SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Returning to Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 279 of 847
The 2016 SHRPO Championship drew 847 players yesterday and a third of them return today for another ten levels of action. There are 279 players remaining and poker pro Joe Serock leads them all. Also returning are Zo Karim, Lexy Gavin, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Faraz Jaka, and 2015 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” champion Jake Bazeley.
The next order of business is getting the field into the money. The last 150 players will earn a piece of the $5 million prize pool but all are aiming for the $1 million first-place prize. The money bubble should be close as they approach the dinner break and we’ll start to see who else will emerge as a contender for the title.
Play will resume at noon after chips are unbagged and everyone is settled. The Championship is scheduled to play another ten levels on Day 2 with the survivors returning tomorrow to play down to the final table.
Top ten returning stacks:
Joe Serock – 341,200 (171 bb)
Gil Haim – 290,000 (145 bb)
Emil Soffer – 270,800 (135 bb)
Alexis Sterner – 264,700 (132 bb)
Lexy Gavin – 264,500 (132 bb)
Josh Gibson – 263,500 (132 bb)
Theo Lawson – 247,500 (124 bb)
Jaime Lewin – 213,600 (107 bb)
Gabriel Caballeno – 209,600 (105 bb)
Randy Bogen – 209,500 (105 bb)