Championship: Jonathan Jaffe Leads the Field at the Break with 813,000

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  157 of 1,110

Jonathan Jaffe
Chipleader Jonathan Jaffe

The players returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 700K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  813,000  (136 bb)
2.  Ranganath Kanchi  –  802,000  (134 bb)
3.  Tim Capretta  –  772,000  (129 bb)
4.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  717,000  (120 bb)
5.  Andrew Moreno  –  705,000  (118 bb)
6.  Matthew Wantman  –  695,000  (116 bb)

The tournament clock shows 157 players remaining from a field of 1,110, with an average chip stack around 282,000 (47 big blinds). The final 139 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $8,115 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).