It seems like every time we mention a new milestone in the tournament it is attached to the "1JohnWrigley" screenname. This player was the first above 200,000 and many other milestones and now has become the first over 800,000 in chips.
Just 92 players remain in the field with 72 getting paid at least a mincash of $226. 888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman is among the players left, albeit with a short stack of 12.5 big blinds.
"1JohnWrigley" became the first player over 700,000 in chips and has a decent lead over the rest of the field. Here is a look at the top five stacks entering Level 17.
"PoulPanasony" raised to 10,500 from early position before calling a jam from "fakery" of 154,862 from the small blind.
fakery:
PoulPanasony:
"PoulPanasony" was behind when the chips got in but quickly took the lead in the hand after nailing top pair on the flop. Neither the on the turn nor the on the river was able to save "fakery" and this player was sent to the rail before the money.
"1JohnWrigley" had the lead for awhile earlier in the tournament and remained near the top of the chip counts. This player has regained the chip lead with a tournament-high chip stack of 560,394.
"KaizenStyle" lost some chips and fell out of the top five in chips. Here is a look at his stack and everyone in the top five including "D3n1sk4PP" who took over the chip lead.
flop. Neither the 
on the turn nor the 
on the river was able to save "fakery" and this player was sent to the rail before the money.
