$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  413

The big blind was all in with , and Anton Smirnov had him covered holding UTG+1. The board was dealt , and Smirnov took out his opponent to stack up 89,000 after collecting the pot.

Anton Smirnov – 89,000 (74 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  408

Tony Cousineau got all in short preflop with in the hole from the hijack, and Stanley Lee had him covered holding on the button.

The board ran out , and that was it for Cousineau. Lee stacked up 65,000 after collecting the pot.

Stanley Lee – 65,000 (54 bb)
Tony Cousineau – Eliminated

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  406

Luckenson Pericles raised to 3,500 from the small blind, Eric Yanovsky three-bet to 12,000 in the big blind, and Pericles called.

The flop was , Pericles checked, Yanovsky bet 6,600, and Pericles called.

The turn was the , Pericles checked, and Yanovsky checked.

The river was the , Pericles bet 16,000, and Yanovsky called instantly.

Pericles mucked, surrendering the pot to Yanovsky.

Eric Yanovsky  –  193,000  (161 bb)
Luckenson Pericles  –  80,000  (67 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  375

A player in early position got all in for 13,800 with in the hole, and the next player behind him reraised all in for 26,200 holding . Josh Zucchet called to cover them both in late position with as his holdings.

The board ran out , and Zucchet took out both of his opponents to stack up 160,500 after collecting the pot.

Josh Zucchet – 160,500 (160 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  395

Vanessa Kade  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  145,000  (145 bb)
James Romero  –  124,000  (124 bb)
Eric Panayiotou  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Jon Turner  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  94,000  (94 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  91,000  (91 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Nick Verderamo  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Chris Brewer  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Myles Mullaly  –  59,000  (59 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Bryn Kenney  –  51,000  (51 bb)
James Carroll  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Darren Elias  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Ernest Bush  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Walter Bravo  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  20,000  (20 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  375

Landon Tice  –  205,000  (205 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  149,000  (149 bb)
Christian Harder  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Eugene Katchalov  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Brian Altman  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  94,000  (94 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  51,000  (51 bb)
Josh Kay  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  25,000  (25 bb)
Tyler Montoya  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Jeremy Ausmus  –  10,000  (10 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  384

The hijack was all in short preflop holding , and Nitis Udornpim held to cover on the big blind.

The board didn’t change anything after it was dealt , and Udornpim stacked up 92,600 after eliminating his opponent.

Nitis Udornpim – 92,600 (92 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  375

Maksim Pisarenko  –  220,000  (220 bb)
Matthew Beinner  –  205,000  (205 bb)
Mike Liang  –  205,000  (205 bb)
Victoria Livschitz  –  127,000  (127 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  89,000  (89 bb)
Bin Weng  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  71,000  (71 bb)
Nenad Medic  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Ken Einiger  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Niall Cositgan  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Zachary Eichenbaum  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Mike Leah  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Viet Vo  –  42,000  (42 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  30,000  (30 bb)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  377

Eric Afriat was all in short with in the hole from the hijack, and Paul Domb had him covered holding on the big blind.

The final board read , and Afriat was eliminated on the hand. Domb stacked up 34,000 after collecting the pot.

Paul Domb – 34,000 (34 bb)
Eric Afriat – Eliminated

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  353

A scan of the stacks during the dinner break showed two players far and away the chip leaders.

Vincent Boothe remains at the top of the chip counts with 393,100, followed by Eli Montefu with 346,900.