Event 16 (Flight 1A): Two Players Separating From The Field

Event 16 ($150 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Level 10 (Blinds 500/1,000/100)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 57
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 31

Jason Lin currently sits second in chips (90,000), with (31) players remaining in the flight.

The field is through one "post-registration" level, with the flight officially attracting a total of (57) entries.  Two players have emerged from the group with sizable stacks, with Garrick Young sitting with a stack over 105,000, and Jason Lin looking to eclipse the century mark.  Lin has just over 90,000, which is close to double the chip average at the moment (49,000).  The structure of this tournament is similar to that of Event 10, except the levels are five minutes longer.  That small difference makes a big deal as these opening flights play out, with the average stack holding on to (49) big blinds.  That's a far cry from the (10-15) big blind stacks that were prevalent during the same stage of that earlier event.

Today's play is scheduled to conclude after Level 16, unless the field reaches 8%, which would be five players.