Event 26: Bryan Schultz Leads the Final Five at the Break with 2,020,000

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $376,000   |   Structure   |   Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 188

Bryan Schultz and Robert LeBeau
Chipleader Bryan Schultz (left) and Robert LeBeau (right)

Level 24 comes to an end, and the final five players take a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Bryan Schultz  –  2,020,000  (51 bb)
Seat 2.  Robert LeBeau  –  810,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Smith  –  235,000  (6 bb)
Seat 4.  Brendan Gluck  –  380,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5.  Andrew Pichee  –  1,255,000  (31 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $86,800 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $58,000
3rd:  $43,000
4th:  $32,000
5th:  $24,300

6th:  Daniel Vranich  –  $18,500
7th:  Jake Schwartz  –  $14,300

With five players remaining from a field of 188, the average chip stack is around 940,000 (24 big blinds).

This final table is being live streamed on a 30-minute delay, and you can follow the action at the Hard Rock Poker YouTube channel.