Event 15: Dinner Break Until 6:57 pm; Samuel Kim Leads the Final 10 Players with 5,225,000

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Samuel Kim
Samuel Kim

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:57 pm EDT. Here are the official chip counts:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jessica Cai  –  1,825,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  2,375,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Sean Byars  –  2,950,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Juan Mubarak  –  3,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Wayne Leonard  –  2,100,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Chad Roedersheimer  –  4,175,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Anibal Pabon  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Steve Blackmon  –  2,475,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Dessiree Bennett  –  4,950,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Samuel Kim  –  5,225,000  (26 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by the recent eliminations:

1st:  $70,500 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $48,000
3rd:  $35,500
4th:  $26,500
5th:  $20,100
6th:  $15,400
7th:  $11,800
8th:  $9,200
9th-10th:  $7,200

11th:  Chris Da-Silva  –  $6,200
12th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $6,200

13th:  James Wiley  –  $5,200
14th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $5,200
15th:  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  $5,200

16th:  Marcus Stein  –  $4,360
17th:  Brent Hoover  –  $4,360

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.