Event 1: David Shaw Leads the Field at the Break with 1.6 Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  306 of 6,853

David Shaw
Chipleader David Shaw

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 with a big blind ante of 15,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 1.4 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Shaw  –  1,645,000  (110 bb)
2.  Joel Gola  –  1,600,000  (107 bb)
3.  Niall Costigan  –  1,585,000  (106 bb)
4.  Chris “Buda” Maxfield  –  1,495,000  (100 bb)
5.  Philip Toister  –  1,415,000  (94 bb)

With about 306 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 560,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,240 each.

Joel Gola and Philip Toister
Joel Gola (left) and Philip Toister (right)

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