The remaining 326 players have returned from their break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante. The average chip stack is about 260,000 (26 big blinds).
We carefully scanned the field during the break to find all the chipleaders, and here they are:
1. Chino Rheem – 1,137,000 (113 bb)
2. Michael Marrero – 892,500 (89 bb)
3. Alcides Gomez – 830,000 (83 bb)
4. Yaron Wasserman – 807,000 (80 bb)
5. Dave Mochon – 790,000 (79 bb)
The final 300 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,169, and the next pay jumps are for 250th place ($1,220) and 200th place ($1,288).
First prize is $291,087, but even though the schedule indicates playing to a winner tonight, that seems highly unlikely. (We expect this to roll over to tomorrow.)
26 away from the money in the million guar. Grinding ten bigs tho.
— Michael Rizzuto (@mikerizz33) August 18, 2013