Updated Chip Counts

Jason Wheeler and Gabriele Lepore, both of whom made the final table of this event last year under the PokerStars Championship banner, are seated right next to each. Wheeler finished second and Lepore fourth. We'll see if either can make a repeat final table run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	70,000 24,000	24,000
Jason Wheeler	34,000 4,000	4,000
Erwann Pecheux	34,000 4,000	4,000
Max Silver	33,200 33,200	33,200
Gabriele Lepore	33,000
William Kassouf	31,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	30,000 30,000	30,000
Francois Billard	30,000 30,000	30,000
Juan Pardo	27,000 18,700	18,700
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	25,800 3,200	3,200

Sergei Petrushevskii	24,500
Maria Konnikova	22,700 7,300	7,300

Asi Moshe	20,400 20,400	20,400
Kalidou Sow	15,600 25,400	25,400