First Break, Sawers and Vijayaratnam Battle For Chip Lead
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break. This is the first break of the day and 32 players remain of the 44 that started Day 2.
Kathy Sawers jumped out to the chip lead over taking Senthuran Vijayaratnam when she eliminated Richard Paradis. Sawers flopped a set of aces, and Paradis shoved all in with 
. He didn't improve and Sawers took the lead.
Vijayaratnam dropped a little bit early, but when he eliminated Gary Lucci, he overtook Sawers again and is sitting at 850,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
845,000
45,000
|
45,000 |