$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  197 of 1,541

The players have returned from dinner to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

We have scoured the field during the dinner break and found 18 players with at least 790K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Gediminas Uselis  –  1,348,000  (135 bb)
2.  Cosmin Joldis  –  1,261,000  (126 bb)
3.  Brian Altman  –  1,213,000  (121 bb)
4.  Stewart Chantler  –  1,168,000  (117 bb)
5.  Ron McMillen  –  1,147,000  (115 bb)
6.  Nate Silver  –  1,053,000  (105 bb)
7.  Hitesh Patel  –  1,017,000  (102 bb)
8.  Frank Funaro  –  970,000  (97 bb)
9.  Brock Wilson  –  924,000  (92 bb)
10.  Antonio Lievano  –  950,000  (95 bb)
11.  Alex Keating  –  910,000  (91 bb)
12.  Marcello Del Grosso  –  851,000  (85 bb)
13.  Max Kingstone  –  846,000  (85 bb)
14.  Ted McNamara  –  845,000  (85 bb)
15.  Josh Kay  –  823,000  (82 bb)
16.  Darren Elias  –  818,000  (82 bb)
17.  Johnny Landreth  –  798,000  (80 bb)
18.  Jeremy Joseph  –  793,000  (79 bb)

With 197 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 391,000 (39 big blinds). The final 193 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:30 pm or so.