Event 1: Raminder Singh Leads the Final 24 Players at the Break

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 3,229

Raminder Singh and Loni Harwood — Raminder Singh (left) wanted Loni Harwood to be a part of his chipleader photo at the break. Harwood returned from break to a stack of 1,125,000.

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

1. Raminder Singh – 8,625,000 (86 bb)
2. Kevin Blewitt – 6,925,000 (69 bb)
3. Craig Varnell – 6,225,000 (62 bb)
4. Jose Rivero – 5,325,000 (53 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a big blind ante of 100,000.

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.7 million (27 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $7,105 each. The final 18 players will see a pay jump to at least $8,730 each.