three tables, the players took a 15-minute break with 30 minutes remaining in Level 24. So when they return, the blinds will still be 25,000-50,000 with a 50,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  765,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Sebastien Guinand  –  1,510,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Darren Elias  –  270,000  (5 bb)
Seat 4.  Joel Harwood  –  1,090,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Chris Backhouse  –  705,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Asher Neaman  –  2,430,000  (49 bb)
Seat 7.  Natasha Mercier  –  1,320,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Farid Jattin  –  5,805,000  (116 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Omer Rotman  –  1,380,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Koray Aldemir  –  2,185,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Liberto  –  2,325,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Francis Margaglione  –  2,255,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  1,600,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6.  Kitty Kuo  –  1,720,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  David Pham  –  2,065,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Nadya Magnus  –  895,000  (18 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Mike Leah  –  1,225,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Alexander Stewart  –  345,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  James Mendoza  –  1,330,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Shannon Shorr  –  3,470,000  (69 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Asher Conniff  –  1,665,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  3,295,000  (66 bb)
Seat 8.  Mike Jozoff  –  1,540,000  (31 bb)
Seat 9. Ryan Riess  –  860,000  (17 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925
6th:  $180,130
7th:  $148,885
8th:  $118,115
9th-10th:  $87,960
11th-12th:  $68,500
13th-15th:  $53,710
16th-18th:  $43,800
19th-21st:  $36,120
22nd-24th:  $29,840

With 24 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,785,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,840 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26, around 8:20 pm, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,070

Darren Elias raised all in for 585,000 from the button, and Chris Backhouse called all in for 315,000 in the big blind with , leading Elias’ .

The board came , safe for Backhouse to double up.

Chris Backhouse  –  705,000  (14 bb)
Darren Elias  –  270,000  (5 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,070

Mike Jozoff raised to 100,000 from the button, Ryan Riess three-bet all in for 380,000 from the small blind, and Jozoff called.

Jozoff: 
Riess: 

The board ran out , safe for Riess to double up.

Ryan Riess  –  885,000  (18 bb)
Mike Jozoff  –  1,390,000  (28 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,070

Mike Chiappetta raised all in for 260,000 from the hijack, Mike Jozoff three-bet all in from the small blind for about 1,400,000, and Ryan Riess (with 380,000 behind) squeezed his cards in the big blind.

“Both four spotters,” said Riess, before he folded, presumably ten-nine.

Chiappetta: 
Jozoff: 

The board ran out , giving Jozoff jacks and eights to eliminate Chiappetta.

Mike Jozoff  –  1,770,000  (35 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($25,790)

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 411

UTG+1 got all in for just 6,000 preflop with , and Dan Sepiol had him covered on the hijack holding .

The board ran out , and UTG+1 was eliminated on the money bubble. Every player remaining will now take home at least $4,470 in prize money. Sepiol stacked up 301,000 after collecting the pot.

Daniel Sepiol – 301,000 (50 bb)