$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,262,704 | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 111 of 673
We’ve learned how Vitalijs Zavorotnijs catapulted into the chip lead, and it happened in the last hand before the break.
Zavorotnijs and Ricardo Villasmil went to a flop of 
, and reraised each other until they were all in. Villasmil turned over for top two pair, but Zavorotnijs turned over for a set of queens.
The set held up for Zavorotnijs to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Villasmil all the way down to just 17,000.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – 1,167,000 (195 bb)
Ricardo Villasmil – 17,000 (3 bb)
With 111 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 300,000 (50 big blinds). The final 85 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $9,700.
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 (around 12:15 am).
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