Day Two of Event #8 Starts at 2:00 pm PDT
They are fighting for one of the nine seats at Thursday's ESPN Final Table, where they are guaranteed at least $34,196 for ninth place, and eyeing the $585,774 for first.
Here are the top 10 chipleaders, along with some notable players further back in the field:
1. Sorel Mizzi - 240,000
2. Michael Binger - 186,700
3. Amir Vahedi - 183,100
4. Gavin Griffin - 154,200
5. Alex Melnikow - 151,300
6. Marc Waacden - 136,400
7. Joe Simmons - 133,000
8. Michael Gracz - 130,100
9. Roger Teska - 121,800
10. David Strot - 110,300
11. Eric 'Sheet's Haber - 107,900
14. Shane 'Shaniac' Schleger - 101,800
15. Steve Billirakis (Event #1 winner) - 101,600
19. Todd Witteles - 88,300
20. Tommy Vu - 84,100
28. Mark Newhouse - 73,200
31. Shannon Shorr - 70,200
32. Antonio Esfandiari - 69,000
36. Eugene Todd - 56,600
37. Jason Strasser - 56,200
42. Steve Paul-Ambrose - 46,600
49. Kristy Gazes - 41,200
50. Alex Prendes, Jr. - 39,700
58. Brett Jungblut - 32,800
59. Arnold Spee - 31,900
72. Dan Alspach - 18,400