Championship: Marius Gierse Leads the Final Nine Players at the Break with 12,750,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Marius Gierse

The players have returned from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Peter Mugar  –  10,700,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Martin Carnero  –  6,325,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Leonard Hermann  –  8,100,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Clifford  –  7,175,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5.  Jerry Wong  –  5,350,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Powers  –  9,775,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Scott  –  12,175,000  (49 bb)
Seat 8.  Taylor Wilson  –  12,225,000  (49 bb)
Seat 9.  Marius Gierse  –  12,750,000  (51 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th:  $85,410

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (38 big blinds).