Championship: AP Louis Garza Leads the Final 20 at the Break with 5,030,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,180

AP Louis Garza
AP Louis Garza

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a big blind ante of 60,000.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Michael Wang  –  2,925,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3.  Ian O’Hara  –  2,925,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4.  Jeff Trudeau  –  1,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  905,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Blair Hinkle  –  1,650,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  Harrison Brown  –  2,775,000  (46 bb)

TABLE 10
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Sebastien Grax  –  1,625,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Dimitri Vorbe  –  4,170,000  (70 bb)
Seat 4.  AP Louis Garza  –  5,030,000  (84 bb)
Seat 5.  Darren Rabinowitz  –  1,060,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Thomas Carroll  –  1,245,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Zeltser  –  2,030,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  Cherish Andrews  –  820,000  (14 bb)

TABLE 20
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Matt Affleck  –  1,905,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  4,240,000  (71 bb)
Seat 4.  Mark Dube  –  2,210,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Sofia Lovgren  –  3,855,000  (64 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Ed McPike  –  1,090,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Chance Kornuth  –  1,830,000  (31 bb)
Seat 9.  Bob Mather  –  2,305,000  (38 bb)

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,360,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $38,115, and the next pay jump is $46,700 for 18th place.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 25 (about 6:45 pm), and action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s final table.