Event 1: Vinny Monteiro and Raffaello Locatelli Battle For the Chip Lead

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 7,703

Vinny Monteiro
Vinny Monteiro

Somebody finally caught up to Raffaello Locatelli on the leaderboard, and actually passed him — Vinny Monteiro.

1.  Vinny Monteiro  –  11,300,000  (75 bb)
2.  Raffaello Locatelli  –  10,350,000  (69 bb)

But a few minutes after we took those counts, Locatelli won a sizable pot to retake the chip lead.

1.  Raffaello Locatelli  –  14,100,000  (94 bb)
2.  Vinny Monteiro  –  10,350,000  (69 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (29 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,863 each.