Event 15: Fernando Rodriguez Leads the Field at the Break with 1,925,000

$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:  189 of 4,529

Fernando Rodriguez
Chipleader Fernando Rodriguez

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least one million in chips, but only four with at least 1.2 million, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Fernando Rodriguez  –  1,925,000  (128 bb)
2.  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  1,540,000  (103 bb)
3.  David Levy  –  1,230,000  (82 bb)
4.  Steven McKoy  –  1,215,000  (81 bb)

With about 189 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 480,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,640 each, and the next pay jump is $1,740 for 180th place.