As play resumed in level 9, Gil Levy was still head and shoulders above the field, with a stack approaching the seven-figure mark. But many other players have found success on Day 1E, as there is no shortage of stacks far above the current chip average of 201K.

An average stack gets players nearly 60 big blinds at this point, which is plenty to work with but a far cry from the hundreds of blinds that the chip leaders have at their disposal,