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title: 70 Players Return to Level 17
description: Players in the $400 First Lone Star Ring Event are returning to blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000 and 69 players remain.
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# 70 Players Return to Level 17

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Players in the $400 First Lone Star Ring Event are returning to blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000 and 70 players remain.

Nicholas Mcconnell is the current chip leader with 903,000 (112 BB).

Top 10 Stacks

| **Player** | **Chips** | **BBs** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nichoals Mcconell | 903,000 | 90 |
| Michael Weiss | 641,000 | 64 |
| Martin Ryan | 627,000 | 63 |
| Hai Pham | 589,000 | 59 |
| Derek Normand | 535,000 | 54 |
| Michael Berry | 495,000 | 50 |
| Brennan Benglis | 484,000 | 48 |
| Peter Tran | 470,000 | 47 |
| Christian Duranleau | 455,000 | 46 |
| Michael Rudolph | 447,000 | 45 |

Players will redraw at the final 27 players and continue to play until the completion of level 24, or until an official final table of nine, whichever is first.

Day Two action will resume at 14:00 local time.

Ring Event 1 Prize Pool  
$297,330

| 1st | $47,378 |
| --- | --- |
| 2nd | $31,525 |
| 3rd | $22,465 |
| 4th | $16,245 |
| 5th | $11,925 |
| 6th | $8,890 |
| 7th | $6,730 |
| 8th | $5,175 |
| 9th | $4,045 |
| 10th-11th | $3,215 |
| 12th-13th | $2,595 |
| 14th-17th | $2,130 |
| 18th-26th | $1,780 |
| 27th-35th | $1,515 |
| 36th-44th | $1,311 |
| 45th-53rd | $1,155 |
| 54th-62nd | $1,036 |
| 63rd-71st | $948 |
| 72nd-80th | $883 |
| 81st-89th | $840 |
| 90th-136th | $800 |

 

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