With 22 players left in level 17, the remaining players all have over $8,000 secured with everyone eyeing that $300,375 Payday for first. Massoud Eskandari who started the day at 2.7 million in chips now surpassing 11 million as the dominate chip leader of the event currently. We talked to Eskandari about how he found his way to the chip lead and he says “I never had any big pairs, no jacks, queens, kings, aces…just small pot after small pot over the first 4 hours of the day and the chips found their way home.”
We will update at the break which is shortlty after 5pm with chip counts.
