Event 5E: Chipleaders

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes

A scan of the field during the break revealed seven players with at least 100,000 in chips, creating the top of the leaderboard from the second break.

1.  Patrick Hughes  –  127,700  (159 bb)
2.  Andre Rakusa  –  126,900  (158  bb)
3.  Greg Lehn  –  123,800  (154 bb)
4.  Adam Golden  –  115,000  (143 bb)
5.  Adamastor Santos  –  109,400  (136 bb)
6.  Julio Padilla  –  106,300  (132 bb)
7.  David Baxter  –  102,700  (128 bb)

While Patrick Hughes holds the chip lead, his position isn’t great as he has second-in-chips Andre Rakusa on his immediate left. However, Rakusa didn’t return from break until halfway thru Level 9 (missing about 15 minutes of action). With more than 150 big blinds in his stack, Rakusa can afford to take extended breaks if he’d like.