$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Level 16 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break while the black (100) chips are colored up off the tables.

However, there is one hand still in action, with Javier Zarco and Stuart Paterson battling over a sizable pot on a board of . Zarco had bet 52,500 from the small blind, and Paterson tanked for a while under the gun before he folded.

Zarco showed for a queen-high bluff as he took the pot.

Javier Zarco  –  186,000  (62 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  167,500  (56 bb)

Here are official chip counts from the break for most of the remaining field, followed by the prizepool:

1.  Matt Stout  –  276,000  (92 bb)
2.  Joe Serock  –  220,500  (74 bb)
3.  Jose Litvak  –  192,000  (64 bb)
4.  Javier Zarco  –  186,000  (62 bb)
5.  Tom Dobrilovic  –  175,000  (58 bb)
6.  Stuart Paterson  –  167,500  (56 bb)
7.  Larry Klur  –  155,500  (52 bb)

Amelio Amato  –  145,500  (49 bb)
Jamie Avila  –  143,000  (48 bb)
Ricardo Alvarado  –  118,500  (40 bb)
Tracey Gelb  –  88,500  (30 bb)
Angel Vu  –  74,000  (25 bb)
Michael Chiappetta  –  69,000  (23 bb)
Philip Consolo  –  44,000  (15 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  43,500  (15 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  35,500  (12 bb)

1st:  $50,497
2nd:  $34,164
3rd:  $22,338
4th:  $17,849
5th:  $13,403
6th:  $10,315
7th-9th:  $7,709
10th-12th:  $5,125
13th-15th:  $3,592
16th-18th:  $2,672
19th-22nd:  $2,190

23rd:  Sterling Savill  –  $2,190
T-24th:  Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr.  –  $1,095
T-24th:  Ronald Sullivan  –  $1,095

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 120,000 (40 big blinds).