During the break Jeff Gross tweeted a picture of his stack, one with chips worth 71,200, which by our reckoning makes him our chip leader. We'll try to find out how he went from being under the radar to being at the top of the counts.
Allen Kessler is up to an average sized stack, quite an achievement considering he left registering for this tournament to the last minute. Having busted out of the $10,000 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven event, Kessler was in no mood for going home and jumped into this $1k no-limit hold'em tournament. It looks like a great decision so far.
Tim Reilly cashed in this very event at the 2013 World Series of Poker, finishing in 258th place for a $2,107 score. If he is to repeat that feat this year he is going to have to grind his way back up the leader board as he lost 7,000 of his 11,000 stack to what he calls a "sick cooler."
Online superstar Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger is no longer competing for Event #4's bracelet after busting from the tournament on the last hand before the antes.
Kevin Sherrill has had his emotions put through the wringer thanks to a suckout-resuckout a few moments ago.
Sherrill found himself all-in with versus . His opponent flopped a trey, but Sherrill spiked a nine on the river. Reports of a fist-pump celebration are so far unfounded.
Matt Stout, dressed in New York Rangers attire, may only have 6.5 big blinds in his stack but he seems happy enough, perhaps because he's looking forward to the hockey game this evening.