SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 847

Faraz Jaka came from dinner with 133,000 and was unable to last the level when they returned. He put his short stack in the middle with and former WPT champ Rhynie Campbell called with .

Jaka had two live cards but lost some outs on the flop, then hit the non-spade on the turn to take the lead. It didn’t last long as the dropped a straight for Campbell to send Jaka out.

Rhynie Campbell – 340,000 (43 bb)
Faraz Jaka – Eliminated in 79th ($12,500)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 847

Action folded around to the blinds where Brandon Steven moved all in for about 65,000 in the small blind. Sunny Patel was in the big blind with the bigger stack, and he quickly called to put Steven at risk.

Steven:
Patel:

The board ran out , and Patel’s kicker played to earn him the pot. Steven was eliminated.

Sunny Patel – 420,000 (53 bb)
Brandon Steven – Eliminated

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 847

Chipleader Justin Swilling raised from the cutoff to 20,000, Jean Prince Gaspard reraised from the big blind to 63,000, and Swilling called. The flop came , Gaspard quickly bet 63,000, and Swilling quickly said, “All in.”

Gaspard folded face up and said something like, “That’s a great flop for king-jack.” Swilling showed for a pair of kings as he took the pot.

Justin Swilling  –  1,500,000  (188 bb)
Jean Prince Gaspard  –  215,000  (27 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 847

Action folded around to the blinds where Jason Dollinger moved all in from the small blind. That put the decision on Adam Friedman in the big blind with 82,000 chips left in front of him. He pondered for a long while, shrugged, then pushed his chips forward to put himself at risk.

Dollinger:
Friedman:

The board ran out , and Friedman turned a king-high flush to double up.

Adam Friedman – 172,000 (22 bb)
Jason Dollinger – 30,000 (4 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 82 of 847

Justin Swilling started a hot streak before dinner, and he had built his stack up to more than a million in chips at the break.

Swilling’s hot streak continues as he has just knocked out another player to build his stack up near 1.4 million, which easily leads the field.

Justin Swilling  –  1,390,000  (174 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 88 of 847

Blair Hinkle returned from dinner with about 200,000 chips, but he was quickly relieved of that stack by Paul Dlugozima. It happened when Hinkle found and top pair on a flop. Dlugozima was dealt , though, and according to the table, Hinkle got the rest of his chips into the pot after the turn. The river was the , and Dlugozima won the pot with a set of kings. Hinkle was eliminated.

Paul Dlugozima – 600,000 (75 bb)
Blair Hinkle – Eliminated

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 847

Here are some of the updated chip counts from the dinner break. The list of players who have finished in the money so far will be posted soon.

Justin Swilling  –  1,032,000  (129 bb)
Marsel Backa  –  674,000  (84 bb)
Jean Prince Gaspard  –  600,000  (75 bb)
David Wolff  –  600,000  (75 bb)
Jason Koon  –  460,000  (58 bb)
Gustavo Moscon  –  400,000  (50 bb)
Esther Taylor-Brady  –  400,000  (50 bb)
Theo Lawson  –  390,000  (49 bb)
Paul Dlugozima  –  380,000  (48 bb)
Chris Klodnicki  –  365,000  (46 bb)
Alexis Sterner  –  340,000  (43 bb)
Sam Ho  –  327,000  (41 bb)
Ting Ho  –  318,000  (40 bb)
Roman Valerstein  –  273,000  (34 bb)
Kurt Lichtman  –  240,000  (30 bb)
D.J. MacKinnon  –  230,000  (29 bb)
David Peters  –  227,000  (28 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  200,000  (25 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  178,000  (22 bb)
Eric Panayiotou  –  175,000  (22 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  167,000  (21 bb)
Ankush Mandavia  –  166,000  (21 bb)
Angel Guillen  –  150,000  (19 bb)
Matt Affleck  –  140,000  (18 bb)
Richard Alsup  –  126,000  (16 bb)
Adam Friedman  –  106,000  (13 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 847

The following players finished in 91st through 99th in the SHRPO Championship, earning $10,000 for their finish.

91st: Not Yet Claimed
92nd: Ali Hasan
93rd: Kevin Stammen
94th: Ryan Jones
95th: David Singh
96th: Ryan Roger
97th: Devon Shalmi
98th: Cesar Fuentes
99th: Rajeev Nasta

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 847

The players return from dinner to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 4,000/8,000 and a 1,000 ante. With 89 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 286,000 (36 big blinds).

The field is in the money, and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $11,250 each. The next pay jump is $12,500 for 81st place.

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 847

The following players finished in 100th through 126th in the SHRPO Championship, earning $8,750 for their finish.

100th: Philip Rigby
101st: Pablo Fernandez
102nd: Not Yet Claimed
103rd: David Shaw
104th: Scott Baumstein
105th: Song Yim
106th: Kristopher Bradshaw
107th: Nader Bahhur
108th: Jerry Payne
109th: Not Yet Claimed
110th: Edward Gilfillan
111th: Christine Difiore
112th: Semin Topalovic
113th: Shawn Busse
114th: TK Miles
115th: Brent Roberts
116th: Francis Anderson
117th: Andrew Liporace
118th: William McPhillips
119th: Daniel Clemente
120th: Rachel Kranz
121st: Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
122nd: John Cyr
123rd: Stevie Trizis
124th: David Seijas
125th: Jake Bazeley
126th: Adam Wessley