$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  392

MMA fighter Colby Covington returned from dinner to be at the live-streamed featured table, but unfortunately he busted not too long after play resumed. Covington took advantage of the single re-entry, and now he’s back in the field in the main tournament room.

Covington was all in from the hijack for 14,600 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the big blind’s .

The board came , and the pocket fours held up for Covington to win the pot and double up in chips.

Colby Covington  –  31,000  (26 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $1.90 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  392

Harrison Ashdown raised from the hijack, Farid Jattin reraised from the big blind to 9,000, and Ashdown moved all in for 34,300. Jattin thought for a while before he called with .

Ashdown turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket sixes held up for Ashdown to win the pot and double up in chips.

Harrison Ashdown  –  71,500  (60 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  50,000  (42 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $1.90 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  390

It’s a cooler situation as Joseph Krasner (middle position) and the UTG player got it all in preflop with about 45,000 each — Krasner’s against the UTG player’s .

The board came , and Krasner won the pot with the higher full house, aces full of sevens. Their chip stacks were counted down, and Krasner had 46,500 to his opponents 45,000. The UTG player was eliminated.

Joseph Krasner  –  94,500  (79 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $1.89 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  394

The button was all in with short, but he ran into the that Aleksei Donets held on the button.

The final board read , and Donets took out his opponent to stack up 72,000 after collecting the pot.

Aleksei Donets – 72,000 (60 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  381

Jesse Lonis  –  330,000  (330 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  104,000  (104 bb)
Frederic Normand  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Ethan Yau  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Paul Snead  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Darren Elias  –  71,000  (71 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Kurt Jewell  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  45,000 (45 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Manuel Fritz  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Kristen Foxen  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Michael Newman  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  25,000  (25 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  381

With the final board showing on the river and about 28,000 already in the pot, Eric Siegel bet 33,000 from the hijack, leaving himself about 1,000 behind.

His opponent on the button had 33,800 in his stack, and tanked for a long time until somebody called for a clock.

Shortly after the clock arrived, the player on the button called, and Siegel showed for a king-high flush. The player on the button folded, and Siegel effectively doubled up.

Eric Siegel  –  95,000  (95 bb)

Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $1.83 million on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  378

The flop read when the big blind was all in holding , Blair Hinkle was all in over the top with in the hole under the gun. Sean Ragozzini thought for a moment before calling all in with from middle position.

The turn and river brought another 5 and a 9.  The big bind was eliminated, and Ragozzini won the hand to triple up and survive with 150,000 thanks to being on the right side of the full house over a full house situation. Hinkle was at 42,200 after the dust settled.

Sean Ragozzini – 150,000 (150 bb)
Blair Hinkle – 42,200 (42 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  374

Jake Ferro  –  183,000  (183 bb)
David Jackson  –  175,000  (175 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Paul Domb  –  128,000  (128 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  128,000  (128 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Nazar Buhaiov  –  103,000  (103 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Upeshka De Silva  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Nick Schulman  –  87,000  (87 bb)
Mitchell Halverson  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Jake Bazeley  –  66,000  (66 bb)
Alex Queen  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Nick Palma  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe  –  56,000  (56 bb)
James Calderaro  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Jonathan Roy  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Marcus El-Huaick  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Lanny Vaysman  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Joe Serock  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Landon Tice  –  12,000  (12 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  381

All the cards were out on the table when Jordan Schneider was all in with   under the gun, and his opponent held pocket kings from the cutoff.

The final board read , and Schneider doubled up to survive with 89,100 after collecting the pot thanks to a straight.

Jordan Schneider – 89,100 (89 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  359

Justin Zaki  –  178,000  (178 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  167,000  (167 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  127,000  (127 bb)
Art Peacock  –  120,000  (120 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Chad Eveslege  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Michael Tait  –  72,000  (72 bb)
Joe Bartholdi  –  66,000  (66 bb)
Michael McCray  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Loni Hui  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Mike Liang  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Daniel Rezaei  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Christian Harder  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Neal Corcoran  –  20,000  (20 bb)