Players have returned from their dinner break and have two more levels of play until their next break. The official tally of players to survive through dinner is 1,053 and we're sure to have that whittled down to a much smaller number by the end of the night as cries of "Seat open!" are already being heard throughout the Brasilia room.
The seats once filled by 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer and Max Pescatori are now vacant.
FossilMan Greg RaymerCrippled after flopping two pair. Flush draw gets there the hard way, runner-runner aces up. My short stack shove AhJh runs into QQ. Out.June 16 2012
Last time we checked in with Dwyte Pilgrim before the dinner break he was sitting on a relatively large stack of 21,000. Now, just forty-five minutes into level seven, Pilgrim is sitting atop our leader board with a stack of 39,000. Pilgrim is an aggressive player that should be feared when he has a lot of chips at hand, so we will continue to keep you up to date on the happenings at his table.
We found 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada staring down at a board of . Cada threw out a bet of 700 and his opponent wasted no time in pushing out a substantial raise.
Cada thought for a bit before giving up his hand and awarding the pot to his opponent. Cada is currently sitting on about 4,600.
PokerNews writer Chad Holloway kicked off this tournament to wonderful start when he flopped a full house with pocket queens on the second hand.
It seems the ladies are still flocking to Holloway, as according to his latest tweet he was able to score another double up with pocket queens.
ChadAHolloway Chad Allan HollowayJust won big pot after turning set of queens, which made a guy's flush, but filled on river. Up to 21,550 at 150/300 & 25 ante.June 16 2012
So there you have it; the ladies absolutely love Chad Holloway. Must be the bird shirt.
. Cada threw out a bet of 700 and his opponent wasted no time in pushing out a substantial raise.
