$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry) $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining:  1 of 86 3c2w2x

Marcos Exterkotter called all in with after Aaron Mermelstiein shoved preflop holding on the button.

The final board read , and Exterkotter was eliminated in second place, good for $441,805 in prize money. Mermelstein took home the top prize worth $614,645 and another SHRPO trophy to add to his collection.

Stay tuned for a recap of the final table and the winner’s interview with Mermelstein.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

Omer Rotman raised from the cutoff to 400,000, Kitty Kuo called from the small blind, and Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind to 5,000,000.

Rotman and Kuo both folded, and Shorr took the pot.

Shannon Shorr  –  7,450,000  (37 bb)
Omer Rotman  –  10,525,000  (53 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  6,150,000  (31 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

The first half hour of Level 30 has been very quiet in of action. Here are approximate chip counts with nearly an hour left in this level:

Seat 1.  Kitty Kuo  –  7,500,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Shannon Shorr  –  6,200,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3.  Farid Jattin  –  14,000,000  (70 bb)
Seat 4.  Omer Rotman  –  11,800,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  4,100,000  (21 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925

6th:  Koray Aldemir  –  $180,130
7th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $148,885
8th:  Mike Leah  –  $118,115
9th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $87,960

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 515

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 411

Michael Wang raised to 80,000 from under the gun, Bin Weng three-bet to 500,000 from the small blind, Michael Wang tanked for about three minutes before he four-bet all in with a covering stack, and Bin Weng called all in for about 950,000.

Michael Wang: 
Bin Weng: 

The board ran out , giving Michael Wang a pair of aces to eliminate Bin Weng in sixth place.

Michael Wang  –  2,800,000  (70 bb)
Bin Weng  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($39,525)

With five players remaining from a field of 411 entries, the average stack is about 2,055,000 (51 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $47,680.

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 411

Seat 1:  Bin Weng  –  950,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2:  Chance Kornuth  –  1,900,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3:  Michael Wang  –  1,980,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4:  Nitis Udornpim  –  1,300,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  Leonard August  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
Seat 6:  Dan Sepiol  –  1,880,000  (47 bb)

1st:  $204,735 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $142,335
3rd:  $92,790
4th:  $62,000
5th:  $47,680
6th:  $39,525

$1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 515

Liam Hagens raised to 135,000 from early position, Richard Ganesh three-bet all in for 1,330,000 in the small blind, David Laufer tanked for a while in the big bling before he called all in for 1,020,000, and Hagens folded and showed .

Ganesh: 
Laufer: 

The board ran out , giving Laufer a pair of aces to double through Ganesh.

David Laufer  –  2,235,000  (37 bb)
Richard Ganesh  –  310,000  (5 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 515 entries, the average stack is about 1,290,000 (22 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $13,340.

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 411

A series of raises between Michael Rocco under the gun and Michael Wang in the big blind culminated with Wang reraising all in for 700,000 and Rocco calling.

Rocco: 
Wang: 

The board ran out , giving Wang a set of queens to double through Rocco.

Michael Wang  –  1,460,000  (37 bb)
Michael Rocco  –  50,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Rocco was in the big blind and forced all in for 10,000. Action folded to Wang in the small blind.

Wang: 
Rocco: 

The board ran out , giving Wang trip sixes to eliminate Rocco in seventh place.

Michael Wang  –  1,510,000  (38 bb)
Michael Rocco  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($33,180)

With six players remaining from a field of 411 entries, the average stack is about 1,715,000 (43 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $39,535.

$2,700 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 411

Hamed Zia was all in with for 180,000, and Michael Rocco had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Zia was eliminated in eighth place, good for $26,885. Rocco stacked up 675,000 after collecting the pot.

Michael Rocco – 675,000 (16 bb)
Hamed Zia – Eliminated in Eighth Place ($26,885)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

In the last hand of Level 29, Omer Rotman raised from the hijack to 325,000, Kitty Kuo called from the button, and Farid Jattin reraised from the big blind to 1,750,000. Rotman and Kuo both folded, and Jattin took the pot.

The players left for their 15-minute break, and when they return, the blinds will increase to 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Kitty Kuo  –  8,900,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2.  Shannon Shorr  –  6,125,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3.  Farid Jattin  –  12,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4.  Omer Rotman  –  11,000,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  5,175,000  (26 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925

6th:  Koray Aldemir  –  $180,130
7th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $148,885
8th:  Mike Leah  –  $118,115
9th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $87,960

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.