$400 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 52

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 12,000. The players have already played 46 hands on the Money Bubble, and will continue playing hand-for-hand until somebody is eliminated.

With eight players remaining from a field of 52, the average chip stack is about 163,000 (20 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Eric Polirer  –  42,000   (5 bb)
Seat 2.  Nick Zivolich  –  167,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  A.J. Kelsall  –  67,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Dreese  –  182,000  (23 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Elias Nassif  –  165,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Daniel Blum  –  418,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  Sandy Sanchez  –  79,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Kenneth Po  –  178,000  (22 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $6,340 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $3,775
3rd:  $2,325
4th:  $1,630
5th:  $1,285
6th:  $1,030
7th:  $775