$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,937,100 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 5,870
The players return from dinner to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000.
A scan of the field during dinner turned up seven players with at least three million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. George Varga – 4,325,000 (87 bb)
2. Jorge Gomez – 4,135,000 (83 bb)
3. Steven Palumbo – 3,810,000 (76 bb)
4. Raul Hernandez – 3,320,000 (66 bb)
5. Fred Paradis – 3,310,000 (66 bb)
6. Tal Mor – 3,290,000 (66 bb)
7. David Shmuel – 3,120,000 (62 bb)
With 78 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 1,505,000 (30 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,000 each. The field is scheduled to play tonight until 2:00 am, and then return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.