After nine levels have been played and 80 / 162 runners are still in the field, we sent the remaining players on a break to count their chips. From the looks of it, Ronald Zapantis has most of them right now:
| Player | Chips | Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald Zapantis | 195,000 | 163 |
| Benko Tibor Jozsef | 170,000 | 142 |
| Michael Sklenička | 160,000 | 133 |
| Alf Peter Onnestam | 155,000 | 129 |
| Siegfried Rath | 150,000 | 125 |
| Jari Karkkainen | 150,000 | 125 |
| Saadia Elad | 110,000 | 92 |
| Raymond Forsland | 100,000 | 83 |
| Mario Da Silva | 90,000 | 75 |
| Yasen Dichev | 85,000 | 71 |
| Robert Perelman | 80,000 | 67 |
| Jostein Groedum | 80,000 | 67 |
| Francisco Alonso Sierra | 75,000 | 63 |
| Robert Aleksic | 70,000 | 58 |
| Robert Sloboda | 70,000 | 58 |
| Knut Gaupset | 70,000 | 58 |
| Hlynur Sverrisson | 65,000 | 54 |
