The second break in the starting flights for Event 7 represents a little bit past the halfway point for Day 1, but Moises Natanel already has a chip stack that would put him up among the start-of-Day 2 chipleaders:
1. Moises Natanel – 265,000 (331 bb)
2. Dani Dayan – 177,000 (221 bb)
3. Mike Massey – 174,000 (217 bb)
When the players returned from break, the blinds increased to 400-800 with a 100 ante. With 459 players remaining from a starting field of 766, the average chip stack is about 41,700 (52 big blinds).
The official prizepool was announced during the break, and there is $1,694,500 waiting to be distributed to the final 300 players. A min-cash is worth $1,169, and first place is $192,087.
The full list of payouts will be posted soon.