We just entered another 15 minute break, but the buzz around the three tables remaining is Alexandra Usoltseva attempting a comeback after just being down to 1,500 chips. She has doubled up a few times and now has about 50,000 chips.
We will report more precise chip counts of her and everyone else remaining when we resume play shortly.
We are getting closer to the money as another short-stack has exited the tournament. Germany's Michael Friedberg has just been eliminated in ninth place. Play has been consolidated onto three tables.
Sergey Rybachenko has just been eliminated in 10th place. We believe he will remain in attendance for awhile as his girlfriend, Alexandra Usoltseva, has built up one of the bigger stacks in the tournament.
Players are up and stretching with another 15 minute break. Points will be worth 2,000 chips when we resume play with an average stack of 165,000 chips per player.
The tournament director announced that dealers will be racing off the 100 denomination chips.
