The stacks have changed around and with an average stack just below 200,000 chips, Ryan Lashmar, coming off of a third place finish in Event #8 last night, has jumped out in front with a stack of 514,000 chips, equal to 147 big blinds.
Bar Brill, the chip leader from the first break ran into trouble and has recently busted out however the two other leaders, Bill Johnston and Olivier Monfet, are still grinding away. There is one more level remaining in the late registration period
Here are the top stacks in play at the start of level nine:
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan | Lashmar | 514,000 |
| Driss | Aber | 503,500 |
| Ara | Asatoorian | 501,500 |
| Mark | K. | 418,000 |
| Graham | Thomson | 391,500 |
| Michael | Meo | 385,000 |
