15-Minute Break; Official Chip Counts

Photo:  Chipleader Daniyal Gheba has 46% of all the chips in play.

Level 28 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break.

With six players remaining from a field of 1,457, the average chip stack is around 6,075,000 (24 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table payouts and Mystery Bounties:

Seat 1.  Daniyal Gheba  –  16,775,000  (67 bb)
Seat 2.  Chase Bricker  –  3,000,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Christopher  –  5,775,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4.  Tyler Hancock  –  1,250,000  (5 bb)
Seat 5.  Victor Avallone  –  6,600,000  (26 bb)
Seat 6.  Patrick Eskandar  –  3,025,000  (12 bb)

1st:  $1,000,000
2nd:  $250,000
3rd:  $125,000
4th:  $75,000
5th:  $50,000
6th:  $40,000
7th:  Josh Guindon  –  $30,000
8th:  Eric Zheng  –  $25,000
9th:  Jacob Stufflebean  –  $20,000

Mystery Bounties:
$50,000
$25,000 (x2)
$10,000 (x2)

$200,000  –  Daniyal Gheba
$25,000  –  Daniyal Gheba
$0  –  Jason Christopher