Tom Babiarz is firmly in the lead now with 170,000-plus, but after one player ran queens into his aces, Nicholas May is close.
He's on over 140,000 now and headed down the home stretch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
141,200
67,700
|
67,700 |
David Whyte pushed in and Jason Nablo and Leon Martin made the call before Mandy Smith came over the top for almost 30,000.
Only Martin called, but his king high and Whyte's ace high were no good against Smith's pocket queens after a board of bricks.
Whyte busted, Martin was left relatively short and Smith joined the 100,000 chip club following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The players have headed off on the final 10-minute break of the night and will return to play three more levels before bagging up.
When they return to start Level 13 the registration and re-entry period will close.
Jason Nablo just turned up in Level 10 and already has 35,000 in chips, much to the dismay of the many short stacks in the room who have been grinding nubs for the past four and a half hours to no avail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 |
Dennis Durante is on his fourth bullet in this event and hoping this is the one.
Things got off to a good start as he shoved aces right out of the gate and flopped quads to push his stack above starting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,800 |
22-year-old Nicholas May is just barely old enough to register for this event, but certainly young enough to win it.
And he's now got the kind of stack that can make that happen after defending his big blind with 
, flopping two pair and turning a boat to double into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,500
73,500
|
73,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Those questioning if John Stempien would keep all his chips now have an answer: Half of them.
Tom Babiarz doubled through him to take a spot among the leaders now, getting it in with two pair and getting the call from Stempien on an overpair.
Stempien was left with about half the big stack he had earlier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
111,000 | |
|
35,200 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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