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Level 6: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 348

Three players limped into the pot, including T.K. Miles on the button. Ronit Chamani squeezed in a raise from the small blind, and only the first limper folded.

The flop was all low cards, and Chamani continued with a bet of 2,500. The player in middle position called, and Miles raised all in for about 9,500. Chamani re-shoved, isolating with a chance at the knockout.

Miles showed for a pair of threes, and Chamani rolled over an overpair with .

The board bricked off for Miles, and he was eliminated just before the second break.

Ronit Chamani – 38,000
T.K. Miles – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 92 of 887

Mark Herm was down to only 18,000 and moved all in from the cutoff. Matt Berkey called from the small blind to put him at risk.

Berkey:
Herm:

Herm was ahead for the double but needed to dodge the over card ace or some magic cards. The flop was safe but he was in trouble after the river. The could not save his Championship while Berkey moved further into the lead.

Matt Berkey – 1,400,000 (233 bb)
Mark Herm – Eliminated in 93rd ($9,421)

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On a final board reading the big blind bet 5,400 and Marvin Rettenmaier put him all in. He called with but was no good against Rettemaier’s rivered flush.

Marvin Rettenmaier  –  58,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 96

With roughly 75,000 in the middle and a board reading , Johnny “World” Hennigan checked from middle position and Harvey Vandeven bet 35,000 from the cutoff.

Hennigan, who had the bigger stack, responded by check-raising all, and Vandeven hit the tank before calling off the 155,000 he had behind.

Vandeven:
Hennigan:

Vandeven  was looking for a jack to make Broadway and double, but it didn’t come as instead the river improved Hennigan to a full house.

John Hennigan – 560,000 (93 bb)
Harvey Vandeven – Eliminated in 97th Place for $9,421

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Ian O’Hara was on the button, heads-up against the player in the small blind. The flop was , and the pot was insignificant at that point.

The exact action isn’t clear, but there must have been a series of bets and raises prior to our arrival. The small blind had 10,000 chips out in front of him as we approached, and O’Hara had moved all in for 16,150 total. His opponent eventually called to put him at risk.

O’Hara:
Small blind:

The turn and river completed the board safely for O’Hara, and he doubled up.

Ian O’Hara – 35,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 106

We missed the preflop action unfold, but we do know it resulted in Sunny Patel getting his stack of roughly 280,000 all in against Shaun Deeb.

Deeb:
Patel:

Patel was way out in front, but not after the flop gave Deeb a set. The turn meant a fifth spade on the river would result in a chop, but that didn’t happen as the bricked.

Shaun Deeb – 720,000 (120 bb)
Sunny Patel – Eliminated in 107th Place for $8,475

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A player is all in for 4,200 preflop and Ryan Riess called. Riess turned over and was up against his opponent’s .

The board came and Riess’ full house eliminated his opponent.

Ryan Riess  –  32,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 110 of 887

There was 33,000 in the pot, and the flop read when Samuel Bernabeu bet 18,000 under the gun. The hijack called, and Omar Zazay reraised all in on the big blind. Bernabeu called, and the hijack folded. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Bernabeu:
Zazay:

Turn and River:

Zazay is eliminated on the hand with 112 players remaining by a turned straight, but both Tony Tran and Alejandro Duque also fall in hands playing out simultaneously. All three players split the 111th-place prize money of $7,528.

Samuel Bernabeu – 643,000 (107 bb)
Omar Zazay – Eliminated in 111th Place ($2,509)

Tony Tran – Eliminated in 111th Place ($2,509)

Alejandro Duque – Eliminated in 111th Place ($2,510)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 112 of 887

The Championship is down to 112 players and tournament staff instructed dealers to pause the action after the current hand.

They will begin the hand-for-hand process until one more player is eliminated leaving the rest in the money.

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Semionle Hard Rock Poker team member Mukul Pahuja put his last 900 in the middle from the button and got three callers. Everyone checked down the board of .

Pahuja turned over his but one of his opponents had a pair of deuces to eliminate him.

Mukul Pahuja   –  Eliminated