Mike's $59,100 has him in 367th place out of 566. The average stack right now is $99,313; the median stack is $80,400. The big stack is $464,000. The nine smallest stacks are
The bottom three guys are going to get eaten up by the blinds pretty quickly, I think. Besides the players listed above there are 22 more players with < $20,000, so hopefully a few of them will but heads and attrit each other quickly. We'll see.
Mike is in the 35th percentile, which isn't terrible, but he can't afford to make many more mistakes if he wants to do better than simply finishing in the money. Nonetheless, given that he only needs to outlast nine players to at least get something, I think he's pretty much assured of being in the money. That's outstanding and better than any of us (Mike included) could have hoped for.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...