James Mackey Leads the Field at the Break with 3,520,000

Photo:  WPT champion James Mackey has the chip lead with 3,520,000 (59 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Nick Pupillo  –  825,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  Erick Lindgren  –  3,425,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Eric Afriat  –  1,330,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Jose Montes  –  995,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  2,190,000  (37 bb)
Seat 7.  James Mackey  –  3,520,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  William Beverley  –  795,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  James Carroll  –  570,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Anthony Zinno  –  965,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Sebastien Aube  –  2,215,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Larry Wright  –  1,480,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  James McGill  –  895,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 11
Seat 1.  Glenn Difurio  –  1,720,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Miguel Hernandez  –  1,785,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Hendrix  –  3,130,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4.  Curt Kohlberg  –  2,290,000  (38 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Harrison Ashdown  –  780,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Marx  –  1,225,000  (20 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $361,600*
2nd:  $235,000
3rd:  $175,000
4th:  $131,000
5th:  $99,000
6th:  $75,000
7th:  $58,000
8th:  $45,000
9th-10th:  $35,500
11th-12th:  $30,500
13th-15th:  $26,500
16th-18th:  $22,400

Photo:  Season 2 WPT Player of the Year Erick Lindgren is second in chips with 3,425,000 (57 big blinds).

* First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.