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Team PokerStars Pro is looking strong at the top of the chip counts this evening. With one level left until dinner, Team UK & Ireland member Jude Ainsworth is the biggest stack in the room. He's up to 32,500. Anh Van Nguyen and Arnaud Mattern are also both at the top of the counts with over 20,000.
Keith Sexton was all in with 
against his opponent's 
. The board came 
, and Sexton couldn't hold. On to the next one.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Bernard Lee defended his big blind from an early position raise, and the flop fell 
. Lee checked, and his opponent bet 700. Lee then check-raised to 1,825, and the other player called. Lee fired 6,000 at the 
turn, and his opponent called all in for 4,000. Lee turned up 
, not what the all-in player with 
wanted to see. The river was the 
, and Lee moved up to 17,000 with the knockout.
Humberto Brenes raised to 550, and the big blind defended. Both players checked the 
flop and the turn. The river was the 
, and the big blind was tired of checking. He bet 600, and Brenes raised him to 1,300. The guy called, and Brenes showed 
to take the pot. The Shark Man is up to 13,500.
A player in middle position raised to 500 and then Bernard Lee flatted from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Lee checked. The preflop raiser bet 700 and then Lee check-raised to 1,825. His opponent called.
The turn brought a 
and Lee jammed. His opponent called with 
and Lee got tricky with two aces. The river was a 
and Lee successfully doubled to 17,000 in chips.
Tom Dwan raised to 550 under the gun, and a player in early position called. Then another guy moved all in for a total of 5,000. Action folded back to Dwan, and he reshipped. The flat-caller folded, and it was time for showdown. Dwan's 
was up against his opponent's 
. The board came out 
, and Dwan picked up a knock out and built his stack to 12,400.
Will "the Thrill" Failla told us he was all in preflop with big slick against Chris Bell's pocket tens. The 
flop gave Failla top two, but Bell picked up some extra outs. The turn and river bricked to double the Thrill to 4,000. Bell's down to 7,800.
The official numbers are in, and the results are impressive. Today 2521 players ponied up $1,500 to play in Event #42. That makes this the second largest $1,500 No-Limit of the summer. And already, half of them are gone. The board shows 1,240 players remaining.
The top 270 will get a piece of the prize pool. Min-cash is $2,756, and first gets a whopping $604,222.
Davidi Kitai raised to 550 preflop, and Dan Heimiller called from the small blind. The flop fell 
, and Heimiller bet out 900. Kitai called to see the 
on the turn. Both players checked, and when the 
fell on the river, it was check-check once again. Heimiller's 
for a missed flush draw wasn't going to do it, and Kitai took it down with 
for a pair of kings. He's up to 13,000, and Heimiller has 11,000.
