$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 914

John Racener raised to 28,000 from middle position, Nick Maimone called from the hijack, and Adam Adler called from the button.

Mike Leah three-bet shoved from the big blind for about 390,000, getting folds from Racener and Maimone. Adler called and tabled while Leah turned over .

The board ran out  , giving Adler a set of jacks to eliminate Leah.

Adam Adler – 1,400,000 (117 bb)
Mike Leah – Eliminated in 63rd Place ($13,919)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 914

A lot of talent hit the rail over Level 19 including Dominique Mosley, Phil Hui, and defending champ Martin Kozlov.

64th : Alexander Gambino – $12,767
65th : Donald Delancy – $12,767
66th : Michael Benko – $12,767
67th : Dominique Mosley – $12,767
68th : Scott Vener – $12,767
69th : Stanley Lee – $12,767
70th : Jose Montes – $12,767
71st : Jeffrey Banghart – $12,767
72nd : David Slaughter – $12,767
73rd : Glenn Becker – $11,747
74th : Martin Kozlov – $11,747
75th : Phil Hui – $11,747

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 914

Mark Dube opened with a raise to 30,000 on the button and Alex Gambino responded by moving all in for roughly 240,000 from the small blind.

Jason Mercier then jammed from the big and Dube got out of the way.

Mercier:
Gambino:

It was a flip but not after the flop paired Mercier. Neither the turn nor river helped Gambino and he headed for the payout desk.

Jason Mercier – 1,100,000 (
Alex Gambino – Eliminated in 64th place for $12,767

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 914

Scott Robbins raised to 53,000 from the cutoff and was met by an all-in three-bet jam from Donald Delancy in the small blind. Robbins called off for 192,000 and the hands were turned up.

Robbins:
Delancy:

It was a flip and Robbins was looking to hold to stay alive. That’s what he did as the board ran out a clean .

Delancy was left with 30,000 but went bust in the very next hand.

Scott Robbins – 400,000 (33 bb)
Donald Delancy – Eliminated in 65th place for $12,767

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 914

Picking up the action in the midst of the preflop raises, Nick Maimone had reraised to 85,000 from early position and Adam Adler reraised to 187,000 from middle position. Maimone called.

The flop came down and Maimone check-called 75,000 from Adler.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Maimone bet 100,000 and Adler called.

“Your aces are good,” said Maimone, who showed .

Adler tabled and won the pot.

Adam Adler – 1,040,000 (87 bb)
Nick Maimone – 1,050,000 (88 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 914

Following a flop of , Mark Dube bet 30,000 from middle position and Jason Mercier called.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Dube bet 145,000 and Mercier tanked for a bit before he called.

Dube tabled for eights full of kings, Mercier mucked and Dube won the pot.

Mark Dube – 1,060,000 (88 bb)
Jason Mercier – 830,000 (69 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 914

A player opened for 26,000 from middle position and called when Matt Bretzfield moved all in for 151,000 from the big blind.

Bretzfield:
Opponent:

Bretzfield had the better ace and was rewarded with a double after the board ran out .

Matt Bretzfield – 310,000 (26 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 914

Corey Burbick was all in for about 200,000 from early position with against Michael Laake in the big blind with .

The flop came down , providing little help to Burbick. The turn was the , leaving Burbick down to one out to chop.

“King!” called Laake.

The fell on the river, giving both players quad kings with an ace kicker to chop the pot.

“Why did you call for a king?” asked a player at the table to Laake.

“It was the only interesting card left,” said Laake.

Michael Laake – 240,000 (20 bb)
Corey Burbick – 206,000 (17 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 914

Mark Dube opened for 30,000 from middle position and Jeff Banghart three-bet all in for 244,000 from the hijack. Nelson Resendiz called from the small blind and Dube got out of the way.

Resendiz:
Banghart:

It was a flip but not after the [5] flop gave Resendiz a set. Banghart was drawing to a flush but watched helplessly as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.

Nelson Resendiz -850,000 (71 bb)
Jeff Banghart – Eliminated in 71st place for $12,767

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 914

Joseph Cheong raised to 27,000 from middle position, Jared Griener three-bet to 96,000 from the small blind, Cheong four-bet to about 477,000 and Griener tanked for a bit before he folded.

Joseph Cheong – 1,620,000 (135 bb)
Jared Griener – 325,000 (27 bb)