Championship: Oleksandr Gnatenko and Justin Liberto Lead the Field at the Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,110

Oleksandr Gnatenko

The players have returned from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least two million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Oleksandr Gnatenko  –  2,965,000  (74 bb)
2.  Justin Liberto  –  2,915,000  (73 bb)
3.  James Mackey  –  2,450,000  (61 bb)
4.  Taylor Wilson  –  2,345,000  (59 bb)
5.  Mitchell Halverson  –  2,325,000  (58 bb)
6.  Chris Brewer  –  2,275,000  (57 bb)
7.  Andrew Moreno  –  2,155,000  (54 bb)
8.  Mike Laufer  –  2,145,000  (54 bb)
9.  Joe McKeehen  –  2,100,000  (53 bb)
10.  Sergio Aido  –  2,040,000  (51 bb)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 1,110, the average chip stack is around 1,530,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,255 each.

Action will continue today until there are seven players left for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed final table, scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.