Level 26
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 w/5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8
The blinds have increased in Level 23 and the relative stacks of all players are now down by that much more. The average stack is currently at 32 big blinds and exactly four players are on either side of that mark. Ben Ector and Barry Hutter are the two chips leaders with both players over 2,000,000. Hilary Hin Cheung and Josh Evans are both in need of a double as both are under 20 big blinds. As the payouts start to become more staggered, it will be interesting to see how players adjust to the ICM implications in play. A look at the updated chip counts and remaining payouts are below.
- Barry Hutter – 2,220,000
- Ben Ector – 2,040,000
- Rick Alvarado – 1,380,000
- Keith Morrow – 1,375,000
- Clayton Jiang – 925,000
- Brian Altman – 875,000
- Josh Evans – 720,000
- Hilary Hin Cheung – 420,000
- $106,479
- $65,429
- $47,153
- $35,662
- $26,746
- $20,307
- $15,850
- $12,383