Event 1: Down to 74 Players

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25:  15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Ivan Freitez
Ivan Freitez is 2nd in chips

After Level 24 came to an end, it was time to race off the orange (1K) chips, and shrink down some of the physically huge chip stacks in the field.

It also gave us another opportunity to get a clear look at the stacks and compose another official leaderboard. Here are all 10 players with at least 1.5 million in chips.

1.  Pedro Palacio  –  2,375,000  (79 bb)
2.  Ivan Freitez (pictured)  –  2,350,000  (78 bb)
3.  Joe Reddick  –  2,025,000  (68 bb)
4.  Hayden Fortini  –  1,850,000  (62 bb)
5.  Thomas Collazo  –  1,845,000  (62 bb)
6.  T.J. Shulman  –  1,800,000  (60 bb)
7.  Von Ward  –  1,790,000  (60 bb)
8.  Mats Oskarsson  –  1,590,000  (53 bb)
9.  James Salmon  –  1,650,000  (55 bb)
10.  Robert Campbell  –  1,505,000  (50 bb)

Recent eliminations include Mengchao Yu and local favorite Chance Kornuth.

With 74 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 820,000 (27 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the players are all guaranteed at least $1,587. The next pay jump is $1,768 for 72nd place.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until a winner is reached or 3:00 am ET, whichever comes first.