Championship Day 1B: Danny Panagatos Leads the Field at the Break with 170,800

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  332

Danny Panagatos
Chipleader Danny Panagatos

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 with a 600 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 140,000 in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Danny Panagatos  –  170,800  (285 bb)
2.  Richard Leger  –  161,300  (269 bb)
3.  Aaron Mermelstein  –  160,900  (268 bb)
4.  Ryan Tosoc  –  145,800  (243 bb)
5.  Gary Gelman  –  145,700  (243 bb)
6.  Mikhail Volfson  –  142,000  (237 bb)

With 332 entries and counting for Day 1B, the total field size is up to 741, surpassing the $3 million guarantee to generate a prizepool worth more than $3.59 million. Registration remains open with a single re-entry per starting flight until the beginning of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

Richard Leger
Richard Leger