Championship: Nitis Udornpim Leads the Field at the Break with 743,000

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  252 of 1,180

Nitis Udornpim
Chipleader Nitis Udornpim

The players returned from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Nitis Udornpim  –  743,000  (186 bb)
2.  Chance Kornuth  –  629,000  (157 bb)
3.  Landon Tice  –  523,000  (131 bb)
4.  Luke Graham  –  519,000  (130 bb)
5.  AP Louis Garza  –  504,000  (126 bb)

With about 252 players remaining from a field of 1,180, the average chip stack is about 187,000 (47 big blinds). The final 148 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,270 each.

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