Level 40 Begins (Heads-Up)

Level 39 comes to an end, and Level 40 begins with increased blinds of 2,500,000-5,000,000 and an ante of 625,000.

With two players remaining from a field of 395, the average chip stack is about 198 million (40 big blinds). Here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $239,820*
2nd:  $164,868
3rd:  Matt Iles (Boozehound)  –  $127,398
4th:  anomalous  –  $95,948
5th:  Obli Prabu (PokerKarma)  –  $75,565
6th:  Alex Farin (luckyman10)  –  $56,830
7th:  Tim Kuder (timkuder)  –  $41,217
8th:  Daniel Buzgon (leinad)  –  $28,727

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