Championship: Joost Schippers Leads the Field at the Break with 2.16 Million

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Live Stream
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 1,162

Joost Schippers
Chipleader Joost Schippers

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least 1.2 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Joost Schippers  –  2,160,000  (144 bb)
2.  Emmanuel McKenzie  –  1,855,000  (124 bb)
3.  Caio De Lucca  –  1,810,000  (121 bb)
4.  Christian Roberts  –  1,670,000  (111 bb)
5.  Ryan Hoenig  –  1,565,000  (104 bb)
6.  Julian Pineda Lozano  –  1,535,000  (102 bb)
7.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  1,525,000  (102 bb)
8.  Niall Costigan  –  1,470,000  (98 bb)
9.  Yingui Li  –  1,460,000  (97 bb)
10.  Spencer Champlin  –  1,225,000  (82 bb)
11.  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  1,215,000  (81 bb)

With 90 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 645,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:45 am).