Level 31 Begins; Official Chip Counts

The players return from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 60,000-120,000 and a 20,000 ante.

With two players remaining from a field of 400, the average chip stack is about 6,000,000 (50 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final-table prizepool:

Seat 1.  Chen Ke  –  975,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6.  Chen Yanhan  –  11,025,000  (92 bb)

1st:  CNY 2,063,454*
2nd:  CNY 1,373,026

3rd:  Lu Yingqi  –  CNY 882,619
4th:  Zhang Wenbin  –  CNY 585,468
5th:  Tan Yancheng  –  CNY 450,616
6th:  Bryan Huang  –  CNY 373,218

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.