donpeters
Here are some more chips counts at the beginning the the level.
John Monnette - 28,000
Barry Greenstein - 24,000
Daniel Alaei - 21,000
Tom Schneider - 14,000
Eli Elezra - 12,000
Dutch Boyd - 9,000
David Grey - 9,000
Vanessa Rousso - 8,000
Ralph Perry - 6,000
Allen Cunningham - 3,000
Jennifer Harman busted shortly after returning from dinner. Phil Ivey said, "Thanks for playing at the World Series of Poker." with a smile as Harman packed up her stuff and headed to the rail.
donpeters
The remaining 99 players have all returned from their dinner break, well, almost all of them.
Daniel Negreanu has been absent for most of this tournament due to the fact that he is running deep in the $10,000 Stud World Championship. He has been blinded down to 3,300 chips.
donpeters
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has one of the larger stacks in the room at the dinner break
All of the players are on their 60-minute dinner break. There are 99 players remaining and here are some of the current chip counts around the room.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow - 30,000
Robert Mizrachi - 20,000
Phil Ivey - 19,500
Greg Raymer - 18,000
Tony G - 17,500
Erik Seidel - 17,000
Gavin Griffin - 17,000
Layne Flack - 16,000
Jon "PearlJammed" Turner - 12,500
Chris Ferguson - 11,500
George Danzer - 11,000
Erick Lindgren - 10,000
David "Chino" Rheem - 10,000
Freddy Deeb - 9,000
Mickey Appleman - 8,000
Howard Lederer - 7,500
John "Johnny World" Hennigan - 6,500
Phil Hellmuth - 6,000
Scotty Nguyen - 6,000
Dick Carson - 6,000
Roy Winston - 6,000
Jim Geary - 4,500
David Singer - 3,800
Tracey "xTraCey" Nguyen - 3,500
Dewey Tomko - 3,500
Adam Friedman - 3,000
When the players return from dinner break, we'll grab some more chips counts from across the room. See you in about an hour.
donpeters
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has been living up to his nickname and chatting it up nonstop today. He just had this to say about winning the WSOP Main Event.
"If I win the Main Event, and you can put this on record and hold me to it, I'll tip the dealers $1 million."
donpeters
Josh Arieh and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi were recently eliminated.
The Grinder moved all in for his last 1,425 from early position and was called by Tracey "xTraCey" Nguyen. The button then reraised to 9,000 and Nguyen folded.
Mizrachi drew one card, but couldn't beat his opponent's nine-five low and was eliminated.
donpeters
Erik Seidel opened the action to 600 from early position and one player called from middle position. Both players drew one card. After the draw was complete, Seidel bet 1,500 and the player called. Seidel showed and his opponent mucked, giving Seidel the pot and moving him up to 13,500.
donpeters
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 2,000 total and Tony G called from the button. The cutoff drew one card and Tony G stood pat and opened a . His opponent drew to and was eliminated from the tournament. Tony G is up to 15,000 chips.
donpeters
"The Grinder" working hard
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 600 from under the gun and got one caller before a third player moved all in for 2,400 total. Mizrachi called and the other player called as well.
Mizrachi stood pat, the next player drew one card, and then the all-in player drew one card. The Grinder and the other player checked after drawing. Mizrachi tabled for a ten-nine low and scooped the pot after the other two players mucked.
and his opponent mucked, giving Seidel the pot and moving him up to 13,500.
