Event 26: Ha Nguyen Leads the Field at the Break with 513,000

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  49 of 277

Ha Nguyen
Chipleader Ha Nguyen

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ha Nguyen  –  513,000  (128 bb)
2.  Julio Novo  –  406,000  (102 bb)
3.  Lior Rusinek  –  347,000  (87 bb)
4.  Clifford Mermell  –  311,000  (78 bb)

With 49 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 141,000 (35 big blinds). This flight will be playing down to the final 35 players, which is also the Money Bubble. Players must bag chips for Day 2 in order to finish in the money.