$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  155 of 1,070

The players have returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 600K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  966,000  (161 bb)
2.  Omer Rotman  –  895,000  (149 bb)
3.  Asher Neaman  –  808,000  (135 bb)
4.  Kitty Kuo  –  803,000  (134 bb)
5.  Yunkyu Song  –  678,000  (113 bb)
6.  Justin Liberto  –  651,000  (109 bb)
7.  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  646,000  (108 bb)
8.  Chris O’Hara  –  643,000  (107 bb)
9.  Devon Shalmi  –  600,000  (100 bb)
10.  Nadya Magnus  –  594,000  (99 bb)

With about 155 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 276,000 (46 big blinds). The final 134 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $7,530.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16, around 6:30 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:30 am.