Merisier Takes Control of Event 1; Rodriguez and Hinson Bust

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/1,075

Michael Merisier
Michael Merisier

Michael Merisier owns the top spot with seven players remaining in the Event 1 restart. Marco Rodriguez busted 9th and Bradley Hinson 8th. In the time it took them to hit the rail, Merisier grew his stack from 3,215,000 starting to more than 8,000,000. The previous chip leader, Steve McKoy, still sits right around 7,000,000.

Updated final table results and remaining payouts:

8th: Bradley Hinson – $9,110
9th: Marco Rodriguez – $6,420

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800