Level 29 Begins; Updated Chip Counts

Level 28 comes to an end, and Level 29 begins with increased blinds of 40,000-80,000 and a big-blind ante of 80,000. Play continues without a break, and this level and all future levels will be 30 minutes.

With two players remaining from a field of 283, the average chip stack is about 4.25 million (53 big blinds). Here are the updated chip counts, followed by the final table prizepool:

Valeriy Pak  –  5,340,000  (67 bb)
Tsugunari Toma  –  3,150,000  (39 bb)

1st:  KRW 63,620,000  (~US $57,058)
2nd:  KRW 44,700,000  (~US $40,090)

3rd:  Hiroyuki Noda  –  KRW 28,135,000  (~US $25,233)
4th:  Markus Garberg  –  KRW 17,180,000  (~US $15,408)
5th:  Kevin Ayow  –  KRW 13,215,000  (~US $11,852)
6th:  Paul Hong  –  KRW 10,950,000  (~US $9,821)
7th:  Tatsuki Nakamura  –  KRW 9,405,000  (~US $8,435)
8th:  Yisha Chen  –  KRW 7,830,000  (~US $7,022)
9th:  Yuichiro Harada  –  KRW 6,365,000  (~US $5,709)