$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 887

There was 30,000 in the pot, and flop read when Salomon Sutton bet 34,000 on the button. The small blind folded, and Harrison Gimbel tanked before calling from middle position.

Both players checked the on the turn, and the river delivered the . Gimbel bet 4,000, and Sutton called. Gimbel revealed , but Sutton showed to win the pot.

Salomon Sutton – 280,000 (70 bb)
Harrison GImbel – 120,000 (30 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 887

Tim Seidensticker raised to 10,000 under the gun and a player in middle position three-bet jammed for 55,000. Action folded back to Seidensticker and he wasted little time in making the call.

Seidensticker:
Opponent:

Seidensticker improved to a set on the flop, but his opponent picked up a gutshot straight draw to a ten. Fortunately for Seidensticker, the turn locked it up for him by giving him a full house. The meaningless was put out on the river and  Seidensticker was pushed the pot.

Tim Seidensticker- 345,000 (86 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 293

The first three levels are complete, and the field is on their first break of the day. The board shows 293 entries so far, with 413 needed to breach the $1 million guarantee.

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$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 887

Nipun Java raised to 9,000 preflop under the gun, and Jean Gaspard called UTG+1. The small blind called as well, and the flop is dealt . Java bet 10,000, Gaspard raised to 32,000, and the small blind folded. Java tanked before calling, and the turn fell .

Both players checked, and the river delivered the . Java checked, Gaspard bet 55,000, and Java tanked before calling. Gaspard held , but Java won the pot with in the hole.

Nipun Java – 382,000 (95 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 215,000 (53 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 887

Jerry Wong raised to 9,000 from middle position and Dan O’Brien called from the cutoff. The player in the big blind came along and three players took a flop of .

Two checks saw O’Brien bet 14,000, the big blind folded, and Wong called to see the turn, which he checked.

O’Brien bet again, this time 23,000, and Wong woke up with an all-in check-raise to 89,500. O’Brien quickly called and the hands were turned up.

O’Brien:
Wong:

Wong had flopped the flush, which meant O’Brien needed another diamond to win the pot. The river wasn’t what he was looking for and O’Brien was left with just a single T500 chip. He busted the very next hand.

Jerry Wong – 230,000 (58 bb)
Dan O’Brien – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 887

After a player raised to 8,500 from early position, Sunny Patel three-bet all in from the big blind. His opponent snap-called off for around 80,000 total and the cards were turned up.

Patel:
Opponent:

Patel was way behind, but not after the flop gave him another set (remember he hit one with queens against aces the level before). The turn improved him to quads, and he was pushed the large pot after the was run out on the river.

“Sunny Patel the legend,” one of his friends said from a table over. “He’s going to win, you can print that.”

Sunny Patel – 400,000 (100 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 270

The player under the gun opened to 400, and Josh Hillock called in the cutoff. From the small blind, Isaac Haxton squeezed in a three-bet to 2,075. The initial raiser folded, but Hillock called to proceed heads-up.

The flop was . Haxton continued for 3,000, and Hillock called. Both players checked through the turn, which brought a third heart on board.

The river was the . With one T25 chip capping his cards, Haxton cut out another 700 and set it aside, pushing the rest of his chips into the middle. It was about 13,000 total, and Hillock gave it a good look before surrendering his cards into the muck.

Isaac Haxton – 24,500
Josh Hillock – 24,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 271

Sean Perry opened to 400 from early position, Andy Spears three-bet to 1,200 and John Dolan four-bet to 3,150 from the big blind. Perry five-bet to 7,500 and Spears moved all in for 15,100. Dolan folded and Perry considered a while before calling.

Sean Perry:  win 21.7% tie 0.46%
Andy Spears:  win 77.8% tie 0.46%

The board came and Perry hits his straight on the river to eliminate Spears. Spears stands up and says “Ok. Good luck.” Perry responded to the table “he three-bet me four times.”

Sean Perry  –  40,000
Andy Spears  –  Eliminated 

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 887

Ivan Luca was all in preflop holding on the small blind, and Jonathan Jaffe had him covered with in the hole from late position. The board was dealt , and Luca was eliminated by Jaffe’s rivered ace-high flush. Jaffe stacked up 317,000 after collecting the pot.

Jonathan Jaffe – 317,000 (105 bb)
Ivan Luca – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 887

Action folded to chip leader Jae Hwang in the cutoff and he raised to 8,000. Blake Bohn, who currently sits second on Minnesota’s all-time poker money list, then three-bet all in for roughly 65,000 from the button. Both blinds hurriedly folded and Hwang snap-called.

Bohn:
Hwang:

Bohn got a little help on the flop, but he needed even more to crack Hwang’s aces. Given the title of this post, you know that didn’t happen as the bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Jae Hwang – 540,000 (180 bb)
Blake Bohn – Eliminated