$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  439

All the cards were out on the table when UTG+1 was all in with pocket eights in the hole, and Josh Kay had him covered holding pocket tens on the big blind.

The final board read , and UTG+1 was eliminated from the event. Kay stacked up 84,000 after the hand.

Josh Kay – 84,000 (140 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  431

Here is a look at the top chip counts in the field in the championship:

Shawn Cunix – 203,500
Carlos Bermudez – 162,500
David “The Dragon” Pham – 152,500
Jason Daly – 147,000
Richard Warren – 133,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  405

The players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day. They will return to play two more levels before a 90-minute dinner break at 5:30, and registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 tonight at 9:15 pm. Play will end tonight at 11:15 pm.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  405

A player in middle position raised to 1,500 preflop, the cutoff called, and Durwood Murray reraised to 4,500 from the button. The small blind reraised all in for 58,400, and both middle position and the cutoff folded. Murray called to cover so the remaining two players flipped over their cards.

Murray:
Small Blind:

Board:

The small blind was eliminated on the hand, and Murray stacked up 405,000 after collecting the pot.

Durwood Murray – 161,000 (322 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  365

Darryll Fish raised to 1,000 preflop, and three players called before the flop was dealt . Carlos Bermudez bet 1,000 from the cutoff, and Erif Afriat and another opponent check-called while Fish check-folded.

The turn fell , Bermudez bet 3,000, Afriat check-folded on the small blind, and a player in middle position check-called. The river delivered the , and both remaining players checked.

Bermudez flipped over , and his opponent folded. Bermudez stacked up 81,800 after collecting the pot.

Carlos Bermudez – 81,800 (163 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  349

A player under the gun and Jeremy Ausmus both committed 4,000 to a pot preflop, and the first three cards were dealt .

Ausmus bet 3,000, and his opponent check-called before the turn fell . Both players checked to the on the river, and Ausmus put out a bet of 8,000. UTG check-folded, and Ausmus was up to 70,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeremy Ausmus – 70,000 (175 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  328

Here is a look at the early chip leaders in the field:

Gary Gelman – 149,000
David “The Dragon” Pham – 99,000
Zyad Qasem – 92,000
Eric Afriat – 87,500
Richard Warren – 87,000
Shawn Cunix – 83,000

* – not a real dragon

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  372

A player under the gun was all in with pocket kings preflop, but he ran right into the pocket aces of Elvis Toomas (late position).

The final board read 8-4-3-2-9 to change nothing, and UTG was eliminated from the tournament. Toomas stacked up 82,000 after collecting the pot.

Elvis Toomas – 82,000 (164 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  277

The players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day in the championship event.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  253

Faraz Jaka raised to 800 preflop from middle position, and Eric Afriat called from the small blind.

The two players then checked down a board that was dealt . Afriat flipped over , and Jaka folded his cards.

Afriat increased his stack to 108,000, and he is one of the early chip leaders in the field. Jaka held 45,500 after the hand.

Eric Afriat – 108,000 (360 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 45,500 (151 bb)