$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  243 of 602

Hal Rotholz  –  265,000
Esther Taylor  –  185,000
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  170,000
Sergio Aido  –  145,000
Nick Palma  –  140,000
Jordan Cristos  –  129,000
Bin Weng  –  115,000
Duff Charette  –  105,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  98,000
Denys Shafikov  –  93,000
David Peters  –  90,000
Rob Brown  –  90,000
Scott Zakheim  –  90,000
Tony Cousineau  –  85,000
Mike Chiappetta  –  85,000
Nick Schulman  –  85,000
Alex Turyansky  –  83,000
Mark Davis  –  76,000
Noah Schwartz  –  68,000
Damjan Radanov  –  65,000
Dan Colpoys  –  58,000
Marc Levy  –  55,000
Melad Marji  –  52,000
Jon Brody  –  27,000
Fikret Kovac  –  27,000
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  26,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  243 of 602

The hijack was all in with in the hole, and Bin Duan had him covered holding from the cutoff.

The board ran out , and the hijack was eliminated on the hand. Duan stacks up 119,000 after the hand.

Bin Duan – 119,000 (79 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  243 of 602

With the board showing on the turn, the UTG+1 player got it all in with , but he needed to catch a king on the river to stay alive against the (set of deuces) of Barbaro Diaz in the cutoff.

The river card paired the board with the , and Diaz won the pot with a full house, deuces full of fours, to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Barbaro Diaz  –  205,000  (137 bb)

The tournament clock shows about 243 players remaining from an unofficial Flight 1B field of 602 entries, with an average chip stack around 99,000 (66 big blinds). The payouts will be posted later tonight, but the total prizepool should be worth more than $5.3 million.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  252 of 602

Vinny Pahuja was all in with in the hole from the hijack, and Ryan Roussel had him covered holding on the button with the flop reading .

The turn and river were dealt , and Pahuja was eliminated on the hand by Roussel’s flush. Roussel stacked up 394,000 after collecting the pot.

Ryan Roussel – 394,000 (262 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – Eliminated

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  602

A player in early position opened to 3,000, Esther Taylor called in middle position, Taylor Wilson called from the cutoff, and Zachary Smiley reraised all in for 40,500 from the button.

The early-position player reshoved for about 90,000, E-Tay folded, and Wilson immediately called with a covering stack with . Smiley had and the initial raiser had .

The board ran out , giving Wilson aces and kings to score the double elimination.

Taylor Wilson  –  285,000  (190 bb)
Zachary Smiley  –  Eliminated

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  602

David Jackson  –  248,000
Brian Altman  –  240,000
Nick Yunis  –  229,000
Elio Fox  –  176,000
James Carroll  –  157,000
Valerie Novak  –  150,000
Will Failla  –  133,000
Adam Hendrix  –  120,000
Joseph Liberta  –  97,000
Stuart Paterson  –  92,000
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  88,000
Jeremy Becker  –  87,000
Josh Reichard  –  85,000
Justin Saliba  –  80,000
Joey Weissman  –  78,000
Darren Elias  –  68,000
Justin Zaki  –  64,000
Scott Baumstein  –  53,000
Landon Tice  –  52,000
Michael Wang  –  51,000
Jerry Wong  –  48,000
Vlad Mezheritsky  –  45,000
Jesse Lonis  –  38,000
Brock Wilson  –  34,000
Christian Harder  –  32,000
Fred Goldberg  –  31,000
Caleb Piderit  –  24,000
Javier Zarco  –  19,500
Matt Waxman  –  18,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  602

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five players with at least 250K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Al Norman  –  292,500  (195 bb)
2.  Dominick Sannino  –  289,500  (193 bb)
3.  Ranganath Kanchi  –  288,500  (192 bb)
4.  A.J. Gambino  –  284,000  (189 bb)
5.  Kolin DeShazo  –  262,000  (175 bb)

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  601

The players returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 with a 1,500 ante.

Registration has now closed with an unofficial Day 1B field size of 601 for a two-day total of 1,109 and a prizepool worth more than $5.3 million. Once the tournament staff confirms the numbers, we’ll post the information here in the updates.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  586

A player raised from middle position, Ryan Roussel called from the hijack, the player in the cutoff called, and both blinds called.

Five players saw a flop of . Both blinds checked, and the middle-position player bet 4,000. Roussel called, the cutoff folded, and the small blind raised to 15,000. The big blind folded, the middle-position player called, and Roussel called.

The turn card was the , and the small blind bet about 12,500. The middle-position player folded, and Roussel raised to 40,000. The small blind called.

The river card was the , the small blind checked, and Roussel moved all in for 76,600. The small blind went into the tank for a long time.

After a while, the small blind asked, “If I fold, do you show?”

Roussel remained still and silent, giving an almost imperceptible shake of the head to imply that he wouldn’t show.

Eventually, the small blind folded, and Roussel proudly showed for an ace-high bluff. The small blind slammed the table in frustration as Roussel took the pot.

Ryan Roussel  –  215,000  (179 bb)

The tournament clock shows 586 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 1,094. Registration remains open with a single re-entry option until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The prizepool is already worth more than $5.3 million, easily eclipsing the $3 million guarantee.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  591

The big blind was all in for 18,900 preflop with in the hole, and Steve McKoy had him covered holding from the button.

The final board read , and the big blind was eliminated. McKoy stacked up 121,000 after collecting the pot.

Steve McKoy – 121,000 (100 bb)