Championship: Dinner Break Until 8:10 pm; Drew O’Connell Leads with 1,582,000; Four Off the Money

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  113 of 865

Drew O'Connell
Chipleader Drew O’Connell

Level 16 came to an end, and the players took their 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:10 pm.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five players with at least one million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Drew O’Conell  –  1,582,000  (158 bb)
2.  Luis Zedan  –  1,344,000  (134 bb)
3.  Joe Bartholdi  –  1,072,000  (107 bb)
4.  David Levy  –  1,064,000  (106 bb)
5.  Fred Goldberg  –  1,005,000  (101 bb)

With 113 players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 383,000 (38 big blinds). The final 109 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $9,700.