Event 8: James Blazek Leads the Final 14 Players at the Dinner Break; Action Resumes at 8:15 pm

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $59,170  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 61

Level 12 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:15 pm.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 65
Seat 1.  Joshua Robertson  –  119,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Shane Santacroce  –  23,500  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Zachary Eichenbaum  –  183,500  (73 bb)
Seat 4.  Lucas Goncalves  –  132,500  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  Giovanni Manjarrez  –  46,500  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Sandeep Devarshetty  –  102,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7.  Paul Fisher  –  44,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.

TABLE 66
Seat 1.  Carter Luna  –  160,000  (64 bb)
Seat 2.  Scott Baumstein  –  76,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Adrian Konstantinov  –  127,000  (51 bb)
Seat 5.  James Blazek  –  268,000  (107 bb)
Seat 6.  Tanner Enoch  –  147,500  (59 bb)
Seat 7.  Shawn Lucas  –  57,500  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Whitebrook  –  38,000  (15 bb)

The final eight players will finish in the money, and here are the payouts:

1st:  $21,295
2nd:  $12,515
3rd:  $7,840
4th:  $5,325
5th:  $4,145
6th:  $3,255
7th:  $2,665
8th:  $2,130

With 14 players remaining from a field of 61 entries, the average chip stack is around 109,000 (44 big blinds). The final eight players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $2,130.