Level 21 has begun with blinds climbing to 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500. Thirty-nine players now remain, with Anthony "Flawlessbinkage" Maio having recently shot up the counts to amass a stack of more than 1.1 million, making him the clear chip leader with 25 eliminations needed to reach the money. The top 20 stacks have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	1,101,981	1,101,981
Bond18	681,106	258,524
Bagels	650,210	650,210
IReadYrSoul	617,744	180,889
mooseman1710	616,802	231,146
layitdown08	610,915	87,100
IvanBlock	561,599	472,744
epdawg5	537,712	245,987
ghoul	466,101	315,075
onoreally	464,581	-9,000
treetrap	463,814	463,814
David "TheKing411" Coleman	393,210	393,210
maniacalmonk	387,788	-21,051
rule22	381,350	-6,500
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	379,465	38,294
TheTerminator1	377,049	-103,362
hoodrathings	317,216	82,563
jerseyman99	291,476	-287,480
pay4medsch00l	291,104	153,500
chen718	277,050	103,110