$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  377

A player in early position raised and Aaron Massey called from the big blind.

The flop was and Massey check-called 2,500 from his opponent.

The turn was the , Massey checked, his opponent bet 2,500 again, Massey check-raised to 6,500 and his opponent called.

The river was the , Massey bet 2,000 and his opponent called.

Massey tabled for aces and jacks, his opponent showed a worse two pair with for aces and sevens, giving Massey the pot.

Aaron Massey – 153,000 (191 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  377

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 400-800 and a big blind ante of 800.

Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (about 9:00 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10, around 11:00 pm.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  372

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 75-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 6:45 pm.

The chipleader at the dinner break appears to be Shalom Elharar, who has a stack of 220,100 (275 big blinds).

Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (about 9:00 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10, around 11:00 pm.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  371

With a full table of nine players, eight of them limped to see a flop of . Three players check to Nuri Kural, who bet 5,000 from the hijack. Blair Hinkle called from the cutoff, the button folded, and the small blind called. The next four players folded.

Three players still in action to the turn, which is the . The small blind checked, and Kural bet 13,300. Hinkle called, and the small blind folded.

The river card was the , and Kural took a good look at Hinkle’s remaining chips (Hinkle had about 34K behind) before betting about half of Hinkle’s stack — 17,300.

Hinkle tanked for a very long time before he folded, and Kural took the pot.

Nuri Kural  –  110,000  (183 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  34,000  (57 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  371

With the board showing on the turn, Olivier Busquet bet 6,500 under the gun. Mohsin Charania called from UTG+1, and a third player folded in late position.

The river card was the , Busquet bet 7,500, Charania raised to 18,000, and Busquet folded. Charania took the pot to reach 140K in chips.

Mohsin Charania  –  140,000  (233 bb)
Olivier Busquet  –  23,500  (39 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 368

Mike Leah raised to 1,500 from the hijack, Scott Baumstein three-bet to 3,800 from the cutoff and Leah called.

The flop was and Leah check-called 2,000 from Baumstein.

The turn was the , Leah led for 3,900, Baumstein raised all in for 12,600 and Leah called.

Leah:
Baumstein:

Baumstein led with an ace-high flush against Leah’s two pair.

The river was the , safe for Baumstein to double up.

Scott Baumstein – 38,300 (64 bb)
Mike Leah – 81,400 (136 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 361

Jared Jaffee raised to 1,300 from middle position, Matt Brady called from the button and Brian Ray (who was the chip leader at the break) three-bet to 5,500 from the big blind. Jaffee folded and Brady called.

The flop was and Ray continued for 5,000. Brady called.

The turn was the , Ray checked, Brady bet 15,000 and Ray called.

The river was the , Ray checked, Brady shoved for about 65,000 and Ray thought it over for a bit before he folded.

Matt Brady – 118,000 (236 bb)
Brian Ray – 88,000 (176 bb)

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 348

Trent Smith dipped and Brian Ray rose up. We have a new leader after the second break and it is Brian Ray with 140,000. That is good enough to put him up top but 2013 SHRPO Champ Blair Hinkle is not far behind with 134,000.

Other notable big stacks include Ben Tarzia (128,400), Matt Berkey (110,000), Nipun Java (108,000), Sergio Giha (108,000), Kitty Kuo (105,000), and Igor Merda (104,000),

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 342

Flight A of the Championship is enjoying the second break of the day as the entry count continues to click higher. They will return to play two more levels before the 75-minute dinner break.

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 342

Loni Harwood raised all in for 2,000 from under the gun, Matthew Zarcadoolas three-bet to 6,500 on her immediate left and Nipun Java four-bet to 21,500 on his immediate left.

Action folded back to Zarcadoolas who thought for a bit before he reraised all in for about 41,000. Java called.

Harwood:
Zarcadoolas:
Java:

The board came down , no help to Harwood, chopping up the pot for Zarcadoolas and Java.

Nipun Java – 104,000 (260 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 42,000 (105 bb)
Loni Harwood – Eliminated