Event 1: Chop Talk

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 6/738

Immediately following Kevin Hazzard’s elimination, the remaining six players talked chop.

Here’s how the stacks broke down at the time:

Thomas Larson – 5,430,000
Puneeth Modha – 2,535,000
Michael Turton – 2,380,000
David Rauf – 2,340,000
Rafael Fernandes – 1,200,000
Brandon Vasapolle – 1,065,000

Adjusted payouts:

1st – $54,519 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $39,648
3rd – $38,617
4th – $38,100
5th – $29,400
6th – $27,566

All except for Turton agreed to the deal. Play went on.