The remaining 92 players returned from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 5,000 ante. The average chip count is about 920,000 (23 big blinds).
Here is a look at the official chipleaders from the break:
1. Bryan Campanello – 2,580,000 (64 bb)
2. Ty Reiman – 2,535,000 (63 bb)
3. Ron Brown – 2,255,000 (56 bb)
4. Josh Kay – 2,150,000 (53 bb)
5. Jon Cohen – 2,120,000 (53 bb)
Update: Shortly after play resumed, Campanello eliminated Steven Levy to increase his stack even further to 3 million in chips (75 big blinds).
Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there is a winner, though that might change if it continues past 3:00 am.
About 2.6mil on break going to 20k-40k with less than 90 left #leggo #stillneedit
— Bryan Campanello (@b_campanello45) August 19, 2013
Running pure. 2.1M on break 90 left
— Josh Kay (@gostatego3) August 19, 2013