Chip counts for the final 41 players were updated during the break; click the "Chip Counts" tab on the right for the updated numbers. For convenience, here are the top ten:
1. Chris Sandrock - 225,000
2. Mike Hauptman - 190,000
3. Alan Jaffray - 187,000
4. Shawn Buchanan - 180,000
5. Eric 'Rizen' Lynch - 163,000
6. Jason Lester - 160,000
7. Dan Alspach - 157,000
8. Paul Zuzelo - 154,000
9. Gavin Griffin - 150,000
10. Scott Fischman - 140,000
Event #1 winner Steve Billirakis, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, and Event #1 runner-up Greg 'FBT' Mueller are all knocking on the door of the top ten.
Alan Jaffray limps under the gun, Randy Haddox pot-raises from the big blind, Jaffray reraises, and Haddox calls all in with . Jaffray shows , and Haddox needs to improve to survive.
The board comes , and the pocket nines hold up for Jaffray. Randy Haddox is eliminated.
Kathy Liebert pot-raises from the button, Matt Gianetti reraises from the big blind, Liebert moves all in, and Gianetti calls with . Liebert shows , and she'll need her hand to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Gianetti flops a pair, turns trips, and rivers a full house to double up to about 95,000. Kathy Liebert is eliminated.
Cliff Josephy
Cliff Josephy pot-raises from late position to 9,000, Paul Zuzelo calls from the button, and Alex Kravchenko calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Kravchenko checks, Josephy moves all in, Zuzelo pot-raises, and Kravchenko folds.
Josephy shows , and Zuzelo leads with -- trip kings. The last two cards are , and Cliff Josephy is eliminated from the event.
Jason Lester, who won this event last year, is all in preflop with against Greg Mueller's . The board comes , and Lester's pocket deuces hold up, doubling his stack to about 99,000.
Michael Binger is all in preflop with against Joe Sebok's . The board comes , and Binger flops a pair of aces and rivers the ace-high flush to win the pot, doubling up to about 70,000 in chips.
Mickey Appleman raises under the gun to 10,500, and Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Ferguson bets, and Appleman calls all in with . Ferguson shows , and he'll need an ace or a queen to bust Appleman. The last two cards were , and Appleman doubles up to about 32,000 in chips.
. Jaffray shows 
, and Haddox needs to improve to survive. 
, and the pocket nines hold up for Jaffray. Randy Haddox is eliminated.
, against Chris Sandrock's 
, and she'll need her hand to hold to stay alive. 
, Kravchenko checks, Josephy moves all in, Zuzelo pot-raises, and Kravchenko folds. 
-- trip kings. The last two cards are 
, and Cliff Josephy is eliminated from the event.
against Greg Mueller's 
. The board comes 
, and Lester's pocket deuces hold up, doubling his stack to about 99,000.
. The board comes 
, Ferguson bets, and Appleman calls all in with 
