$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  484

Corel Theuma  –  135,000  (135 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  132,000  (132 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Daniel Lazrus  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Ashton Griffin  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Leonard August  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  79,000  (79 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Joey LeBrun  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Glenn Lafaye  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Frank Flowers  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Mike Vanier  – 40,000  (40 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Christina Gollins  –  11,000  (11 bb)
Lee Markholt  –  10,000  (10 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  8,000  (8 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  480

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up seven players with at least 200K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Omer Rotman  –  250,500  (251 bb)
2.  Colby Covington  –  234,300  (234 bb)
3.  Paul Balzano  –  232,900  (233 bb)
4.  Bin Weng  –  218,800  (219 bb)
5.  Matt Glantz  –  218,500  (219 bb)
6.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  210,400  (210 bb)
7.  Roger Teska  –  206,300  (206 bb)
8.  Frank Lagodich  –  199,100  (199 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 480 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,023, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.96 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:  475

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a 1,000 ante.

The Day 1B field is up to 475 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,018, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.93 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:  463

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players leave for their 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:00 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 200K in chips, and the chipleader appears to be Omer Rotman, followed by Colby Covington. We’ll get the rest of the names after the dinner break.

1.  Omer Rotman  –  250,500  (251 bb)
2.  Colby Covington  –  234,300  (234 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 463 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,006, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.87 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 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  463

All the cards were out on the table, and Daniel Jesudason was all in for a little over 10,000 with in the hole from the small blind.

Mike Leah had him covered holding , and the final board read . Jesudason doubled up to survive with 22,800, and Leah held 147,200 after the hand.

Daniel Jesduason – 22,800 (28 bb)
Mike Leah = 147,200 (184 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  462

With the board showing on the river and about 44,000 already in the pot, Farid Jattin moved all in from UTG+1 for 27,300, and his opponent went into the tank in the hijack.

The hijack tanked for a very long time until somebody called for a clock, and as his 30 seconds was winding down, he folded. Jattin took the pot.

Farid Jattin  –  71,000  (89 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 462 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,005, and the prizepool is worth more than $4,87 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.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  461

With the board showing on the turn, Cesar Fuentes bet 3,000 from under the gun, Wagner Wysotchanski raised from the button to 8,000, and Fuentes thought for a while before he three-bet it to 20,500. Wysotchanski called fairly quickly.

The river card paired the board with the , Fuentes bet 31,000, and Wysotchanski thinks for a while before he called. Fuentes showed for a king-high bluff, and Wysotchanski turned over to win the pot with two pair, queens and fives, moving up over 200K.

Wagner Wysotchanski  –  212,000  (265 bb)
Cesar Fuentes  –  58,000  (73 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 461 entries, which means the total field is up to 1,004, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.86 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.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  458

All the cards were out on the table, and Bernardo Abramovich was all in for 31,700 on the button with in the hole. The cutoff had him covered holding pocket kings, but the board read to give Abramovich a Broadway straight. Abramovich doubled up to survive with 65,400 after collecting the pot.

Bernardo Abramovich – 65,400 (81 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  440

We missed how Alex Foxen had been knocked down to less than a big blind, but he got them all in under the gun with , needing to improve to stay alive against the of David “ODB” Baker in the big blind.

The board came , and Foxen won the pot to reach nearly 2 big blinds.

Alex Foxen  –  1,100  (2 bb)
David “ODB” Baker  –  40,000  (67 bb)

The next hand, Foxen was forced all in, putting 600 in as the big blind ante, and 500 out for the big blind. The UTG+1 player raised to 1,400, Dirk Perdrix called from middle position, and Baker called from the small blind.

There was 2,600 in the main pot, and another 2,700 in the side pot. Any additional betting would go into the side pot.

The flop came , and it checked to Perdrix, who bet 3,400. Baker called, and the UTG+1 player folded.

The turn card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and they checked again. All three players turned over their cards:

Perdrix:    (two pair, eights and fives)
Baker:    (two pair, sixes and fives)
Foxen:    (two pair, sixes and fives)

Perdrix won the entire pot, eliminating Foxen. (Though it looks like Foxen is taking advantage of the single re-entry option.)

Dirk Perdrix  –  96,000  (160 bb)
David Baker  –  35,000  (58 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  Eliminated

The Day 1B field is up to 440 entries, which means the total field is up to 983, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.76 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.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  438

Three players put in 2,000 each to see a flop of . Matt Glantz checked from the big blind, the UTG player checked, and Steve Buckner checked from the hijack.

The turn card was the , and Glantz bet 4,000. The UTG player folded, and Buckner called.

The river card was the , Glantz bet 9,000, and Buckner thought for a while before he folded face up to forfeit the pot with a rivered pair of queens. Glantz took the pot.

Matt Glantz  –  226,000  (377 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  29,500  (49 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 438 entries, which means the total field is up to 981, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.75 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.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.