Championship: Frank Funaro Leads the Field at the Break with 4.33 Million

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,692

Frank Funaro
Frank Funaro

The players have returned from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least three million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Frank Funaro  –  4,330,000  (72 bb)
2.  Marius Gierse  –  3,755,000  (63 bb)
T-3.  Brian Scott  –  3,730,000  (62 bb)
T-3.  Cero Zuccarello  –  3,730,000  (62 bb)
5.  Taylor Wilson  –  3,300,000  (55 bb)
6.  Peter Mugar  –  3,290,000  (55 bb)
7.  Scott Margereson  –  3,005,000  (50 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 1,925,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,605 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break around 6:00 pm, and the field is scheduled to play as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables tonight (16 players).