Championship Day 1A: And More Chip Counts From the Field

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

Loni Hui  –  250,000  (208 bb)
Rodney Turvin  –  183,000  (153 bb)
Daniel Swartz  –  164,000  (137 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  152,000  (127 bb)
James Carroll  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Kenny Hallaert  –  118,000  (98 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  95,000  (79 bb)
Matt Stout  –  93,000  (78 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  87,000  (73 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott  –  77,000  (64 bb)
Bin Weng  –  76,000  (63 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  63,000  (53 bb)
Brian Altman  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Christian Harder  –  54,000  (45 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Ryan Tosoc  –  40,000  (33 bb)
Stanley Lee  –  37,000  (31 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  28,000  (23 bb)
Jeremy Ausmus  –  26,000  (22 bb)
Esther Taylor  –  18,000  (15 bb)
Shaun Deeb  –  17,000  (14 bb)

Championship Day 1A: A Few More Chip Counts From the Field

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  514

Justin Liberto   –   296,000  (296 bb)
Francis Margaglione   –  200,000  (200 bb)
Jon Borenstein  –  175,000  (175 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  128,000  (128 bb)
Daniyal Gheba  –  122,000  (122 bb)
Brandon Wittmeyer  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Daniel Couzens  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Darren Elias  –  82,000  (82 bb)
Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Joel Harwood  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Koray Aldemir  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Daniel Lazrus  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Zach Donovan  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Ren Lin  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Andjelko Andrejevic  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  31,000  (31 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Paul Domb  –  24,000  (24 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Aleksandr Gofman Doubles Up

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  505

Aleksandr Gofman

All the cards were out on the table when Aleksandr Gofman got all in for 13,700 UTG+1 with AsQs in the hole, and the small blind had him covered holding Ac10s.

The final board read Kd6c3c9h3h, and Gofman doubled up to survive with just under 30,000 after the hand.

Aleksandr Gofman – 29,900 (29 bb)

Championship Day 1A: James Calderaro Takes One Out

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  498

James Calderaro

After a series of raises preflop, James Calderaro shoved all in for 79,700 from the big blind, and UTG called all in against him. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Calderaro: AdAs
UTG: QcQd

Board: 8d2s3cKhJd

UTG was eliminated on the hand, and Calderaro nearly doubled up to build his stack to 157,000.

James Calderaro – 157,000 (157 bb)

Championship Day 1A: More Chip Counts from the Field

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  498

Elvis Toomas

Shannon Shorr  –  180,000  (180 bb)
Elvis Toomas  –  150,000  (150 bb)
Ryan Julius  –  144,000  (144 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Raffello Locatelli  –  99,000  (99 bb)
Denys Shafikov  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Dmitri Vorbe  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Mike Jozoff  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Joe Serock  –  79,000  (79 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Adam Adler  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Pavel Plesuv  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  29,000  (29 bb)
Kristen Foxen  –  24,000  (24 bb)

Championship Day 1A: A Few Chip Counts from the Field

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  498

Paul Snead  –  195,000  (195 bb)
Juan Endara  – 143,000  (143 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  114,000  (114 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Josh Kay  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  88,000  (88 bb)
James Calderaro  –  72,000  (72 bb)
Asher Neaman  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  51,000  (51 bb)
Phong Turbo Nguyen  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Daniel Rezaei  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Nick Guagenti  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Ky Nguyen  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Jason Min  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Dan Heimiller  –  26,000  (26 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  26,000  (26 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  22,000  (22 bb)
David “ODB” Baker  –  15,000  (15 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Dinner Time

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  475

Mason Vieth

The players are taking a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7:00 pm, and registration will remain open until 9:15 pm tonight.

Mason Vieth holds the chip lead at the dinner break with 264,000, and some other notable stacks near the top include Durwood Murray (213,800), Shannon Shorr (183,000), Samuel Bernabeu (179,000), and Shawn Cunix (156,500).

Championship Day 1A: James Carroll Stacking Chips

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  466

James Carroll

There was 6,500 in the pot, and the flop read 7c4c3d when the button bet 1,500. James Carroll raised to 6,500 from late position, and the button called before the turn fell As.

Both players checked to the 9c on the river, and Carroll bet 6,000. His opponent folded so Carroll stacked up 132,000 after the hand.

James Carroll – 132,000 (165 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Josh Gerzog Takes One Out

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

Josh Gerzog

There was 13,600 in the pot, and the board read Jh8s3c10h2d when Josh Gerzog bet 2,700 from the small blind. A player in late position raised all in for 8,700, and Gerzog called to cover after spending some time in the tank. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Gerzog: 9h9s
Late Position: As4s

Gerzog picked off the bluff, and late position was eliminated from the tournament. Gerzog stacked up 164,000 after collecting the pot.

Josh Gerzog – 164,000 (205 bb)