Chris Conrad jumped out of the gates here in Day 1b to a nice sized stack, but his chips slowly dwindled as the night went on. Eventually, he got his money in great preflop, with his dominating the of his opponent. The flop was safe for Conrad, coming down , but the hit the turn, giving Conrad's opponent a set. The river brought the , and a disappointed Conrad made his way to the exits.
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but table mate Allen Kessler came over to tell us about this monster pot we missed. The pot was three ways, with Ross Lecavalier last to act. According to Kessler, on a flop of all low cards, one player bet 8,000, and another player shoved all in for 90,000 with . Lecavalier made the call with top set, and it held, giving him a ginormous pot.
We went over to get a count on Lecavalier's stack, and by our best estimation, he has about 194,000, making him the chip leader not only of this flight, but of the whole tournament at the moment.
Mstr Lynch (yes his name is pronounced master) has vaulted his way into the chip lead here in level 9. Lynch scooped a huge pot in the previous level when his held in a big all in confrontation versus his opponent's . He has continued to build his chips since, and is now sitting on a monster stack of 120,000.
Lynch hasn't registered a live cash since Feburary of last year, but before that, he accomplished quite the feat when he won back-to-back preliminary events at Harrah's Rincon in 2011, winning a $555 buy-in and $1,080 buy in event.
We are in Level 9 right now, and we have reached our final four tables. The eliminations are sure to slow down at some point, but they haven't as of yet.
We've lost a few of our notables in the last half hour, including Jeff Fielder, Nathan Bjerno, Kevin Boudreau, and Erik Roussakis. Of those players, only Roussakis will have the option to re-enter tomorrow, as the other three players have all fired two bullets.
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dominating the 
of his opponent. The flop was safe for Conrad, coming down 
, but the 
hit the turn, giving Conrad's opponent a set. The river brought the 
, and a disappointed Conrad made his way to the exits.
