Event 2: Dinner Break Until 8:20 pm; Al Norman Leads the Final 13 Players with 17.6 Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $1,867,140  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 5,658

Al Norman
Al Norman

Level 34 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:20 pm EDT.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Ryan Vanson  –  7,850,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Roiler Gomez  –  2,750,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  David Jackson  –  8,275,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Joseph Kim  –  7,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Matthew Chapman  –  9,100,000  (23 bb)
Seat 9.  Gregory S. Head  –  12,225,000  (31 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Matt Bretzfield  –  8,100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Baseem Nsier  –  9,575,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Diane Lepera  –  12,700,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Carlos Pino  –  9,600,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Ory Hen  –  3,900,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Jordan Schneider  –  4,000,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  Al Norman  –  17,600,000  (44 bb)

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

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:  $14,600

14th:  Mikhail Prokopchuk  –  $14,600
15th:  Richard Riviello  –  $14,600

16th:  Amaury Batista  –  $11,700
17th:  Chris Carey  –  $11,700
18th:  Michael Wetcher  –  $11,700

With 13 players remaining from a field of 5,658, the average chip stack is around 8,700,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,600 each, and the next pay jump is $18,200 for 12th place.