$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  520

Nick Palma was all in from the small blind for about 36,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Frank Lagodich in the cutoff.

The board came , and Lagodich won the pot with a king-high straight to eliminate Palma.

Frank Lagodich  –  300,000  (250 bb)
Nick Palma  –  Eliminated

The Day 1B field is up to 520 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,063, and the prizepool is worth more than $5.15 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

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

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  515

With the final board showing on the river (with a ten-high straight on the board) and about 100K already in the pot, Brian Altman had a bet of about 50,000 in front of him on the button, and Frank Lagodich raised it to about 115,000, which looked like just enough to put Altman all in.

Altman tanked for a long time, and eventually somebody called for a clock. Soon after that, Altman called with to play the straight on the board.

Lagodich turned over to also play the board, and it was a chopped pot.

Frank Lagodich  –  270,000  (225 bb)
Brian Altman  –  162,000  (135 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 515 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,058, and the prizepool is worth more than $5.13 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

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

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  512

A player in middle position limped in for 1,200, Asher Conniff raised to 3,500 from the next seat over, and Corel Theuma reraised all in for 30,000 from the small blind. The limper folded, and Conniff called.

Conniff: 
Theuma: 

The board came , safe for for Conniff to score the elimination.

Asher Conniff  –  164,000  (137 bb)
Corel Theuma  –  Eliminated

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  511

There was a five-figure pot on the table, and the board read when Michael Berk got all in for 34,100 from the hijack with in the hole. UTG had him covered holding . The river delivered the , and Berk doubled up to survive with 86,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Berk – 86,000 (71 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  508

A player raised under the gun, Leonard August called from middle position, Gary Gelman called from the button, and Filipp Khavin called from the big blind.

The flop came , Khavin checked, and the UTG player bet. August raised to 7,500, and Gelman three-bet it to 20,900. Khavin and the UTG player both folded. August thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , August checked, Gelman bet 30,000, which was most of August’s remaining stack. August thought for a while before he called, and Gelman turned over for a flopped set of deuces. August mucked, leaving himself about 9,500 in chips.

Gary Gelman  –  152,000  (127 bb)
Leonard August  –  9,500  (8 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 508 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,051, and the prizepool is worth more than $5.09 million, crushing the $3 million guarantee. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

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

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  500

Christian Harder  –  127,000  (127 bb)
Michael Newman  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Michael Rocco  –  89,000  (89 bb)
Ryan Tosoc  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Shaun Deeb  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Brian Altman  –  73,000  (73 bb)
David Uvaydov  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Brett Apter  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Sri Sangannagari  –  55,000  (55 bb)
William Leffingwell  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Nick Palma  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Bryan Piccioli  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Turbo Nguyen  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Adam Adler  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Jake Cody  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Hunter Cichy  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Joshua Cranfill  –  26,000  (26 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  494

Darren Elias  –  164,000  (164 bb)
Ekrem Bozkurt  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  101,000  (101 bb)
Zhen Cai  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Charles Kassin  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Micah Raskin  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Gal Yifrach  –  82,000  (82 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Viet Vo  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Howard Mash  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Richard Rice  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Isaac Kempton  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Gil Ben-Simhon  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Kristen Foxen  –  35,000  (35 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Donald Maloney  –  30,000  (30 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  494

The field for Day 1B is up to 494 entries, for a total field of 1,037 and counting. That means the total prizepool has crossed the $5 million mark, and it’s already worth more than $5.02 million. So yeah, we’ve absolutely crushed the $3 million guarantee.

Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting flight.

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

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  490

Min Zhang  –  152,000  (152 bb)
Mike Leah  –  150,000  (150 bb)
Blake Bohn  –  118,000  (118 bb)
Thomas Boivin  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  93,000  (93 bb)
David Prociak  –  88,000  (88 bb)
Tony Cousineau  –  73,000  (73 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Stanley Lee – 45,000  (45 bb)
Robbie Jade Lew  –  42,000  (42 bb)
David “ODB” Baker  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Nick Raio  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  20,000  (20 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  486

Frank Lagodich (UTG) and Will Failla (cutoff) both committed 2,000 to the pot preflop before the first three cards were dealt . Failla then bet 3,000, and Lagodich called.

The turn fell , and both players checked to the on the river. Lagodich bet 5,000, and Failla folded his cards. Lagodich stacked up 204,500 after the hand, and Failla was at 26,000.

Frank Lagodich – 204,500 ( 204 bb)
Will Failla –  26,000 (26 bb)