During the hours and hours of waiting while playing a tournament, many players carry some form of digital entertainment with them. Will "Monkey" Souther has been glued to his iPad for the last two days. We keep passing by him and can't help but get drawn into his Words With Friends game.
Some of the words played include:
Hyenas
Bookers
Hoer
Gazers
Jug
Towed
Silence
The after-dinner session has begun with 26 players remaining. Updated chip counts from the dinner break are posted just below.
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
445,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
405,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
400,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
375,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
345,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
295,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
290,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
280,000 | |
|
275,000 | |
|
|
250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
250,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
220,000 | |
|
205,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
125,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
111,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
110,000 | |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
87,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
62,000 | |
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The players only had time for a couple hands in their new seats before the level ran out. They number 26, and they've been sent off for a one-hour break. Play will resume right around 7:50pm local time.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kevin Signor |
| 1 | 2 | --empty-- |
| 1 | 3 | Elliot Maller |
| 1 | 4 | Mike Holm |
| 1 | 5 | Will Souther |
| 1 | 6 | Scott Davies |
| 1 | 7 | Steven Melton |
| 1 | 8 | Jeremy Jagoda |
| 1 | 9 | Casey Cavanaugh |
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Eriquezzo |
| 2 | 2 | Allen Kessler |
| 2 | 3 | Phil Mader |
| 2 | 4 | Pej Niyati |
| 2 | 5 | Becky Makar |
| 2 | 6 | Charles Moore |
| 2 | 7 | Jim Devaney |
| 2 | 8 | Chris Conrad |
| 2 | 9 | Steve Kats |
| 3 | 1 | James Mordue |
| 3 | 2 | Stephen Ma |
| 3 | 3 | James Smith |
| 3 | 4 | Scott Stanko |
| 3 | 5 | Johnny Kincaid |
| 3 | 6 | Sean Moore |
| 3 | 7 | Gary Philstrom |
| 3 | 8 | Mark Bonsack |
| 3 | 9 | Huy Nguyen |
It's been a quick, hard fall for Kevin Saul here this evening. He was sitting pretty with the chip lead of 435,000 about 90 minutes ago, but he's burned through that and right out the door.
In his last stand, Saul got just about 100,000 into the middle preflop with 
, and he was flipping for the double against Jim Devaney's 
.
There was an ace on the flop and another one on the river, and the 
board was no good for Saul. He did find a straight draw on the turn, but it missed, and his day is done.
Devaney is now the chip daddy with just shy of a half-million chips.
The field is down to 27 players, and we're in the middle of a full redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
We thought we might let you know that the dinner break will coincide with the end of this level. That's just about ten minutes from now, and it'll be a one-hour break.
Now you know.
Leonel Contreras came into this Day 2 with a top-five stack, and he parlayed that into a deep run. Unfortunately, that deep run came up just one spot shy of a cash.
In his final hand, Contreras was all in for 2,500 from the small blind, and Mark Bonsack limped into the pot from across the table. Alexandru Masek made a raise to 18,500 from the button, and Bonsack called the extra to see a flop.
It came out 
, and it was quite the action flop. Bonsack checked, but he was thinking sinister thoughts. When Masek bet 24,500, he quickly check-raised all in. Masek shrugged and called with his 
drawing at the flush. Bonsack had flopped a set with 
. And Contreras was essentially drawing dead with 
. Masek needed to catch up in a hurry, too.
The turn 
and river 
were blanks, though, and Bonsack has sent two players off with one swing of his hammer. Masek will take 30th place by virtue of his bigger stack, and that means Contreras is the lone bubble boy and the last man to go home empty-handed.
The remaining 29 players are now guaranteed at least $2,861 like Masek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Allen Kessler just doubled up with pocket aces. He's up to 125,000 now, his high point in the tournament thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
