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Event 1:  Vinny Monteiro Leads the Field at Dinner with 5.7 Million

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 4,852

Vinny Monteiro
Chipleader Vinny Monteiro

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a 100,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up four players with at least 4.8 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Vinny Monteiro  –  5,675,000  (57 bb)
2.  Adam Quimby  –  5,600,000  (56 bb)
3.  Luiz Duarte  –  5,075,000  (51 bb)
4.  Tuan Pham  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)

The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,015 each, and the next pay jump is $6,455 for 45th place.

Event 1:  Money Finishers, 49th-90th Places

$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 4,852

John Gordon
80th-Place Finisher John Gordon

Here is the latest batch of players who have finished in the money:

49th:  Karanvir Singh  –  $5,015
50th:  Vladislav Mitrofanov  –  $5,015
51st:  James Holland  –  $5,015
52nd:  Alan Phillips  –  $5,015
53rd:  Joseph Gaylo  –  $5,015
54th:  Sterling Savill  –  $5,015

55th:  Lu Yu  –  $3,425
56th:  Tyler Kolness  –  $3,425
57th:  Collins Delpercio  –  $3,425
58th:  David Laufer  –  $3,425
59th:  Angel Cabrera  –  $3,425
60th:  Javier Zarco Sanchez  –  $3,425
61st:  Mark Kornfeld  –  $3,425
62nd:  Tom Fleischer  –  $3,425
63rd:  Jeremy Paetsch  –  $3,425

64th:  Ariel Kotzen-Reich  –  $2,415
65th:  Joshua Phillips  –  $2,415
66th:  Shahab Mazaheri  –  $2,415
67th:  Charles Kahrs  –  $2,415
68th:  Matthew O’Donnell  –  $2,415
69th:  Roman Budzak  –  $2,415
70th:  Brian Barros Vazquez  –  $2,415
71st:  Willie Smith  –  $2,415
72nd:  Albert Prendergast  –  $2,415

73rd:  Julio Abreu  –  $2,360
74th:  Anto Slisko  –  $2,360
75th:  George Alberto  –  $2,360
76th:  Roberto Maldonado Rodriguez  –  $2,360
77th:  August Smrek  –  $2,360
78th:  Michael Casson  –  $2,360
79th:  Brandon Best  –  $2,360
80th:  John Gordon  –  $2,360
81st:  Brian Ray  –  $2,360

82nd:  Geoffrey Hunter  –  $2,340
83rd:  Federico Herrera  –  $2,340
84th:  William Farnan  –  $2,340
85th:  Connor Berkowitz  –  $2,340
86th:  Gregory Oskoian, Jr.  –  $2,340
87th:  Brian Kinser  –  $2,340
88th:  Manuel Gomez Rivera  –  $2,340
89th:  Sean Hardy  –  $2,340
90th:  Jace Kalinowski  –  $2,340

Event 1: Dinner Break Until 8:13 pm (48 Players Left)

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 4,852

Level 28 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:13 pm.

With 48 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,025,000 (20 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,015 each, and the next pay jump is $6,455 for 45th place.

Event 1:  Money Finishers, 91st-144th Places

$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 4,852

Here is the latest batch of players who have finished in the money:

91st:  Pasquale Hudson  –  $2,320
92nd:  Mihaly Lukacs  –  $2,320
93rd:  Daniel Charkounov Porkhorov  –  $2,320
94th:  Ross Corless  –  $2,320
95th:  Hermes Andino  –  $2,320
96th:  James Rubinski  –  $2,320
97th:  Robert Wagner  –  $2,320
98th:  Michael Brier  –  $2,320
99th:  Joseph Steur  –  $2,320

100th:  Harmeet Chawla  –  $2,300
101st:  Justin Howley  –  $2,300
102nd:  Dmitry Agrachov  –  $2,300
103rd:  Izadi Hamid  –  $2,300
104th:  Gil Levy  –  $2,300
105th:  Antonio Graham  –  $2,300
106th:  Marie Harrell  –  $2,300
107th:  Zachary Johns  –  $2,300
108th:  Nicole Diaz  –  $2,300

109th:  Rasheed Dunlap  –  $2,225
110th:  Sameer Kotadia  –  $2,225
111th:  Sean Miller Jr  –  $2,225
112th:  Justin Coltharp  –  $2,225
113th:  Brian Clarke  –  $2,225
114th:  Christopher Ooley  –  $2,225
115th:  John Hrisoulis  –  $2,225
116th:  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  $2,225
117th:  Eric Hirbour  –  $2,225

