Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante
Players: 15 of 21

Registration has now been closed for the World Poker Tour Alpha8 $100,000 super high roller event and the total number of entries is 21. Late arrivals included Philipp Gruissem, Chris Klodnicki, Brandon Steven and rebuys from Daniel Alaei, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Perper. The most recent elimination is Tom Hall.

The total prize pool was set at $2,026,500. The top four players will make the money and the champion will take home $891,660 in prize money. Here is a look at the full prize pool.

1: $891,660
2: $526,890
3: $364,770
4: $243,180

Jason Mercier remains the chip leader after the dinner break with 350,000 and JC Tran is next largest stack with 255,000. Short stacks in danger of exit include Matt Glantz (50,000) and Dan Shak (65,000).

Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 255,000 (159 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 50,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 140,000 (87 bb)
Seat 4: Bill Perkins – 158,000 (131 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Perper – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 350,000 (218 bb)
Seat 7: Isaac Haxton – 100,000 (62 bb)

Table 90

Seat 1: Brandon Stevens – 105,000 (65 bb)
Seat 2: Phillip Gruissem – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Dan Shak – 110,000 (68 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei – 100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 5: Joseph Cheong – 110,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Erik Seidel – 95,000 (59 bb)
Seat 7: Steve Silverman – 195,000 (121 bb)