Championship: Clemen Deng Continues to Lead the Final Nine at the Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool:  $4,195,250  |  Payouts  |  Results |  Structure
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 865

Poker Chips
Poker Chips

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. They are playing tonight until two more players are eliminated, and the final seven will return tomorrow at 12:00 noon EDT for the live-streamed final table. Our updates this evening are following the same 30-minute delay as the live stream.

Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Kevin Schulz  –  3,375,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Clemen Deng  –  12,125,000  (121 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Snead  –  1,750,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Kessous  –  7,925,000  (79 bb)
Seat 5.  Sterling Savill  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Naing Thu  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Loni Hui  –  4,675,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Billy Pilossoph  –  3,025,000  (30 bb)
Seat 9.  Tyler Montoya  –  2,925,000  (29 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $626,950 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $415,000
3rd:  $310,000
4th:  $230,000
5th:  $175,000
6th:  $133,000
7th:  $103,000
8th:  $80,000
9th:  $63,000

With nine players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (48 big blinds).