Event 1: Play Resumes

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 197 of 5,018

The field is back from the dinner break and Event 1 is back in action. With 197 players remaining, everyone left is now guaranteed to earn at least $1,054.

Here’s the top of the leaderboard and the seven-figure club:

Michael Johnson – 1,665,000
Barbaro Diaz – 1,600,000
Rafael Reis – 1,490,000
Glen Cressman – 1,400,000
Luis Carmona – 1,356,000
Steven Cohen – 1,340,000
David Rauf – 1,300,000
Aleksandr Gorelik – 1,213,000
Giovanni Abate – 1,200,000
Franklin Lacava – 1,070,000
Jordan Gregory – 1,060,000
Ignacio Padron – 1,038,000
Jonathan Hilton – 1,020,000
Jason Sparks – 1,012,000
Damjan Radanov – 1,007,000

Play is scheduled to continue tonight until a winner is determined, but it’s almost impossible to envision a universe in which that’s a possibility. It’s more likely they’ll reach the 3:00 AM hard stop with two or three tables left in play, with the survivors returning tomorrow to play it out.