$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  369

A player in middle position got all in with the flop reading , and Joseph Cheong called to cover him from the cutoff. Here is a look at their cards.

Cheong:
Middle Position:

Turn and River:

Cheong eliminated his opponent, and he stacked up 64,000 after collecting the pot.

Joseph Cheong – 64,000 (128 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  355

The hijack opened the action preflop with a raise before the button moved all in for 4,700. Justin Swilling called from the small blind, and the hijack called as well.

Both live players then checked the board dealt before Swilling bet 5,000 on the river. The hijack folded, the button showed , and Swilling revealed . The button was eliminated on the hand, and Swilling stacked up 50,500.

Justin Swilling – 50,500 (101 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  325

All the cards were out on the table when Brian Adams was all in for 18,400 from the big blind, and Ruben Perez had him covered UTG+1. Here is a look at the cards.

Adams:
Perez:

Board:

Adams doubled up to survive with 37,800, and Perez held 54,000 after the hand.

Brian Adams – 37,800 (94 bb)
Ruben Perez – 54,000 (135 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  310

The entry count jumped over 300 after the first break as more players wake and make their way to the Grand Ballroom.

Some recent additions include Shaun Deeb, Farid Jattin, Mukul and Vinny Pahuja, Anthony Zinno, and the Massey brothers Aaron and Ralph.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  300

There was 3,000 in the pot, and the flop read when Joe McKeehen (pictured below) bet 1,000. Chance Kornuth (pictured above) called, and then both players checked the on the turn.

They also checked the on the river, and McKeehen showed . Kornuth revealed to win the hand. Kornuth stacked up 31,500, and McKeehen held 44,500 after the hand.

Chance Kornuth – 31,500 (78 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 44,500 (111 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  275

Championship players are on their first break with 275 entries here and many more expected between now and tomorrow night when we close registration.

We already have $1.3 million contributed toward the $3,000,000 guarantee and getting it closer by the minute.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  255

Ryan Van Sanford bet 800 preflop from middle position, and Dimitri Vorbe called from late position. The hijack and Vanessa Kade (button) also called before the flop was dealt .

Van Sanford then bet 1,000, Vorbe called, and the hijack called before Kade raised to 4,000. Van Sanford and Vorbe folded, and the hijack called before the turn fell .

Both remaining players checked to the on the river, and Kade bet 10,000. The hijack check-folded so Kade stacked up 53,500.

Vanessa Kade – 53,500 (267 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  248

The SHRPO Championship is nearing 250 entries heading to the first break, a nice turnout for the early afteroon.

Some friendly faces are with us today including two-time WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ Briant Altman, WSOP and PokerGo sideline reporter Jeff Platt, and two-time WPT champ Jonathan Little.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  238

UTG raised to 800 preflop, and both the cutoff and button called before Steve Buckner raised to 2,600 from the big blind. The original raiser folded, but the cutoff and button come along for the ride.

The flop was dealt , and Buckner bet 3,300. Both remaining opponents folded, and Buckner stacked up 54,000 after collecting the pot. After the hand Buckner told the table, “No fold’em hold’em, that’s the name of the game.”

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  222

We mentioned Dimitri Vorbe earlier, our defending SHRPO Champion, but he’s not the only big Hollywood winner in the field today. The last time we crowned a major winner, Mark Davis took the crown as the 2022 WPT Poker Showdown champ for a cool $1 million.

Davis is here this afternoon trying for back-to-back wins.