Championship: Brian Scott Leads the Field After Dinner with 1,472,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  219 of 1,692

Brian Scott
Chipleader Brian Scott

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

With 219 players remaining, and only 212 getting paid, the field is very close to the Money Bubble.

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

1.  Brian Scott  –  1,472,000  (147 bb)
2.  Konstantin Held  –  1,305,000  (131 bb)
3.  Marius Gierse  –  1,146,000  (115 bb)
4.  Chris Wooden  –  1,103,000  (110 bb)
5.  Mike Monicatti  –  1,086,000  (109 bb)
6.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,045,000  (105 bb)
7.  Romeo Mendoza  –  971,000  (97 bb)

With 219 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 386,000 (39 big blinds). The final 212 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,915 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:30 am).