Championship Day 3: Playing Down to the Final Table

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Returning to Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 847

Patrick Eskandar
Patrick Eskandar has the lead heading into Day 3 of the SHRPO Championship

Two days are down for the SHRPO Championship with two more to go before we find our next champion. The marquee event drew 847 players to the freeze-out, 279 of them survived to return yesterday but only 38 of them are still around with a shot.

Patrick Eskandar returns as the chip leader but SHRP regular Zo Karim is not far behind. There are still plenty of top players trying to chase them down including David Peters, Joe Serock, Corey Hochman, Tom Marchese, Angel Guillen, Chris Klodnicki, Esther Taylor-Brady, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Affleck.

With 38 players remaining, the average stack is around 670,000 and 33 big blinds. We should see some activity early as the shorter stacks take a shot to get back into contention but it will slow as they near the televise/live-streamed final table.

Action will get back underway at noon and we’ll be here to follow the action until that final table is formed.

Top ten returning counts:

Patrick Eskandar – 1,913,000 (96 bb)
Zo Karim – 1,740,000 (87 bb)
Andre Crooks – 1,258,000 (63 bb)
Tim Burt – 1,226,000 (61 bb)
Matt Affleck – 1,112,000 (56 bb)
Sam Ho – 1,100,000 (55 bb)
Seth Davies – 1,059,000 (53 bb)
Corey Hochman – 945,000 (47 bb)
Joe Serock – 876,000 (44 bb)
Theo Lawson – 846,000 (42 bb)