We're back in action following an hour dinner break. Most of the players look like they grabbed a bite to eat and are settled in for the backend of the day. Six more levels are on tap, with one break in between, before they bag and tag for the night.
Registration closed with 221 entrants with ten tables in action currently.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 12,000
Three more levels are history and the field is on a 60-minute dinner break. Registration remains open until cards hit the air for Level 10.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
We missed the preflop action but Clint Tolbert and Daniel Wojcik got their stacks in the middle.
Tolbert: 
Wojcik: 
The board ran 
, Wojcik made a flush and Tolbert was nearly eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
2,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
After back-and-forth preflop raising, MSPT Golden Gates champ Fred Garcia and another player got their stacks in the middle.
Garcia: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
, the aces held and Garcia chipped up considerably.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
145,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
135,000 | |
|
135,000 | |
|
110,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
110,000 | |
|
||
|
100,000 | |
|
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
52,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
30,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
26,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
25,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
15,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
13,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
13,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
12,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
12,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Cards are back in the air following the break. Entrants will play three more levels and then have a 60-minute dinner break. Registration closes at the end of the dinner break - approximately 7:30 pm. A few more players joined the field during the break and the tournament clock shows 199 entrants.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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