Simon Brändström Leads the Field for the Third Break in a Row

The players return from break to resume Level 8, with blinds of 60,000-120,000 and a 15,000 ante. With 47 players remaining from a field of 1,041, the average chip stack is about 5.54 million (46 big blinds).

The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $3,664 each. Action will continue today until the field is down to nine players, and they will return tomorrow (Tuesday) at 19:05 GMT for the WPTDeepStacks Final Table.

Here are the top 10 chipleaders from the break:

1.  Simon Brändström  –  15.60 million  (130 bb)
2.  Christian Rudolph  –  15.06 million  (126 bb)
3.  Timothy Ryan Kelly  –  13.84 million  (115 bb)
4.  Sergei Denisov  –  12.95 million  (108 bb)
5.  Volodymyr Palamar  –  10.58 million  (88 bb)
6.  Alexander Zubov  –  10.14 million  (85 bb)
7.  Bruno Volkmann  –  9.84 million  (82 bb)
8.  Angel Guillen  –  9.46 million  (79 bb)
9.  Sven Joakim Andersson  –  9.44 million  (79 bb)
10.  Karim Maekelberg  –  8.00 million  (67 bb)

Simon Brändström has held the chip lead at all three breaks so far here on Day 2.