$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  114 of 1,070

The players have returned from dinner to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least 800K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Francis Margaglione  –  1,266,000  (127 bb)
2.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  1,230,000  (123 bb)
3.  Shannon Shorr  –  1,192,000  (119 bb)
4.  Justin Liberto  –  1,023,000  (102 bb)
5.  Taylor Wilson  –  992,000  (99 bb)
6.  Omer Rotman  –  903,000  (90 bb)
7.  Kitty Kuo  –  897,000  (90 bb)
8.  Yunkyu Song  –  884,000  (88 bb)
9.  Christian Harder  –  856,000  (86 bb)
10.  Farid Jattin  –  844,000  (84 bb)

With 114 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 375,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:45 am.