118th:  Richard Rossi  –  $2,060
119th:  Wally Maddah  –  $2,060
120th:  Cheri Beatty  –  $2,060
121st:  Jacques Williams  –  $2,060
122nd:  Mitchell Menes  –  $2,060
123rd:  Karl Manouchakian  –  $2,060
124th:  David Bennett  –  $2,060
125th:  Michael Halprin  –  $2,060
126th:  Donald Schuett  –  $2,060

127th:  Todd Millroy  –  $2,040
128th:  Edward Franklin  –  $2,040
129th:  Brandon Lombardo  –  $2,040
130th:  Farid Jattin  –  $2,040
131st:  Adam James  –  $2,040
132nd:  Andrew Johnson  –  $2,040
133rd:  Trung Pham  –  $2,040
134th:  Donald Jackson  –  $2,040
135th:  Nicholas Martz  –  $2,040

136th:  Kevin McDaniel  –  $2,000
137th:  Aaron Pinson  –  $2,000
138th:  Caleb Piderit  –  $2,000
139th:  Albert Stevenson  –  $2,000
140th:  Michael Richards  –  $2,000
141st:  Glen Hortin  –  $2,000
142nd:  Guad Elazibe  –  $2,000
143rd:  Keith Woernle  –  $2,000
144th:  Paul Rathbun  –  $2,000

Event 1:  Money Finishers, 145th-198th Places

$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 4,852

Mayank Shah
182nd-Place Finisher Mayank Shah

Here is the latest batch of players who have finished in the money:

145th:  Ming Shen  –  $1,965
146th:  Vincent Nicastor  –  $1,965
147th:  Fred Dennison Jr  –  $1,965
148th:  Fred Dabus  –  $1,965
149th:  Charles Mitchell III  –  $1,965
150th:  Joshua Poe  –  $1,965
151st:  Al Krux  –  $1,965
152nd:  Michial Drake  –  $1,965
153rd:  Kimberly Starbird  –  $1,965

154th:  Justin Zaki  –  $1,945
155th:  Joao Figueiredo  –  $1,945
156th:  Beom Bae  –  $1,945
157th:  David Shaw  –  $1,945
158th:  Alexander Chiang  –  $1,945
159th:  Michael Scoma  –  $1,945
160th:  Christian Roberts  –  $1,945
161st:  Richard Miedzinski  –  $1,945
162nd:  Iossif Gressis  –  $1,945

163rd:  James Kerr  –  $1,870
164th:  Rodney Johns  –  $1,870
165th:  Pierre Saba  –  $1,870
166th:  Charles Honkonen  –  $1,870
167th:  David Nadeua  –  $1,870
168th:  John Teel  –  $1,870
169th:  Harley Trero  –  $1,870
170th:  Jeffery Eugene  –  $1,870
171st:  Tony March  –  $1,870

172nd:  Christopher Howard  –  $1,795
173rd:  Brian Hall  –  $1,795
174th:  Tony Faris  –  $1,795
175th:  Fabian Foster  –  $1,795
176th:  John O’Neal  –  $1,795
177th:  Troy Bercot  –  $1,795
178th:  Paul Disciullp  –  $1,795
179th:  Gilberto Sanchez  –  $1,795
180th:  Christopher Arcidiacono  –  $1,795

181st:  Sean Thomson  –  $1,760
182nd:  Mayank Shah  –  $1,760
183rd:  Marsha Wolak  –  $1,760
184th:  Michael Monaco  –  $1,760
185th:  Farzad Raji  –  $1,760
186th:  Shawn Sorgi  –  $1,760
187th:  Sheik Mohamed  –  $1,760
188th:  Cody Daffron  –  $1,760
189th:  Marco Townsend  –  $1,760

190th:  Albert Eskenazi  –  $1,720
191st:  Massimo DiRienzo  –  $1,720
192nd:  Anatoly Zharnitsky  –  $1,720
193rd:  Jose Maymo  –  $1,720
194th:  Miguel Garcia  –  $1,720
195th:  James Gavin  –  $1,720
196th:  Charles Wright  –  $1,720
197th:  Jonathan Ounjain  –  $1,720
198th:  Michael Latuf  –  $1,720

Event 1:  Money Finishers, 199th-243rd Places

$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 4,852

Here is the latest batch of players who have finished in the money:

199th:  Jacob Metzger  –  $1,645
200th:  Rafael Rodriguez Arango  –  $1,645
201st:  Rodney Turvin  –  $1,645
202nd:  Larry Kusch  –  $1,645
203rd:  Tonia Williams  –  $1,645
204th:  Randy Sim  –  $1,645
205th:  Kevin Broadway  –  $1,645
206th:  Maheshwar Manthani  –  $1,645
207th:  Tyler Neuguth  –  $1,645

