$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 123 of 914

Dustin Dirksen raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Corey Burbick called from the button. Stanley Lee came along from the big blind and the trio went to the flop, which fell .

Lee checked, Dirksen continued for 30,000, and Burbick folded. Lee thought for two minutes before raising to 90,000 and Dirksen responded by moving all in. Lee called off for 271,000 total and a massive pot was on the line.

Lee:
Dirksen:

Both players had flopped top pair but Lee’s ace kicker had him out in front. The turn was of no consequence and neither was the ]10c] river. Ship the big double to Lee!

Stanley Lee – 600,000 (100 bb)
Dustin Dirksen – 40,000 (7 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 123 of 914

Shannon Shorr raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Blair Hinkle, who won the 2013 SHRPO Championship, called from the button. When the flop came down , Shorr continued for 14,000 and Hinkle made it 35,000 to go.

Not to be outdone, Shorr moved all in and Hinkle quickly called off for 105,000 total.

Shorr:
Hinkle:

Shorr was ahead with ace high but Hinkle was drawing to a heart flush draw. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river were cards he needed and he hit the rail.

Shannon Shorr – 270,000 (45 bb)
Blair Hinkle – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 132 of 914

A player is all in from the hijack for 99,000 with , trailing Jake Bazeley on the button with .

The board comes down , safe for Bazeley to score the elimination.

Jake Bazeley  235,000 (39 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 132 of 914

A player moved all in for 41,000 from early position and Stanley Lee called from the button. Eracles Panayiotou then three-bet to 112,000 from the small blind and that chased Lee from the hand.

Panayiotou:
Opponent:

Panayiotou was out in front and stayed there as the board ran out .

Eracles Panayiotou – 370,000 (74 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 132 of 914

Jeff Madsen raised to 12,000 from early position and action folded around to Nick Pupillo, who moved all in for 91,000 from the big blind. Madsen thought for a bit and then called.

Madsen:
Pupillo:

It was a flip but not after the flop came down to give Madsen a set. The turn left Pupillo drawing dead and he exited short of the money after the was run out on the river.

Jeff Madsen – 380,000
Nick Pupillo – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 132 of 914

A player in the big blind moved all in for around 55,000 and Brandon Eisen called from the button.

Eisen turned over and was in great shape against his opponent’s .

The board came and Eisen’s jack kicker held to eliminate his opponent.

Brandon Eisen – 180,000 (30 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 914

Jared Griener raised to 12,000 from middle position, Neil Blumenfield reraised all in for 70,000 from the cutoff, the player in the big blind called and Griener called.

Blumenfield, though, prematurely exposed his hand – .

Both the big blind and Griener proceeded to check down a board of .

The big blind showed , while Griener won the pot with to eliminate Blumenfield.

Jared Griener – 460,000 (92 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – Eliminated

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 914

After a series of raises, Scott Vener was all in from the button for 282,000 with against an opponent in middle position holding .

The board came down , safe for Vener to double up.

Scott Vener – 577,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 914

On a board reading , Jeff Fielder checked from the big blind, and Jeremy Ausmus checked from the hijack.

Ekrem Bozkurt bet 15,000 from the button into a pot of around 35,000. Only Fielder called.

The river was the and both players checked. Fielder announced “ten” but was no good against Bozkurt’s straight.

Ekrem Bozkurt – 190,000 (38 bb)
Jeff Fielder – 400,000 (80 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 914

With 28,000 in the pot and a board reading , Iowa’s Dustin Dirksen got his last 49,000 all in and was at risk against Justin Kindred.

Kindred:
Dirksen:

Dirksen was ahead with two pair and held when the completed the board on the river.

Dustin Dirksen – 126,000 (25 bb)
Justin Kindred – 10,000 (2 bb)