Event 26: Hector Pacheco Leads the Final 13 at the Break with 26 Million

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,017

Hector Pacheco
Chipleader Hector Pacheco

The players return from break to begin Level 32, with increased blinds of 100,000-200,000 and a 200,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Marcelo Aagesen  –  2,425,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Atanas Pavlov  –  5,925,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Zachary Fischer  –  10,500,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Martin Culotta  –  3,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Hector Pacheco  –  26,050,000  (130 bb)
Seat 8.  Abraham Ramos  –  3,750,000  (19 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Femi Fashakin  –  6,475,000  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  David Frenkel  –  9,125,000  (46 bb)
Seat 4.  Antoine Sankari  –  3,450,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Albert Son  –  9,575,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6.  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  13,075,000  (65 bb)
Seat 7.  Liran Bracha  –  2,050,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Joel Gossett  –  4,150,000  (21 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts, followed by recent eliminations:

1st:  $252,680 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $175,000
3rd:  $130,000
4th:  $100,000
5th:  $73,000
6th:  $56,000
7th:  $42,500
8th:  $33,000
9th-10th:  $26,000
11th-12th:  $21,200
13th:  $17,300

14th:  Ha Nguyen  –  $17,300
15th:  Lam Tran  –  $17,300

16th:  Wayne Leonard  –  $14,100

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,725,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.