$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Flight B Entries: 413 (Total Entries: 809)
Daniel Couzens
With the board showing on the turn, Daniel Couzens bet 8,000 from under the gun, Ayaz Mahmood raised from middle position to 20,000, and Couzens moved all in.
The UTG+1 player was all in at another table+1 for 38,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Nizar Dajani in the small blind.
The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Dajani to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Flight B Entries: 413 (Total Entries: 809)
Elio Fox
The player under the gun limped in, Ryan Fair raised to 5,000 from the next seat over and Jim Carroll called in middle position. Elio Fox three-bet to 17,500 from the button, the UTG limper folded and Fair four-bet all in for about 45,000. Carroll folded and Fox called.
Fair: Fox:
The board ran out , giving Fox a set of jacks to eliminate Fair.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Flight B Entries: 413 (Total Entries: 809)
Chipleader Matt O’Donnell
A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard heading into the final two hours of the night:
1. Matt O’Donnell – 270,000 (180 bb) 2. Tom Boivin – 264,000 (176 bb) 3. Lytle Allen – 229,000 (153 bb) 4. Justin Adams – 210,000 (140 bb) 5. Richard Alati – 205,500 (137 bb) 6. Kai McCue-Unciano – 201,500 (134 bb) 7. Mario De La Puente – 201,000 (134 bb)
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 405 (Total Entries: 801)
Jessica Dawley
The player in the big blind was all in preflop for 11,400 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Jessica Dawley.
The board came — the big blind flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Dawley won the pot with her pocket jacks to eliminate her opponent.
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry) $3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 403 (Total Entries: 799)
Michael Amato (left) doubles thru John Richards (top right).
John Richards raised under the gun to 2,500, Pasquale Caiazza called UTG+1, Howard Mash called from the cutoff, and Michael Amato moved all in from the small blind for 18,500. Richards called, and the others folded.
Amato turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Richards.
The board came — Amato flopped a set, Richards turned a gutshot straight draw, and the river card was a blank. Amato won the pot with his set of jacks to double up in chips.
The next hand, Amato raised from the button to 2,200, and Richards called from the big blind.
The flop came , Richards checked, Amato bet 2,500, and Richards check-raised to 6,000. Amato thought for a while before he called.
The turn card was the , Richards moved all in, and Amato called with for two pair, tens and fours.
Richards turned over for a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to catch a five on the river to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Amato won the pot with his two pair to eliminate Richards.
Michael Amato – 75,000 (75 bb) John Richards – Eliminated