Event 29: Leo Taffe Leads the Final 10 Players at the Break with 30,625,000

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,020

The players return from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 200,000-400,000 with a big blind ante of 400,000.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

LIVE-STREAM  TABLE
Seat 1.  Eric Kolodny  –  3,875,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  6,650,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Frank Brannan  –  5,275,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Roni Zelichonok  –  2,800,000  (7 bb)
Seat 5.  Leo Taffe  –  30,625,000  (77 bb)

OUTER  TABLE
Seat 1.  Michael Amato  –  21,125,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2.  Alejandro Bristol  –  8,800,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3.  Matt Paul  –  6,300,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Ory Hen  –  6,175,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Victoria Livschitz  –  10,375,000  (26 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

1st:  $103,620 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $71,000
3rd:  $52,000
4th:  $39,000
5th:  $29,500
6th:  $22,600
7th:  $17,400
8th:  $13,500
9th-10th:  $10,600

11th:  Eric Yanovsky  –  $9,200
12th:  Myles Mullaly  –  $9,200

13th:  Zhen Cai  –  $7,900
14th:  George Hortelano  –  $7,900
15th:  Jeff Schneider  –  $7,900

16th:  Shravan Kulshrestha  –  $6,800
17th:  Nelson Mari Sanchez  –  $6,800
18th:  Jack Shea  –  $6,800

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,020, the average chip stack is around 10,200,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.