The tournament has reached the end of Level 9 and it's time for the 40-minute dinner break. A total of 115 entries have been recorded and 47 players still remain.
This is the last chance to enter the tournament: registration will close at 7 p.m. local time.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players are back in their seats from the dinner break with one final entry being recorded by Phil Gioia to take the field up to 116 for the day.
An unofficial total of 307 entries have been tallied over all three days, and prize pool information will be posted as soon as it has been released.
A player had put in 6,000 under the gun and was facing a raise to 14,000 from Vincent Moscati on a board reading 
with a small pile of chips already in the center. The player thought for about 10 seconds and then called.
The under-the-gun player checked the river 
and Moscati checked behind, taking the hand to showdown where Moscati's opponent showed 
for a missed nut-flush draw and double gutshot straight draw. Moscati tabled 
for top pair and it was good to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
59,700
|
59,700 |
Eddy Konarske opened to 4,000 in early position and received a call from the cutoff. The small blind re-jammed for 35,000 and Konarske came over the top as well, forcing the cutoff out of the hand.
"You're probably good," said the small blind as he tabled 
.
Konarske had a dominating 
but saw the percentages roughly leveled as the flop came 
. Despite seeing a three outer come, Konarske had too many outs to miss as running 
re-improved him to top pair, top kicker and scored him the knockout.
Konarske confirmed that he had been up to around 180,000 earlier in the day and is now back in six-figure territory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
An all-in preflop scenario just transpired between Ryan Dodson and Jason Welch that left Welch dry on chips. According to Dodson, he opened to 3,000 in early position and action folded around to Welch in the big blind, who re-jammed for less than a starting stack. Dodson called.
Jason Welch: 
Ryan Dodson: 
The runout wound up changing nothing and Welch's chips were sent across the table to Dodson, resulting in his elimination from the tournament. Though Welch's Main Event run has come to an end, he currently sits second on the overall CPC points leader board, and will likely be a near-lock for one of the five seats being awarded to next Wednesday's $3,000 High Roller, which will also be covered by PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
19,100
|
19,100 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Thirty-seven players now remain in contention as Level 11 has begun. The following players are not among them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dwane Collard opened to 4,500 in the cutoff and aboth Mike Kester and Tracy Allgeier called on the button and in the big blind, respectively. The flop came 
and Allgeier checked to Collard, who continuation-bet 6,000. Kester called and Allgeier folded.
Action was then heads up to the turn , where Collard threw another 15,000 forward. Kester thought for a few moments and decided to fold to the second barrel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
150,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
73,500
73,500
|
73,500 |
