Event 1: Final Table Begins with Shai Arbel in the Lead

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 3,902

After the elimination of Stephen Steinmetz in ninth place, the final eight players redrew for random seats at the final table:

Seat 1.  Andrew Heckman  –  17,450,000  (58 bb)
Seat 2.  Aleksandr Denisov  –  14,850,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3.  Jake Schwartz  –  2,100,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4.  Shai Arbel  –  19,000,000  (63 bb)
Seat 5.  Evan Sandberg  –  10,925,000  (36 bb)
Seat 6.  Jose Montes  –  3,625,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Casson  –  6,300,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8.  Shane Raikes  –  3,400,000  (11 bb)

Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $306,285 + Trophy
2nd:  $215,800
3rd:  $158,400
4th:  $122,700
5th:  $92,250
6th:  $67,700
7th:  $49,060
8th:  $35,350

And here are the players who have been eliminated so far today, along with their payouts:

9th:  Steven Steinmetz  –  $35,350
10th:  Eric Siegel  –  $26,975
11th:  William Underdown  –  $20,300
12th:  Jesse Lonis  –  $20,300
13th:  Matt Ploof  –  $15,500
14th:  Perla Ojeda  –  $15,500
15th:  Gil Levy  –  $12,500

This event will be playing down to a winner this evening.