$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,070

Christian Harder was all in from UTG+1 for 265,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Mike Chiappetta in the big blind.

The board came , and Harder flopped trip aces and turned a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Christian Harder  –  575,000  (19 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  600,000  (20 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,155,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,625 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,070

Ardit Kurshumi moved all in from UTG+1 for 220,000, and Chris Backhouse called from middle position with . Kurshumi turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Kurshumi paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ardit Kurshumi  –  515,000  (17 bb)
Chris Backhouse  –  880,000  (29 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,155,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,625 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 1,070

Cesar Fuentes got all in for a little less than 500,000 preflop UTG+1, and Asher Neaman called to cover him after originally opening the action under the gun. The two players then tabled their cards.

Neaman:
Fuentes:

Board: 7d]

Fuentes was eliminated in 37th place, good for $19,515, and Neaman stacked up 1.07 million after the hand thanks to the ace on the river.

Asher Neaman – 1,070,000 (42 bb)
Cesar Fuentes – Eliminated in 37th Place ($19,515)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 1,070

Asher Conniff raised from the hijack to 50,000, and Mike Jozoff reraised from the cutoff to 230,000, leaving himself a single 5K chip behind. Conniff moved all in, and Jozoff used all five of his Time Chips to tank for nearly three minutes before he called all in for a total of 235,000 with .

Conniff turned over , and Jozoff needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jozoff paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mike Jozoff  –  535,000  (21 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  950,000  (38 bb)

With 37 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,155,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,515 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 1,070

Philipe Pizzari Pinto raised under the gun to 55,000, and Justin Bond reraised form the hijack to 325,000, leaving himself just 30K behind. Natasha Mercier called from the button, and Pinto folded.

The flop came , and Bond used two of his Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he min-bet 25,000. Mercier moved all in, and Bond thought for a while before he called all in for 30,000 with for a pair of queens.

But Mercier turned over , and Bond needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Mercier won the pot with her pocket kings to eliminate Bond in 38th place.

Natasha Mercier  –  2,060,000  (82 bb)
Justin Bond  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($19,515)

With 37 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,155,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,515 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 1,070

There was a six-figure pot on the table, and the flop read when Michael Berk got all in for 265,000 under the gun. Taylor Wilson had him covered from middle position so the two players tabled their cards.

Wilson:
Berk:

Turn and River:

Berk was eliminated in 40th place, good for $19,515, and Wilson stacked up 1,625,000 after stacking up the pot.

Taylor Wilson – 1,625,000 (65 bb)
Michael Berk – Eliminated in 40th Place ($19,515)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,070

With the final board showing and about 600,000 already in the pot, Justin Bond moved all in from middle position, and Natasha Mercier paused for just a moment before she called all in for 565,000.

Bond turned over for a ten-high bluff, and Mercier turned over to win the pot with trip fives and double up in chips.

Natasha Mercier  –  1,735,000  (69 bb)
Justin Bond  –  450,000  (18 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,070,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,515 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,070

There has been some quick action in these first 15 minutes, with four players already hitting the rail:

41st:  Landon Tice  –  $19,515
42nd:  Peter Mugar  –  $19,515
43rd:  David Jackson  –  $19,515
44th:  Ari Dinov  –  $19,515

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 1,070,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,515 each.

The field will play as long as it takes today to reach the nine-handed final table, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 1,070

Ari Dinov was all in preflop for 405,000 with in the hole, and Kitty Kuo had him covered holding pocket nines.

The nines held on a board dealt , and Dinov was eliminated in 44th place, good for $19,515. Kuo stacked up 2.25 million after the hand.

Kitty Kuo – 2,250,000 (90 bb)
Ari Dinov – Eliminated in 44th Place ($19,515)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,070

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the SHRPO Championship with 44 players remaining and pushing for the final table.

Blinds are 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 975,000 (39 bb).