Championship: Back From Dinner; Playing Down From 14 to 7 Tonight

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,110

The final 14 players have returned from dinner to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 with a 75,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts:

TABLE  7
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  James Mackey  –  4,225,000  (56 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan Gianquitti  –  3,625,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Matt Affleck  –  625,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6.  Mike Kilker  –  2,500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7.  Justin Liberto  –  4,950,000  (66 bb)
Seat 8.  Chris Brewer  –  6,325,000  (84 bb)
Seat 9.  Ugis Steinman  –  3,400,000  (45 bb)

TABLE  8
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Sergio Aido  –  4,000,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3.  Andrew Moreno  –  3,575,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Tim Capretta  –  2,775,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  3,200,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6.  Mitchell Halverson  –  950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Raul Hernandez  –  1,750,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  Mike Liang  –  3,975,000  (53 bb)

The live-stream has finished for today, and they’ll just be playing out in the ballroom. The live-stream will be back for tomorrow afternoon’s final table.

Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $900,100 + Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $614,775
3rd:  $412,375
4th:  $305,955
5th:  $231,060
6th:  $186,200
7th:  $154,185
8th:  $122,260
9th-10th:  $90,650
11th-12th:  $69,900
13th-14th:  $54,920

With 14 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 3,175,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $54,920 each.

Action will continue today until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.