Event 1: Final Table Begins with Peter Hsu on Top with 25.9 Million

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,134

Event 1 Final Table

After the elimination of Clifford Mermell in 10th place, the final nine players drew for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup, along with their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Peter Hsu  –  25,900,000  (86 bb)
Seat 2.  Nigel Murray  –  9,625,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Earl Gallegos  –  4,725,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Datloff  –  13,050,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5.  Fabian Foster  –  20,000,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6.  Phu Vo  –  10,175,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  Willy Stadele  –  11,400,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8.  Zak VanKeuren  –  10,750,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  Richard Baker  –  17,500,000  (58 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $282,775 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $180,330
3rd:  $137,500
4th:  $112,910
5th:  $89,065
6th:  $66,800
7th:  $46,560
8th:  $33,400
9th:  $22,265

And here are all the players who have been eliminated so far today:

10th:  Clifford Mermell  –  $22,265
11th:  Matthew Vetstein  –  $15,185
12th:  Jorge Gomez  –  $15,185
13th:  Brandon Lulov  –  $11,135
14th:  Eddy Gibbs  –  $11,135
15th:  Joshua Reifer  –  $11,135
16th:  Blake Barousse  –  $8,705
17th:  Rob Brown  –  $8,705
18th:  Kamuro Yusuf  –  $8,705
19th:  Randy Sim  –  $7,290
20th:  Alexander Abella  –  $7,290
21st:  Kuppuraj Mohan  –  $7,290
22nd:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  $6,680
23rd:  Christopher Mo  –  $6,680
24th:  Boris Kravets  –  $6,680
25th:  Henry Fermin  –  $6,075
26th:  Francesco DiGiacomo  –  $6,075

Action will continue tonight until we reach a winner.

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 13,625,000 (45 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,265 each.

Event 1 Final Table