$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  260 of 543

The players returned from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 543 entries, which would put more than $2.63 million into the prizepool on its way to the $3 million guarantee.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 270K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Loni Hui  –  353,000  (235 bb)
2.  Daniel Clifford  –  328,500  (219 bb)
3.  Justin Liberto  –  321,000  (214 bb)
4.  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  286,500  (191 bb)
5.  Jon Borenstein  –  275,500  (184 bb)
6.  Mason Vieth  –  271,500  (181 bb)

With about 260 players remaining from an unofficial field of 543, the average chip stack is 83,500 (56 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.