Championship Day 1A: Michael Moreno Triples Up

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  207 of 508

Cherish Andrews raised to 3,500 UTG+1 preflop, Jake Schwartz called from middle position, and the hijack reraised to 17,500. Michael Moreno reraised all in for 26,000 from the cutoff, and Andrews called. Schwartz folded, and the hijack called as well.

Both live players checked the board dealt Ks7h7d7s4h, and then Andrews bet 15,000. The hijack called so all three players revealed their cards.

Moreno: AcKd
Hijack: QhQd
Andrews: JhJs

Moreno tripled up to survive with 82,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Moreno – 82,000 (54 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Defending Champ Dimitri Vorbe Doubles Thru Carlos Guerrero

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 508

Dimitri Vorbe
Dimitri Vorbe

A player in middle position raised to 3,000, Carlos Guerrero called in the next seat, Bob Mather called on the button, the player in the small blind called, and defending champion Dimitri Vorbe called in the big blind.

The flop was Jc7c6c and action checked to Guerrero who bet 8,000. Only Vorbe gave him action with a check-raise all in for 18,500. Guerrero called with 6d6s for a set of sixes, but Vorbe was ahead with Qc4c for a queen-high flush.

The 8d turn and 9c river completed the board, safe for Vorbe to double up.

Dimitri Vorbe  –  53,500  (36 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  110,000  (73 bb)

Championship: 508 Entries on Day 1A

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 508

Day 1A Field

The Day 1A field size is set at 508 entries, meaning only 111 more entries are needed to eclipse the $3,000,000 guarantee. That will be accomplished before play begins tomorrow, and from there the prize pool will just keep increasing.

Day 1A action concludes following the completion of Level 10 at about 11:15 p.m.

Championship Day 1A: Landon Tice Eliminated by Brian Altman

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  501

Landon Tice
Landon Tice

Landon Tice got it all in preflop for about 22,000 with KhQh, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Brian Altman’s AcKc.

The board came Kd5h2c2s7s, and Altman won the pot with two pair, kings and deuces, with his ace kicker to eliminate Tice.

Brian Altman  –  133,000  (111 bb)
Landon Tice  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 501 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open until the end of the next break, around 9:15 pm.

Championship Day 1A: More Chip Counts

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  496

Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen  –  200,000
Thomas Boivin  –  200,000
Jake Ferro  –  170,000
Raffaello Locatelli  –  145,000
Sam Sternfield  –  142,000
Asher Conniff  –  135,000
Boris Kravets  –  125,000
Carlos Rodriguez  –  125,000
Brock Wilson  –  115,000
Andrew Heckman  –  88,000
Maurice Hawkins  –  85,000
Brian Altman  –  84,000
Neal Blumenfield  –  81,000
Jerry Wong  –  74,000
Fred Goldberg  –  70,000
James Calderaro  –  65,000
Brett Apter  –  54,000
Theo Tran  –  47,000
Lexy Gavin  –  43,000
Filipp Khavin  –  35,000
Landon Tice  –  34,000
Elio Fox  –  31,000
Vitor Coelho  –  25,000
Blake Bohn  –  24,000
Michael Mizrachi  –  23,000
Phil Hui  –  22,000
Adam Hendrix  –  20,000

Championship Day 1A: Blair Hinkle Wins One

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  492

Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle

Blair Hinkle reraised to 3,500 preflop from the hijack, the small blind called, and UTG also called after originally raising to open the pot.

All three players checked down the board dealt 9s4h3cAs6s before Hinkle bets 7,000. The small blind folded, and UTG check-called. Hinkle flipped over Ah8d, and UTG folded his cards. Hinkle was up to 82,000 after collecting the pot.

Blair Hinkle – 82,000 (68 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Loni Hui Doubles Thru John Allan Hinds

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  487

Loni Hui
Loni Hui

Loni Hui was all in for about 28,000 from the cutoff against John Allan Hinds in middle position.

Hui:  AsKc
Hinds:  KhKd

The board ran out AhQc2h7d3h, giving Hui a pair of aces to double up.

Loni Hui  –  59,000  (49 bb)
John Allan Hinds  –  25,000  (21 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Joey Weissman Eliminated by Kristen Foxen

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  483

Joey Weissman was all in preflop for 15,400 from the big blind, and three players had him covered. Those remaining live players checked the board dealt Jh7h5cQc, and then Kristen Foxen bet 13,000 UTG+1.

Both the cutoff and button folded, and Foxen flipped over AhQd. Weissman showed 9d9h, and he was eliminated after the river delivered the 5s. Foxen stacked up 148,000 after the hand.

Kristen Foxen – 148,000 (123 bb)
Joey Weissman – Eliminated

Championship Day 1A: More Chip Counts

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  475

Miguel Capriles
Miguel Capriles

Miguel Capriles  –  259,000
Justin Liberto  –  195,000
Matt Stout  –  157,000
Vanessa Kade  –  113,000
Steve Karp  –  110,000
Frank Funaro  –  104,000
Kharlin Sued  –  87,000
Dylan Linde  –  83,000
Jason Wandling  –  82,000
Francis Anderson  –  81,000
Blair Hinkle  –  78,000
Darren Rabinowitz  –  76,000
Mukul Pahuja  –  74,000
Ryan Van Sanford  –  70,000
Nadya Magnus  –  67,000
Vincent Chauve  –  67,000
Aaron Mermelstein  –  60,000
Jonathan Jaffe  –  59,000
Elvis Toomas  –  54,000
Howard Mash  –  53,000
Jonathan Little  –  49,000
Ralph Massey  –  48,000
Aaron Massey  –  48,000
Bob Mather  –  44,000
Elia Ahmadian  –  41,000
James Carroll  –  40,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  36,000
Joseph Cheong  –  33,000
Paul Domb  –  30,000
Anna Antimony  –  22,000
Chris Brewer  –  20,000

Championship Day 1A: Jorge Gomez Eliminated by Andrew Ostapchenko

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  470

Andrew Ostapchenko
Andrew Ostapchenko

Jorge Gomez was all in with AhAd in the hole from the cutoff, and Andrew Ostapchenko had him covered holding QsQd from middle position.

The final board read 4h4s3dQh10s, and Gomez was eliminated on the hand. Ostapchenko stacked up 92,500 after collecting the pot.

Andrew Ostapchenko – 92,500 (92 bb)