Event 49: Kevin Eyster Leads the Final Four at the Break with 2.4 Million

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $438,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 219

Kevin Eyster
Chipleader Kevin Eyster

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 with a 50,000 ante.

With four players remaining from a field of 219, the average chip stack is around 1,370,000 (27 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Jeremy Becker  –  1,465,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Mykhail Lendel  –  430,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Jake Cody  –  1,180,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Eyster  –  2,400,000  (48 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $93,900 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $66,500
3rd:  $47,500
4th:  $35,500

5th:  Tim Capretta  –  $27,000
6th:  Artem Metalidi  –  $20,500
7th:  Petre Bogdan Ionescu  –  $15,800
8th:  Gregory Back  –  $12,300
9th:  Scott Margereson  –  $9,600