Dinner Break Until 8:17 pm EST; Benjamin Jones Leads the Final 21 with 9,425,000

Photo:  Chipleader Benjamin Jones

With 30 minutes remaining in Level 26, the players take a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:17 pm.

With 21 players remaining from a field of 1,435, the average stack is around 3,425,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $32,500 each. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Darryll Fish  –  4,275,000  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  3,900,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Ben Warrington  –  2,900,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Alsup  –  1,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Adam Hendrix  –  1,875,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Eusebiu Jalba  –  3,775,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8.  Matthew Wantman  –  3,900,000  (52 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Andrew Voor  –  2,500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2.  Iulian Blebea  –  5,700,000  (76 bb)
Seat 3.  Matthew Beinner  –  5,500,000  (73 bb)
Seat 4.  Dylan Smith  –  2,175,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5.  Drew O’Connell  –  1,800,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Alexandre Reard  –  7,075,000  (94 bb)
Seat 7.  Landon Tice  –  4,700,000  (63 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  2,800,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Artem Metalidi  –  1,450,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Roman Korenev  –  1,700,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  Benjamin Jones  –  9,425,000  (126 bb)
Seat 6.  Paul Domb  –  2,225,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Florian Ribouchon  –  925,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8.  Mica Lamar  –  700,000  (9 bb)

And here are the most recent eliminations:

22nd:  Ren Lin  –  $32,500
23rd:  David Sathue  –  $32,500
24th:  Brandon Hamlet  –  $27,500

Action will continue today until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).