Julien Tran
Julien Tran arrives from a broken table and takes his new seat to then instantly and happily get his 231,000 in preflop after a raising war with Nicholas Wang.
Julien Tran: AA
Nicholas Wang: AK
The aces of Tran hold without any sweat on the 109823 board.
Julien Tran - 475,000 (95 bb)
Nicholas Wang - 270,000 (56 bb)
A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least 570K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Michael Falcon - 1,437,000 (240 bb)
2. Julien Rouxel - 1,347,000 (225 bb)
3. Daniel Tighe - 1,132,000 (189 bb)
4. Yuhang Chen - 934,000 (156 bb)
5. Joshua McCully - 881,000 (147 bb)
6. Hyeonho Shin - 780,000 (130 bb)
7. Win Meng Tan - 708,000 (118 bb)
8. Frank Lillis - 629,000 (105 bb)
9. Ian Litster - 616,000 (103 bb)
10. Amit Kaushik - 571,000 (95 bb)
It's worth noting that three of the top four players on the leaderboard -- Michael Falcon, Julien Rouxel, and Yuhang Chen -- are now seated together at Table 15.