Level 34 Begins; Updated Chip Counts

Level 33 comes to an end, and Level 34 begins with increased blinds of 300,000-600,000 and a 600,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With two players remaining from a field of 781, the average chip stack is around 19,525,000 (33 big blinds). Here are the approximate chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

Priamo Carta  –  22,550,000  (38 bb)
Traian Stanciu  –  16,500,000  (28 bb)

1st:  €124,700*  (~US $135,317*)
2nd:  €77,000  (~US $83,556)

3rd:  Uladzimir Luchkou  –  €57,000  (~US $61,853)
4th:  Giuseppe Zarbo  –  €43,000  (~US $46,661)
5th:  Luigi Pignataro  –  €32,500  (~US $35,267)
6th:  Erico Iervasi  –  €24,700  (~US $26,803)
7th:  Kym Nguyen  –  €19,000  (~US $20,618)
8th:  Vladas Burneikis  –  €14,700  (~US $15,952)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of €1.00 = US $1.08514.