Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Chip Counts Before First Break

Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 775
Players Remaining: 117

Chris Csik (Hoboken, NJ)

Players are about to go on their first break of the day, returning to Level 18 and blinds of 4,000/8,000/1,000 (265,000 chip average).  Chris Csik (Hoboken, NJ) had just over 100,000 in front of him about (30) minutes ago...he's now one of the chip leaders with over 750,000.  After winning a critical flip to get his first double (6♠ 6♣ > A♥ K♠), Csik made a big call with pocket eights on a 2♦ 3♦ 6♣ flop when his opponent shoved for 260,000.  His 8♠ 8♥ held against his opponent's 5♣ 6♦, and that's basically the back story.  Here are some other counts from the field:

Patrick Curzio - 800,000
Chris Csik - 750,000
DJ MacKinnon - 700,000
Ray Ross - 680,000
Michael Sandler - 630,000
Joe Munoz - 575,000
Frank DiRe - 550,000
Rocco Derosa - 540,000
Matthew Giametta - 500,000
Wayne Kaufmann - 475,000
Justin Liberto - 470,000
Mike Berto - 460,000