Championship Day 1B: Jordan DeGrenier Leads the Field at the Break with 215,700

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  836

Jordan DeGrenier
Chipleader Jordan DeGrenier

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 155K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jordan DeGrenier  –  215,700  (360 bb)
2.  Michael Stonehill  –  172,100  (287 bb)
3.  Eric Afriat  –  170,600  (284 bb)
4.  Brandon Wilson  –  168,000  (280 bb)
5.  Valerie Novak  –  157,300  (262 bb)

The tournament clock shows 836 entries so far here on Day 1B, for a two-day total of 1,729. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $5.53 million.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.