Event 1 Flight E: Mike Gipson Leads the Field at the Break with 248,000

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  320 of 1,085

Mike Gipson
Chipleader Mike Gipson

The players returned from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 230K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Mike Gipson  –  248,000  (124 bb)
2.  Julio Abreu  –  243,000  (122 bb)
3.  Eddie Somerville  –  238,000  (119 bb)

With about 320 players remaining from a flight of 1,085 entries, the average chip stack is around 68,000 (34 big blinds). The final 10% of this flight (109 players) will advance to Day 2 and finish in the money.