Event 2: Carlos Pino Leads the Final 27 Players at the Break with 9,775,000

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $1,867,140  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 5,658

Carlos Pino
Chipleader Carlos Pino

The players return from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 75,000-150,000 and a 150,000 ante.

When the field got down to the final 27 players (shortly before the break), there was a redraw for random seats at the final three tables. Here is an updated seat draw with official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Diane Lepera  –  8,475,000  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  Mikhail Prokopchuk  –  2,450,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Wetcher  –  4,200,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4.  Pritpal Virdee  –  3,550,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Jordan Schneider  –  7,100,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Luke Becker  –  800,000  (5 bb)
Seat 7.  Joseph Kim  –  5,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 8.  Brett Sherman  –  3,800,000  (25 bb)
Seat 9.  Matthew Chapman  –  2,175,000  (15 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Ryan Vanson  –  7,125,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Roiler Gomez  –  1,150,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3.  David Jackson  –  8,600,000  (57 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Riviello  –  725,000  (5 bb)
Seat 5.  Juan Martell  –  2,325,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Sagi Zommer  –  2,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Richard Davis  –  4,625,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8.  Chris Carey  –  1,375,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9.  Gregory S. Head  –  3,825,000  (26 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Matt Bretzfield  –  4,225,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Baseem Nsier  –  5,325,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3.  Hany Ayoub  –  3,850,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Carlos Pino  –  9,775,000  (65 bb)
Seat 5.  Ory Hen  –  2,350,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Amaury Batista  –  4,950,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7.  Ferran Reverte Barrera  –  4,750,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8.  Tom Piatkowski  –  2,325,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Al Norman  –  5,050,000  (34 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $229,120 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $152,000
3rd:  $112,000
4th:  $84,000
5th:  $64,000
6th:  $48,500
7th:  $37,500
8th:  $29,000
9th-10th:  $22,700
11th-12th:  $18,200
13th-15th:  $14,600
16th-19th:  $11,700
20th-23rd:  $9,500
24th-27th:  $7,700

With 27 players remaining from a field of 5,658, the average chip stack is around 4,200,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,700 each, and the next pay jump is $9,500 for 23rd place.