Seniors: Darin Kaplan Leads the Final 16 at the Break with 629,000

$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 176

Darin Kaplan
Darin Kaplan

The final 16 players returned form break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante.

Here are the updated chip counts and seating positions from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Deonarine Itwaru  –  310,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Robert Klafter  –  134,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jon Bowman  –  102,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Steven Bennett  –  143,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Neil Blumenfield  –  53,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  Rado Boltryk  –  80,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Matt Kaplan  –  95,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Arturas Astraukas  –  221,000  (37 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Louis Page  –  156,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2.  Stacey Manning  –  382,000  (64 bb)
Seat 3.  Lisa Levy  –  132,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Wilmer Chavira  –  449,000  (75 bb)
Seat 5.  Darin Kaplan  –  629,000  (105 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  David Ray  –  198,000  (33 bb)
Seat 8.  Oniel McCalla  –  137,000  (23 bb)
Seat 9.  Joseph Boulais  –  298,000  (50 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 176, the average chip stack is around 220,000 (37 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts, followed by the players who have already finished inside the money:

1st:  $23,740 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $16,005
3rd:  $9,475
4th:  $5,765
5th:  $4,445
6th:  $3,690
7th:  $3,185
8th:  $2,790
9th-10th:  $2,425
11th-12th:  $2,070
13th-15th:  $1,750
16th:  $1,455

17th:  Michael Preston  –  $1,455
18th:  Gil Aboodi  –  $1,455
19th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,175
20th:  Lawrence Bass  –  $1,175
21st:  Raphael Bloom  –  $1,175
22nd:  Frank Dibacco  –  $1,175