Event 1 Flight A: David Dowdy Leads the Field at the Break with 457,500

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  81 of 550

David Dowdy
Chipleader David Dowdy

The players returned from break to begin Level 18, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with an 4,000 ante.

With 81 players remaining from a flight of 550, the average chip stack is about 136,000 (34 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Dowdy  –  457,500  (114 bb)
2.  Juan Pineda  –  375,000  (94 bb)
3.  Shadi Shteiwi  –  331,000  (83 bb)
4.  Willy Stadele  –  316,000  (79 bb)

This flight will continue playing until only 10% of the field remains (55 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.

Flight B just got underway, with registration open until 10:30 pm.

Juan Pineda
Juan Pineda was second in chips at the break.