Championship: Francis Margaglione Leads the Field at the Break with 1,945,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  73 of 1,070

Francis Margaglione
Francis Margaglione

The players have returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 with a 15,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least one million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Francis Margaglione  –  1,945,000  (130 bb)
2.  Justin Liberto  –  1,400,000  (93 bb)
3.  Omer Rotman  –  1,285,000  (86 bb)
4.  Farid Jattin  –  1,255,000  (84 bb)
5.  Mike Chiappetta  –  1,230,000  (82 bb)
6.  Koray Aldemir  –  1,210,000  (81 bb)
7.  Christian Harder  –  1,130,000  (75 bb)
8.  Marc Duquette  –  1,075,000  (72 bb)
9.  Joshua Adcock  –  1,045,000  (70 bb)
10.  Philippe Pizzari Pinto  –  990,000  (66 bb)

With 73 players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 585,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,600 each.

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