208th:  Rashaud Cook  –  $1,610
209th:  Christopher Conover  –  $1,610
210th:  William Mariash  –  $1,610
211th:  John McConnell  –  $1,610
212th:  Matthew Bloomingdale  –  $1,610
213th:  Saed Amireh  –  $1,610
214th:  Glyn Griffis  –  $1,610
215th:  Genc Govori  –  $1,610
216th:  Margarete Stanechewski  –  $1,610

217th:  Cuong Nguyen  –  $1,590
218th:  Praveen Challagundla  –  $1,590
219th:  Gregory Gratton  –  $1,590
220th:  Nathan Lee  –  $1,590
221st:  David Brown  –  $1,590
222nd:  Tony Miles  –  $1,590
223rd:  John Gorsuch  –  $1,590
224th:  Raymond Ruszkowski  –  $1,590
225th:  Dien Le  –  $1,590

226th:  Jessica Dawley  –  $1,535
227th:  Alex Ivan  –  $1,535
228th:  Mina Tawfik  –  $1,535
229th:  Juan Ovales  –  $1,535
230th:  Brett Dulyea  –  $1,535
231st:  Juan Lopez Jr  –  $1,535
232nd:  Ronald Faustini  –  $1,535
233rd:  Frank Harrington  –  $1,535
234th:  Leonel Munguia  –  $1,535

235th:  Deondrick Haughbrook  –  $1,495
236th:  Diego Uez  –  $1,495
237th:  Yvonne McQuillan  –  $1,495
238th:  Steven Bellas  –  $1,495
239th:  Christopher Hyden  –  $1,495
240th:  James Solomon  –  $1,495
241st:  Ramandeep Makhija  –  $1,495
242nd:  Joseph Salvaggi  –  $1,495
243rd:  John Couch  –  $1,495

Event 1 Flight G: Martin Carnero Leads 70 Survivors with 1,035,000

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  70 of 993

Martin Carnero
Flight G Chipleader Martin Carnero

Flight G came to an end with about 20 minutes remaining in Level 20, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a 12,000 ante. However, since one of the earlier flights ended near the start of Level 19, Day 2 will begin no later than that, when the blinds were 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

The Flight G chipleader is Martin Carnero, who bagged up 1,035,000 in chips. (The overall chipleader is still Simeon Knafo, who survived Flight C with a slightly higher stack of 1,050,000.) The full list of official chip counts for Flight G can be found below.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00 pm, and the seat draw will be posted in the morning, along with the official prizepool, which will be worth more than $2 million.

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
1MARTINCARNERODAVIEFL1,035,000
2FRANKWEIGELODESSAFL749,000
3ALEJANDROGONZALEZ OLAECHEANORTH MIAMIFL640,000
4ANTONIOGRAHAMTAMPAFL637,000
5JAMESGAVINDELTONAFL626,000
6JAVIERZARCO SANCHEZLONDON575,000
7JUSTINDONATOPENSACOLAFL571,000
8JOHNCOXWELLLAWRENCEVILLEGA569,000
9MehranMoeinzadehGILROYCA545,000
10CODYDAFFRONPRAIRIEVILLELA477,000
11JEFFERYEUGENECONVERSEIN473,000
12DAVIDSHAWSPRINGTX441,000
13JULIOABREUCAPE CORALFL401,000
14WALIDMADDAHTAMPAFL384,000
15RASHEEDDUNLAPPALMETTOFL380,000
16MARKKORNFELDLAKEWOOD RANCHFL376,000
17DIMITRYAGRACHOVDELRAY BEACHFL368,000
18MICHAELRICHARDSCROPSEYVILLENY349,000
19SEANHARDYFORT WORTHTX345,000
20MINGSHENMARGATEFL343,000
21KEVINBROADWAYJONESBOROAR336,000
22IZADIHAMIDMARIETTAGA316,000
23ConnorBerkowitzCAMDENNJ314,000
24JOSEMAYMOCAROLINAPR308,000
25RANDYSIMDANIA BEACHFL304,000
26GILBERTOSANCHEZBARTOWFL295,000
27CHRISTOPHEROOLEYTAMPAFL294,000
28ALBERTKRUXWESLEY CHAPELFL271,000
29JACQUESWILLIAMSCOCOAFL266,000
30JUANOVALLESMIAMIFL265,000
31CHRISTOPHERHOWARDJACKSONVILLEFL260,000
32CHRISTOPHERCONOVERLUTZFL258,000
33GERALDSTOGNERKOKOMOMS258,000
34JOSEPHBOULAISCOCOAFL257,000
35CHADHAMILTONWHITSETTNC250,000
36RICCARDOANDREOLImilano238,000
37JAMESRUBINSKIFORT MYERSFL238,000
38ALBERTPRENDERGASTCHICAGOIL237,000
39ALEXANDRUIVANOLDSMARFL230,000
40JEFFREYROLLANDFORT LAUDERDALEFL230,000
41KIMBERLYSTARBIRDEUSTISFL230,000
42JOSEPHGAYLOFORT PIERCEFL225,000
43nicholasSENA-HOPKINSISLAMORADAFL213,000
44BRENDANDALYSAN ANTONIOTX200,000
45AshleySPRINGGAINESVILLEGA194,000
46BRANDONMILLERPALM BAYFL185,000
47VannaNuon181,000
48DEONDRICKHAUGHBROOKST PETERSBURGFL173,000
49FredDennison JrNorth havenCT171,000
50GLORIASHENEFIELDLA FONTAINEIN154,000
51HARLEYTREROBURLINGTONNC152,000
52JAKOBPARKSCLEARWATERFL149,000
53TOMFLEISCHERWESLEY CHAPELFL148,000
54JAMEELHARRISSOUTH HOLLANDIL147,000
55FaridJattinMIAMIFL144,000
56JESSICADAWLEYTHE VILLAGESFL136,000
57JACOBFERROCRYSTAL RIVERFL132,000
58CHARLIERILEYTAMPAFL130,000
59FANILKUMARPATELBRISTOLTN129,000
60DONALDSCHUETTBIG LAKEMN129,000
61HERMESANDINOMIAMIFL128,000
62ROBERTOBONILLA RIVERABRISAS DE CANOVANASPR125,000
63FRANKHARRINGTONALLENSTOWNNH125,000
64LUIZDUARTE FERREIRAMarilia115,000
65JUANLOPEZ JRLANSINGMI83,000
66ZACHARYVUONGHOUSTONTX83,000
67DAVIDNADEAULARGOFL60,000
68THOMASCOUTUREGREENEME58,000
69ROBERTOMALDONADO RODRIGUEZMIRAMARFL57,000
70AUGUSTSMREKLAURELMD51,000

