$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 60 of 463
The final 60 players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000. The field is only two spots away from the money, with an average chip stack around 154,000 (26 big blinds).
A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard with Hassan Hakim at the top:
1. Hassan Hakim – 419,000 (70 bb)
2. Saed Amireh – 355,000 (59 bb)
3. Mahmoud Bidarin – 319,000 (53 bb)
4. Mike Halprin – 317,000 (53 bb)
The final 58 players in this field (12.5%) will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $800 each, and the final 33 players (7%) will advance to Day 2.