Event 1: Syed Alvi and Jose Navarrete Lead the Field at the Break with 1.3 Million Each

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 212 of 4,535

Jose Navarrete and Syed Avi — The two chipleaders, Jose Navarrete (left) and Syed Avi (right), are seated side-by-side at Table 7.

The players have returned from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least $1,050,000, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1. Syed Alvi – 1,380,000 (92 bb)
2. Jose Navarrete – 1,340,000 (89 bb)
3. Conrad Simpson – 1,195,000 (80 bb)
4. Curtis King – 1,105,000 (74 bb)
T-5. Jimmy Corrales – 1,070,000 (71 bb)
T-5. Skyler White – 1,070,000 (71 bb)

With about 212 players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 430,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,530 each.