Event 1 Flight G: Money Finishers, 71st-85th Places

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  70 of 993

Here are the final players who finished in the money from Flight F:

71th:  Robert George  –  $800
72nd:  James Gladwell III  –  $800
73rd:  Brendan Pfent  –  $800
74th:  Christopher Poole  –  $800
75th:  Hebert Souza  –  $800
76th:  David Shane  –  $800
77th:  Justin Taylor  –  $800
78th:  James Kanderski  –  $800
79th:  Errol Massey  –  $800
80th:  Mazaher Heydary  –  $800
81st:  Jeremy Becker  –  $800
82nd:  Rafael Pena  –  $800
83rd:  Robert Sulecki  –  $800
84th:  Manuel Suarez  –  $800
85th:  Juan Orduna Alvarez  –  $800

Event 1 Flight G: Money Finishers, 86th-105th Places

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  85 of 993

Here is the next batch of players who have finished in the money from Flight F:

86th:  Eric Valerio  –  $800
87th:  Ryan Marshall  –  $800
88th:  Dennis Matarangas  –  $800
89th:  name to come  –  $800
90th:  Michael Mestey  –  $800
91st:  David Rylander  –  $800
92nd:  Jeffrey Russell  –  $800
93rd:  Ebrahim Figueroa Noboa  –  $800
94th:  Robert Panetta, Jr.  –  $800
95th:  John Fagg  –  $800
96th:  Alphanso Rodway  –  $800
97th:  Butchie Mitchell  –  $800
98th:  Ricky Carter  –  $800
99th:  Joseph Paris  –  $800
100th:  Michael Vela  –  $800
101st:  Blake Burke  –  $800
102nd:  David Kilcoyne  –  $800
103rd:  Devond Marshall  –  $800
104th:  Andra Zachow  –  $800
105th:  Duong Dieu  –  $800

Event 1 Flight G: Money Finishers, 106th-125th Places

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  105 of 993

Here are the players who have finished in the money from Flight F so far:

106th:  Tigran Gasparyan  –  $800
107th:  Greg Himmelbrand  –  $800
108th:  Edixon Pena Aguilar  –  $800
109th:  Krista Farrell  –  $800
110th:  Michael Ingber  –  $800
111th:  Scott Blumenfeld  –  $800
112th:  Daniel Brandsdorfer  –  $800
113th:  Angel Torres  –  $800
114th:  Syed Alvi  –  $800
115th:  Maurice Paradis  –  $800
116th:  Steven Dockswell  –  $800
117th:  Dale Schmitz  –  $800
118th:  Zev Mandel  –  $800
119th:  Touraj Touran  –  $800
120th:  Charles Odenz  –  $800
121st:  David Prociak  –  $800
122nd:  Wilmar Rodriguez  –  $800
123rd:  Dale Nelson  –  $800
124th:  Brian Finnis  –  $800
125th:  Perry McCartney  –  $800