Championship: Chance Kornuth Leads the Field at the Break with 2,145,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  75 of 1,180

Chance Kornuth
Chipleader Chance Kornuth

The players returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 with a big blind ante of 15,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 1.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Chance Kornuth  –  2,145,000  (143 bb)
2.  Michael Wang  –  2,120,000  (141 bb)
3.  Ed McPike  –  1,995,000  (133 bb)
4.  AP Louis Garza  –  1,615,000  (108 bb)
5.  Mark Dube  –  1,530,000  (102 bb)

With 75 players remaining from a field of 1,180, the average chip stack is about 630,000 (42 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $14,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:20 am).