$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 351
With the board showing 
on the turn, a player checked from middle position, Gonzalo Mercade bet 5,000, and his opponent check-raised to 11,000. Mercade thought for a while before he called.
The river card was the 
, the middle-position player moved all in, and Mercade snap-called with 
for a queen-high straight. The middle-position player showed 
for a set of aces, and Mercade won the pot with his straight to double up in chips.
Gonzalo Mercade – 89,000 (148 bb)
With 351 entries and counting for Day 1B, the total field size is up to 760, surpassing the $3 million guarantee to generate a prizepool worth more than $3.68 million. Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.
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