$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool: $4,195,250 | Payouts | Results | Structure
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 865
Clemen Deng raised from the cutoff to 325,000, and Brandon Kessous called from the small blind.
The flop came 
, Kessous bet 450,000, and Deng called.
The turn card was the 
, Kessous bet 550,000, and Deng called.
The river card was the 
, Kessous checked, Deng bet 1,600,000, and Kessous check-raised to 3,500,000. Deng thought for a while before he called, and Kessous showed 
for trip eights.
But Deng turned over 
to win the pot with a queen-high straight.
Seat 1. Clemen Deng – 14,800,000 (99 bb)
Seat 2. Paul Snead – 13,925,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3. Brandon Kessous – 5,125,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4. Jack Thu – 3,925,000 (26 bb)
Seat 5. Billy Pilossoph – 5,475,000 (37 bb)
With five players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 8,650,000 (58 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $175,000 each.
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