Since some players chose to take the entire 90-minute dinner break, they are one level behind the rest of the field. This means that some of the field is still playing 400 - 800 with an 100 ante and some players are playing 600 - 1200 with a 200 ante.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Players are coming back from dinner break and there is around 10 tables left to play out. Cards are now in the air.
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Brian Rast was eliminated just before break.
Just before break, Leo Wolpert eliminated his last opponent. The players got their chips in the middle pre-flop. Wolpert held 
, and his opponent, holding 
, was dominated. The board ran out 
, giving each player a pair. Wolpert's queen's however, were the stronger pair, and he won the pot and his table. He now advances to round 2 of the shootout.
The players who elected to play level 7 during the first part of the dinner break are now also on break. All remaining tables will resume play in 30 minutes.
Leo Wolpert raised to 1,600 from the button pre-flop, and his opponent called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of 
. On the 
turn card, the big blind bet out 1,400, and Wolpert called. The 
fell on the river, and the big blind again bet out, this time for 2,100. Wolpert had an agonized look on his face, but pushed forward 2,100 of his own. His opponent said "Good call," and Wolpert turned over 
for a winning pair of aces.
Jason Duval has eliminated Ronald Lee from the tournament.
According to Duval, on a flop of 
, Jason Duval checked, Ronald Lee bet out, and then Jason Duval check-raised enough to put Lee all-in. Lee called with 
for a flush draw, and Duval was ahead with 
. The turn and river cards were the 
and giving Duval an unnecessary full house and the victory.
Duval will advance to round 2 tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brian Rast's table was one of the few that was not heads up going into the dinner break, but now it is after Rast eliminated a player. Preflop, the player moved all in for 7,625 total. Rast moved all in from the small blind and the big blind folded his 
face up.
Rast: 
All In: 
The board came out 
and Rast claimed the knock out and the chips. After that hand Rast has an overwhelming chip lead over his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 51,000 |
One of the tables that played in trough the break was Nick Petrangelo and Makoto Yoshimichi. Petrangelo was able to finish off Yoshimichi just a little into level seven. The two players got it all in preflop with Petrangelo holding and Yoshimichi holding 
.
The board ran out 
and with that we'll be seeing Petrangelo tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | |
|
Busted |
