Event 19: Brandon Hamlet Leads the Final Four at the Break with 2.39 Million

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 257

Brandon Hamlet
Chipleader Brandon Hamlet

The players return from break to begin Level 24, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a 30,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table payouts:

Seat 1.  Adam Hendrix  –  650,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Brandon Hamlet  –  2,390,000  (80 bb)
Seat 3.  David DiBernardi  –  775,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Aaron Flores  –  1,320,000  (44 bb)

1st:  $117,925 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $79,400
3rd:  $51,010
4th:  $34,050

5th:  Tongguang Sun  –  $24,750
6th:  Christian Roberts  –  $20,500
7th:  Jon Borenstein  –  $17,215
8th:  Richard Menjura  –  $14,390

With four players remaining from a field of 257, the average chip stack is around 1,285,000 (43 big blinds).