$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,262,704 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 86 of 673
In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Jon Turner raised from the hijack to 16,000, and Aaron Mermelstein reraised from the small blind to 124,000, leaving himself just 4,000 behind.
Turner tanked for a while before he reraised, and Mermelstein called all in for 128,000 with 
.
Turner turned over 
, and Mermelstein needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Mermelstein won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.
Aaron Mermelstein – 268,000 (34 bb)
Jon Turner – 800,000 (100 bb)
With 86 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 391,000 (49 big blinds). The final 85 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $9,700.
There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 7:05 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:50 am).
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