$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,070,585  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 2,937

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 150,000-300,000 with a big blind ante of 300,000.

With 35 players remaining from a field of 2,937, the average chip stack is around 8,400,000 (28 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 12 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Josh Hillock  –  21,975,000  (73 bb)
2.  Chase Hounshell  –  19,200,000  (64 bb)
3.  David Bradshaw  –  15,325,000  (51 bb)
4.  Duc Vu  –  14,400,000  (48 bb)
5.  David Jackson  –  14,375,000  (48 bb)
6.  Kyle Sullivan  –  13,825,000  (46 bb)
7.  Ruth Ruffman  –  12,325,000  (41 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $258,125 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $176,000
3rd:  $131,000
4th:  $101,000
5th:  $74,000
6th:  $56,000
7th:  $43,500
8th:  $33,500
9th-10th:  $26,500
11th-12th:  $21,900
13th-15th:  $18,100
16th-19th:  $15,000
20th-23rd:  $12,500
24th-31st:  $10,400
32nd-35th:  $8,700

Action will continue tonight until 2:00 am, which is a hard stop. The survivors will return tomorrow (Monday) at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.