Event 9 Day 1D: Jerry Yang Leads

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight 1D Entries: 373

2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang
2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang

The players from Day 1D have returned from break and level 5 has begun.

At the outset of the level, it is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Jerry Yang who is leading the field of 373. Yang starts the level with 65,800 and has more than triple his original starting stack.

Yang won $8.25 million for his momentous victory nine years ago, but has been largely absent from the tournament trail over the last several years due to business ventures. He made his first appearance in the South Florida poker scene for this series and is off to a good start.

Here is a look at the top five chip counts:

  1. Jerry Yang – 65,800
  2. Daniel Ramirez – 64,624
  3. Alejandro Duque – 63,050
  4. Stewart Newman – 56,300
  5. Brandon Byars – 52,450