The final five players in Event 11 ($2,200 NLHE) have just returned from their dinner break to continue playing down to a winner tonight.

Here are the updated counts from the break, with the blinds increasing to 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante, along with the payouts and recent eliminations.

Seat 1.  Danny Noseworthy  –  400,000  (80 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Conley  –  150,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  John O’Shea  –  140,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Jake Schindler  –  495,000  (99 bb)
Seat 9.  Dermot Blaine  –  100,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $59,500
2nd:  $34,000
3rd:  $22,100
4th:  $15,300
5th:  $11,900

6th:  Zachary Kessler  –  $9,350
7th:  Matthew Elsarelli  –  $7,650
8th:  Marina Koles  –  $5,950
9th:  John Gordon  –  $4,250

There are currently 72 players remaining from a field of 192 in the 12 pm Seniors Event.

With blinds at 300-600 and a 75 ante, the average chip stack is about 16,000 (26 big blinds).

The official prizepool has been released, with the final 18 players getting paid. Here’s the full list of payouts:

1st:  $11,904
2nd:  $6,912
3rd:  $4,416
4th:  $3,110
5th:  $2,400
6th:  $1,824
7th:  $1,421
8th:  $1,056
9th:  $749
10th-12th:  $595
13th-15th:  $499
16th-18th:  $442

Here are the official seating assignments and chip counts for Day 3, scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm. The blinds are still at 50,000-100,000 with a 15,000 ante.

Table 1
Seat 1.  Sam Barnhart – 1,500,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Nicolas Cardyn – 4,290,000 (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Jon Cohen – 4,120,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5.  John Pendl – 1,885,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Bryan Campanello – 9,730,000 (97 bb)
Seat 7.  Johnny Miller – 7,310,000 (73 bb)
Seat 8.  Mike Malin – 5,455,000 (54 bb)
Seat 9.

Table 2
Seat 1.  Ty Reiman – 6,705,000 (67 bb)
Seat 2.  Kyle Fleischmann – 4,845,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3.  Andjelko Andrejevic – 3,540,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Darren Rabinowitz – 6,500,000 (65 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Ben Zamani – 3,320,000 (33 bb)
Seat 9.  Ray Piccin – 6,870,000 (68 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Panagiotis Nifakos – 2,325,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Jon Rosenberg – 1,550,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Ronald Brown – 1,020,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7.  Wendy Freedman – 3,940,000 (39 bb)
Seat 8.  Chang Huang – 3,005,000 (30 bb)
Seat 9.  Neville Darrell – 7,630,000 (76 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st: $291,087
2nd: $190,125
3rd: $124,630
4th: $104,635
5th: $85,150
6th: $66,935
7th: $49,140
8th: $33,045
9th: $23,725
10th-12th: $15,250
13th-15th: $11,014
16th-18th: $8,642
19th: $7,032

Day 1 of Event 11 ($2,200 NLHE) has come to an end. A total of 85 entries took part and after 10 levels, only 15 players remain with Zachary Kessler leading the way. The blinds and antes will be at the 600/1,200/200 level when play resumes at 1 p.m. on Monday.

Table 7
Seat 1.
Seat 2. Zachary Kessler – 169,100 (140 bb)
Seat 3. John Gordon – 157,100 (130 bb)
Seat 4. Matthew Elsarelli – 59,600 (49 bb)
Seat 5. Richard Lyndaker – 50,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6. Jake Schindler – 82,400 (68 bb)
Seat 7. Chaim Halpern – 63,600 (53 bb)
Seat 8. Tripp Kirk – 35,200 (29 bb)
Seat 9. Marina Koles – 22,800 (19 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1.
Seat 2.
Seat 3. Danny Noseworthy – 101,600 (84 bb)
Seat 4. Barry Hutter – 66,300 (55 bb)
Seat 5. Dermot Blain – 141,600 (118 bb)
Seat 6. Tommy Vedes – 64,200 (53 bb)
Seat 7. John O’Shea – 126,200 (105 bb)
Seat 8. Ashton Griffin – 128,300 (106 bb)
Seat 9. Justin Conley – 29,900 (24 bb)

The payouts are as follows:

1st: $59,500
2nd: $34,000
3rd: $22,100
4th: $15,300
5th: $11,900
6th: $9,350
7th: $7,650
8th: $5,950
9th: $4,250

Event 11 ($2,200 NLHE) drew 85 entries for a prizepool of $170,000. Among the 36 remaining players are Justin Conley, Walid Maddah, Barry Hutter, David Paredes, Ashton Griffin, Matthew Elsarelli, Joe Gibbons, James Hoeppner, Zachary Kessler, Dan Buzgon, and Tommy Vedes.

Here are the payouts:

1st: $59,500
2nd: $34,000
3rd: $22,100
4th: $15,300
5th: $11,900
6th: $9,350
7th: $7,650
8th: $5,950
9th: $4,250

Total Prizepool: $1,694,500

1st: $291,087
2nd: $190,125
3rd: $124,630
4th: $104,635
5th: $85,150
6th: $66,935
7th: $49,140
8th: $33,045
9th: $23,725
10th-12th: $15,250
13th-15th: $11,014
16th-18th: $8,642
19th-27th: $7,032
28th-36th: $5,507
37th-45th: $4,660
46th-54th: $4,067
55th-63rd: $3,660
64th-72nd: $3,304
73rd-81st: $2,965
82nd-90th: $2,745
91st-100th: $2,542
101st-110th: $2,372
111th-120th: $2,203
121st-130th: $2,033
131st-140th: $1,864
141st-150th: $1,695
151st-160th: $1,559
161st-170th: $1,440
171st-180th: $1,356
181st-200th: $1,288
201st-250th: $1,220
251st-300th: $1,169

The second break in the starting flights for Event 7 represents a little bit past the halfway point for Day 1, but Moises Natanel already has a chip stack that would put him up among the start-of-Day 2 chipleaders:

1.  Moises Natanel  –  265,000  (331 bb)
2.  Dani Dayan  –  177,000  (221 bb)
3.  Mike Massey  –  174,000  (217 bb)

When the players returned from break, the blinds increased to 400-800 with a 100 ante. With 459 players remaining from a starting field of 766, the average chip stack is about 41,700 (52 big blinds).

The official prizepool was announced during the break, and there is $1,694,500 waiting to be distributed to the final 300 players. A min-cash is worth $1,169, and first place is $192,087.

The full list of payouts will be posted soon.