High Roller: Daniel Rezaei Leads the Final 16 at the Break; Final 12 Get Paid

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 86

Daniel Rezaei
Chipleader Daniel Rezaei

After the elimination of Brandon Wilson in 17th place, the remaining players drew for random seats at the final two tables. They played the last two minutes of Level 15, and then took a break.

Here is the updated lineup, with official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Justin Zaki  –  125,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2.  Frank Funaro  –  580,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Alex Foxen  –  425,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Joey Weissman  –  360,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  David Coleman  –  510,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6.  Justin Saliba  –  445,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Mike Chiappetta  –  600,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  Aaron Mermelstein  –  650,000  (33 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  995,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcos Exterkotter  –  545,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Cherish Andrews  –  395,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Juan Maceiras  –  490,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Viktor Ustimov  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Isaac Kempton  –  505,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Chad Eveslage  –  245,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8.  Daniel Rezaei  –  1,410,000  (71 bb)

Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $614,645 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $441,085
3rd:  $276,150
4th:  $189,055
5th:  $125,330
6th:  $93,465
7th:  $76,470
8th:  $65,850
9th:  $63,725
10th:  $61,600
11th:  $59,475
12th:  $57,350

With 16 players remaining from a field of 86, the average chip stack is about 538,000 (27 big blinds).

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which begins at 1:00 pm as part of the SHRPO Big 4.