Event 21: Lewe Thiesen Leads the Final Five Players at the Break

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 77

Lewe Thiesen
Chipleader Lewe Thiesen arrived 13 minutes late today, but it hasn’t slowed him down.

Level 17 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Lewe Thiesen  –  491,000  (61 bb)
Seat 2.  Damjan Radanov  –  75,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  David Moreno  –  376,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Cuba Levenberry  –  226,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Milos Ivanovic  –  372,000  (47 bb)

And the payouts:

1st:  $26,020
2nd:  $15,015
3rd:  $9,395
4th:  $6,355
5th:  $4,815

6th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $3,850
7th:  Dylan Smith  –  $3,465
8th:  Robert Michener  –  $3,080
9th:  Russell Brooks  –  $2,695
10th:  Steve Yagudaev  –  $2,310

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 308,000 (39 big blinds).