Level 8 Begins; Official Chip Counts

Photo:  Team Netherlands has the chip lead with 739,000 (46 big blinds).

The teams return from a 10-minute break to begin Level 8, with increased blinds of 8,000-16,000 and a big-blind ante of 16,000. With five teams remaining the average chip stack is about 382,000 (24 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the finishing position of the eliminated teams:

Seat 1.  Hong Kong SAR  –  463,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  China  –  370,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Taiwan SAR  –  178,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Netherlands  –  739,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5.  Malaysia  –  162,000  (10 bb)

6th Place:  Korea
7th Place:  Singapore
8th Place:  New Zealand
9th Place:  Japan

The final three teams will finish in the money:

1st:  KRW 27,475,000  (~US $24,625)
2nd:  KRW 16,485,000  (~US $14,775)
3rd:  KRW 10,990,000  (~US $9,850)