SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 4: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players: 790

During the first level, Ari Engel got involved in a pot with Adam Geyer that cost him all but 575 of his 30,000-chip starting stack. One could be forgiven for writing Engel off at that point.

Engel doubled up on the very next hand, though, and he hasn’t looked back since. Each successive check on his stack has returned a bigger number, and he’s nearly worked his way back to where he began. Engel is up to 24,500 at last count, and his full table now includes John Racener and Dan Colman in addition to Geyer.

Ari Engel – 24,500