Event 1 Flight G: Alex Kimpel Leads the Field at the Break with 616,000

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  132 of 1,252

Alex Kimpel
Chipleader Alex Kimpel

The players returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alex Kimpel  –  616,000  (77 bb)
2.  Justin Hall  –  615,000  (77 bb)
3.  Jordan Lowery  –  558,000  (70 bb)
4.  Charles DiFalco  –  516,000  (65 bb)

With 132 players remaining from a Flight G field of 1,252 entries, the average chip stack is about 190,000 (24 big blinds). The final 10% of this flight (126 players) will advance to Day 2 and finish in the money.