Event 1: Chris Gaskins Leads Big

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 936

Chris Gaskin

Action is back underway after the break with 71 players remaining and one of them with more than one million their stack. Chris Gaskins began the day with the chip lead and extended it to sit with 1,226,000.

He is the only player in seven-digit territory, with John Turner (905,000) and Graham Well (882,000) being the closest to catching him.

Remaining payouts:

1st: $32,100 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $21,310
3rd: $15,730
4th: $11,740
5th: $8,850
6th: $6,740
7th: $5,200
8th: $4,050
9th-10th: $3,190
11th-12th: $2,540
13th-14th: $2,050
15th-16th: $1,670
17th-20th: $1,380
21st-24th: $1,150
25th-32nd: $970
33rd-40th: $830
41st-48th: $720
49th-56th: $630
57th-64th: $560
65th-71st: $510

John Turner (left) and Graham Wells (right)