$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,180

After the elimination of Blair Hinkle in 10th place, the final nine player bagged up their chips for tomorrow afternoon’s SHRPO Championship Final Table. Action ended with 28:00 remaining in Level 27, with blinds at 50,000-100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000.

Dimitri Vorbe catapulted into the chip lead after eliminating Hinkle in the final hand, and he bagged up 9,825,000 (98 big blinds). Closely behind Vorbe is Ian O’Hara, who is second in chips with 9,200,000 (92 big blinds).

Here are the official seating positions and chip counts:

Seat 1.  Michael Wang  –  2,075,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Harrison Brown  –  4,625,000  (46 bb)
Seat 3.  Dimitri Vorbe  –  9,825,000  (98 bb)
Seat 4.  Jeff Trudeau  –  3,125,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Ian O’Hara  –  9,200,000  (92 bb)
Seat 6.  Darren Rabinowitz  –  6,625,000  (66 bb)
Seat 7.  Matt Affleck  –  4,100,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Mark Dube  –  1,600,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  AP Louis Garza  –  5,900,000  (59 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $674,285
3rd:  $437,350
4th:  $324,035
5th:  $244,775
6th:  $197,850
7th:  $163,390
8th:  $130,455
9th:  $100,215

The final table of the SHRPO Championship is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm EDT as part of The Big Four.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,180

Harrison Brown raised to 275,000 from under the gun, Dimitri Vorbe called from the button and Blair Hinkle three-bet to 1,125,000 (leaving 50,000 behind) from the small blind.

Brown folded and Vorbe thought for a bit before he called.

The flop was , Hinkle bet his remaining 50,000 and Vorbe called.

Hinkle:
Vorbe:

Hinkle was ahead with a pair of fives, but the turn was the to give Vorbe a pair of nines to take the lead.

The river was the , ending Hinkle’s run in 10th place.

Dimitri Vorbe – 9,825,000 (98 bb)
Blair Hinkle – Eliminated in 10th Place ($100,215)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,180

Chance Kornuth raised under the gun to 225,000, Harrison Brown called from the button, and Ian O’Hara reraised from the small blind to 1,050,000.

Kornuth four-bet all in for 4,150,000, and Brown quickly folded.

O’Hara called with , and Kornuth turned over . Kornuth needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for O’Hara to win the pot and eliminate Kornuth in 11th place.

Ian O’Hara  –  9,400,000  (94 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($73,655)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,725,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $100,215.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,180

Dimitri Vorbe raised from the cutoff to 250,000, Chance Kornuth reraised from the button to 750,000, and Vorbe four-bet it to 1,850,000.

Kornuth tanked for a while before he folded, and Vorbe said, “Good fold.”

Kornuth looked at him and said, “Prove it.”

Vorbe said, “You’ve never shown your cards once.”

Kornuth said, “I’ve never had the winner.”

Vorbe showed as he took the pot, and Kornuth nodded.

Dimitri Vorbe  –  8,700,000  (87 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  4,900,000  (49 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,300,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $73,655, and the next pay jump is $100,215 for 10th place.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,180

Blair Hinkle raised to 675,000 (leaving 25,000 behind) from the hijack and Michael Wang called from the big blind.

The flop was , Wang checked, Hinkle took a look over at the other table and saw a small hand on the flop before he bet his remaining 25,000. Wang called.

Hinkle:
Wang:

Hinkle was ahead with a pair of sixes and held through the turn and river to double up.

Blair Hinkle – 1,550,000 (16 bb)
Michael Wang – 2,800,000 (28 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,180

The players returned from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Blair Hinkle  –  950,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jeff Trudeau  –  3,475,000  (35 bb)
Seat 5.  Mark Dube  –  1,400,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Matt Affleck  –  3,375,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Michael Wang  –  2,950,000  (30 bb)
Seat 9.  AP Louis Garza  –  6,675,000  (67 bb)

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Ian O’Hara  –  5,800,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Dimitri Vorbe  –  7,625,000  (76 bb)
Seat 7.  Chance Kornuth  –  5,825,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8.  Darren Rabinowitz  –  4,325,000  (43 bb)
Seat 9.  Harrison Brown  –  4,725,000  (47 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $929,365 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $674,285
3rd:  $437,350
4th:  $324,035
5th:  $244,775
6th:  $197,850
7th:  $163,390
8th:  $130,455
9th-10th:  $100,215
11th-12th:  $73,655

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,300,000 (43 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,180

Ian O’Hara raised from the hijack to 150,000, Adam Zeltser moved all in from the cutoff for roughly 2,000,000, and O’Hara called with .

Zeltser turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — O’Hara flopped a set of aces and Zeltser picked up a flush draw, but O’Hara rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Zeltser in 12th place.

Ian O’Hara  –  5,825,000  (78 bb)
Adam Zeltser  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($73,655)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,300,000 (57 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $73,655, and the next pay jump is $100,215 for 10th place.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,180

Michael Wang raised to 175,000 from the button and Blair Hinkle called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Hinkle bet 350,000. Wang raised all in for 1,650,000 and Hinkle tanked for about three minutes before he called with for jacks and tens. Wang turned over for jacks and tens with an ace kicker.

The river was the , no help to Hinkle, locking up the double for Wang.

Michael Wang  –  3,775,000  (50 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  825,000  (11 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,180

Ed McPike was all in under the gun for about 875,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Jeff Trudeau in the hijack.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Trudeau to win the pot and eliminate McPike in 13th place.

Jeff Trudeau  –  3,450,000  (46 bb)
Ed McPike  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($57,515)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,925,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $73,655, and the next pay jump is $100,215 for 10th place.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,180

Dimitri Vorbe raised from the hijack to 175,000, Jonathan Jaffe moved all in from the big blind for 1,275,000, and Vorbe called with .

Jaffe turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket tens held up for Vorbe to win the pot and eliminate Jaffe in 14th place.

Dimitri Vorbe  –  7,300,000  (97 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($57,515)

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,625,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $57,515, and the next pay jump is $73,655 for 12th place.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.