$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 1,804
Average Stack: 251,000 (21 big blinds)

We usually see a few swings a top the leaderboard at this stage but Ty Akbasli keeps running up his count. He has a full barrel of blue 25K chips and his 818,000 is the clear front runner. Zo Karim sits with the second biggest stack among the eight remaining table thanks to his big hand against Paul Balzano.

Top stacks and notable names:

Ty Akbasli – 818,000 (68 bb)
Zo Karim – 655,000 (55 bb)
Olvenso Savoie – 547,000 (46 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 480,000 (40 bb)
Mike Beasley – 416,000 (35 bb)
Qasem Jamhour – 402,000 (34 bb)
Paul Balzano – 240,000 (20 bb)
Joe Ebanks – 174,000 (15 bb)
Stosh Gepp – 136,000 (11 bb)
Rafael Reis – 128,000 (11 bb)
David Inselberg – 126,000 (11 bb)