Championship: David Pham Eliminated in 13th Place by Mike Leah; Omer Rotman Triples Up

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,070

David “The Dragon” Pham

Omer Rotman raised all in for 850,000 from the hijack, Mike Leah reraised from the small blind, and David Pham called all in for about 1,150,000 in the big blind with 9d9s.

Rotman showed TsTd, while Leah had both covered with AcAd.

The board ran out KcTc8hJd8s, giving Rotman tens full of eights to triple up.

Pham, meanwhile, was eliminated in a small side pot against Leah.

Omer Rotman  –  2,650,000  (27 bb)
Mike Leah  –  2,425,000  (24 bb)
David Pham  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($53,710)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 3,550,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $68,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon.