The players returned from their 15-minute break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 5,000 ante.
With 76 players remaining, the average chip stack is nearly 900,000. Here’s a look at the top 10 on the leaderboard:
1. Michael Ortiz – 2,550,000 (63 bb)
2. Jaime Campos – 2,370,000 (59 bb)
3. Jeff Yeh – 2,300,000 (57 bb)
4. Steven McKoy – 2,215,000 (55 bb)
5. Pedro Rios – 1,950,000 (48 bb)
6. Peter Walsworth – 1,700,000 (42 bb)
7. Brian Reinert – 1,650,000 (41 bb)
8. Oscar Ortiz – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
9. Angelo Miele – 1,485,000 (37 bb)
10. David Diaz – 1,450,000 (36 bb)
Jeff Yeh catapulted up the leaderboard after winning a pot worth 2.3 million against Mike Beasley in a preflop aces-vs.-queens situation. (Beasley’s queens never improved.) Beasley is still in the tournament, but short-stacked with about 440,000 (11 big blinds).