$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 146 of 431

Connor Rash raised from under the gun, Maksim Pisarenko called in middle position, Antonio Salorio called in the hijack, Mike Leah called on the button, and Tyrell Atkinson called in the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Leah who bet 12,500. Atkinson called, Rash called, Pisarenko folded, and Solario folded.

The turn was the , Atkinson led for 65,000, Rash called, and Leah folded.

The river was the , Atkinson bet 60,000, Rash raised to 125,000, and Atkinson thought for a while before he called.

Rash mucked immediately, surrendering the pot to Atkinson.

Tyrell Atkinson  –  640,000  (320 bb)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  330,000  (165 bb)
Connor Rash  –  170,000  (85 bb)
Mike Leah  –  60,000  (30 bb)
Antonio Solario  –  25,000  (13 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 162 of 431

The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining, and the field was just informed that they will play four more hand before the end of Flight A in the championship event. Stay tuned for chip counts from the bag and tag.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 162 of 431

The button was all in short with in the hole, and Maksim Pisarenko had him covered holding .

The board reeled out with , and that was good for Maksim to send his opponent to the rail and stack up 366,000 after collecting the pot.

Maksim Pisarenko – 366,000 (183 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  171 of 431

Jon Turner raised to 4,500 from the button and Anatoly Nikitin called in the big blind.

The flop was , Nikitin checked, Turner contineed for 3,500, and Nikitin called.

The turn was the , Nikitin checked, Turner bet 9,500, and Nikitin called.

The river was the , Nikitin checked, and Turner checked.

Nikitin showed the , Turner showed for a pair of queens, Nikitin mucked, and Turner collected the pot.

Jon Turner  –  172,000  (86 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  90,000  (45 bb)

With about 171 players remaining from the Day 1A field of 431 entries, the average stack is about 126,000 (63 big blinds). Play will conclude at the end of this level.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  180 of 431

On the turn of a [ board with about 16,000 in the pot, Eugene Katchalov bet 6,500 from the big blind and Brock Wilson called in middle position.

The river was the , Katchalov checked, Wilson bet 30,000, and Katchalov thought a bit before he folded.

Brock Wilson  –  276,000  (138 bb)
Eugene Katchalov  –  212,000  (106 bb)

With about 180 players remaining from the Day 1A field of 431 entries, the average stack is about 120,000 (60 big blinds). Play will conclude at the end of this level.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 180 of 431

UTG+1 was all in with in the hole, and Jia Chi Li had him covered holding from middle position.

The final board read , and Li stacked up 137,000 after taking out her opponent.

Jia Chi Li – 137,000 (68 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  216 of 431

Here is the lineup for the final live-streamed table of Day 1A, which added Shannon Shorr right after our picture.

Seat 1.  Bryn Kenney  –  194,500  (130 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Savaria  –  86,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Shane Santacroce  –  64,500  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  Shawn Barnett  –  30,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Nick Palma  –  38,500  (26 bb)
Seat 6.  John Giglio  –  42,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Justin Fawcett  –  134,000  (89 bb)
Seat 8.  Nick Verderamo  –   97,000  (65 bb)
Seat 9.  Shannon Shorr  –  54,500  (36 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 198 of 431

The cutoff was all in holding , and Dylan Jaijairam had him covered holding from the small blind.

The board hit the table , and

Dylan Jaijairam – 53,500 (35 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  431

Day 1A of the SHRPO Championship closed with 431 entries, more than two-thirds of the way to reaching the guarantee.

Leading the field at the final break of Day 1A was Tyrell Atkinson with 384,000 (256 big blinds).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  431

A player in late position was all in holding , and Kamel Mokhammad had him covered and dominated with in the hole under the gun.

The final board read , and Kamel eliminated his opponent to stack up 53,500 after collecting the pot.

Kamel Mokhammad – 67,500 (45 bb)