Event 12: Chris Audrain Leads the Field at the Break with 710,000

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,775

Chris Audrain
Chris Audrain

The players have returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Chris Audrain  –  710,000  (71 bb)
2.  Erick Ortiz  –  675,000  (68 bb)
3.  Min Zhang  –  605,000  (61 bb)
4.  Andre Bryan  –  575,000  (58 bb)
5.  Marcel Jimenez  –  565,000  (57 bb)
6.  Rick Kalgstein  –  550,000  (55 bb)

With 87 players remaining from a field of 1,775, the average chip stack is around 305,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $570 each.