$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  79

Cards are back in the air after the 40-minute dinner break and defending champ Michael Newman is still the big stack. He leads with 283,500 with Alfredo Rodríguez second holding 257,500.

They will play six more levels today, with a break in the middle, before bagging chips for Day 2.

Here’s a look at some chip counts from around the room during dinner break:

Michael Newman – 283,500 (284 bb)
Alfredo Rodríguez – 257,500 (258 bb)
Davd Shaw – 183,500 (184 bb)
Dave Finley – 150,000 (150 bb)
Eric Siegel – 116,500 (117 bb)
Hassan Tahsildar – 114,500 (115 bb)
Steven Karp – 106,000 (106 bb)
Matt Bretzfield – 99,500 (100 bb)
David Nathaniel – 95,000 (95 bb)
TK Miles – 90,500 (91 bb)
Javier Suárez – 86,000 (86 bb)
Kyle Sullivan – 81,500 (82 bb)
Lyle Diamond – 79,000 (79 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 76,500 (77 bb)
Joel Hardwood – 64,500 (65 bb)
Ory Hen – 55,000 (55 bb)
Jeff Silverstein – 53,500 (54 bb)
Farid Jattin – 50,000 (50 bb)
Willie Wiggins – 50,000 (50 bb)
Richard Rice  –  50,000 (50 bb)
Richard Leger – 49,000 (49 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 45,500 (46 bb)
Jason Rocha – 43,500 (44 bb)
Joel Gola – 41,500 (42 bb)
Mike Beasley – 39,500 (40 bb)