Event 5, Day 1D: Von Ward Leads at the First Break

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5:  150/300/25 ante

Von Ward
Chipleader Von Ward, from his deep run in Event 1.

A scan of the field during the first break reveals that there is only one player with at least 60,000 in chips — Von Ward, who is fresh off a deep run in Event 1. Ward has 61,350 in his stack, worth 205 big blinds.

Flight 5D is the final starting flight for Event 5, and it’s up to 221 entries. That creates a total field size of 768 entries (and an unofficial prizepool of $384,000) with two hours of registration remaining.