Event 5: Color Up & Chip Counts

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Level 24 comes to an end, and there is a quick 10-minute break to color up the orange (1K) chips off the tables. Just enough time to count the big stacks to create an updated leaderboard:

1.  Steven McKoy  –  2,050,000
2.  Steven Constantino  –  1,745,000
3.  Kyle Sorel  –  1,700,000
4.  Erik Christensen  –  1,675,000
5.  Hayden Fortini  –  1,675,000
6.  George Dolofan  –  1,650,000
7.  Sam Panzica  –  1,575,000
8.  Nicholas Mahabee  –  1,550,000
9.  Richard Zipes  –  1,525,000
10.  Rafael Reis  –  1,520,000
11.  Kevin Chan  –  1,510,000
12.  Oneil McCalla  –  1,340,000
13.  Mike Beasley  –  1,325,000
14.  Benjamin Zamani  –  1,270,000
15.  Zo Karim  –  1,225,000

With 56 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 884,000 (29 big blinds). The final 56 players are all guaranteed at least $2,783.