The 90-minute dinner break has commenced, Bruno Politano has continued to gobble up chips during Level 22.
Politano grabbed the chip lead with a monster set-over-set pot last level, and he’s stretched it in the two hours since. With 5.271 million in chips, he holds a wide lead over second place.
Benger picked up a big pot late in the level when he picked up 
against the 
of Bob Miller, busting Miller when he failed to find another jack.
Benger will have the opportunity to significantly chip up (or down) before the night is over, as he just got moved to one of the secondary feature tables with fellow hefty stacks Dan Smith and Tony Ruberto. Benger’s position is ideal, as he drew Seat 4, to the immediate left of Ruberto (Seat 3) and Smith (Seat 2).
The leader coming into the day, Matthew Haugen, has been unable to gain any traction, finding himself under the 2 million mark after he came into the day toting 2.8 million.
A noble cause received a nice donation, as David Einhorn was eliminated in 173 when his 
failed to improve against an opponent’s 
. Einhorn collected nearly $45,000, which will go to a charity called Robin Hood.
Former standout poker coach Brian Townsend ran his jacks into aces to bow out as well.
Blake Cahail (172nd), Rep Porter (174th), John Kabbaj (179th), Roland Israelashvili (180th), Jeff Madsen (188th) were among the other notable names exiting this level.
While you wait for the return of play, enjoy this timeless video from the 2012 WSOP Main Event where Mickey Doft races to count "the stack."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,271,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
|
3,937,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
3,674,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
3,567,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
||
|
3,376,000
476,000
|
476,000 |
|
3,296,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
3,177,000
698,000
|
698,000 |
|
3,050,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
3,042,000
612,000
|
612,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,854,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
||
|
2,721,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
2,655,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,581,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
2,569,000
891,000
|
891,000 |
|
||
|
2,560,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,468,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,380,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
|
2,366,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
2,360,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
2,246,000
754,000
|
754,000 |
|
2,235,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
2,200,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,184,000
684,000
|
684,000 |
|
2,153,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
2,136,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
.
, Haugen check-called another 125,000 from Weber, and the 
completed the board.
for trip queens, and Haugen mucked.
, keeping Palmer's pocket aces in the lead. Palmer took down the pot and Schulz was eliminated from play.
when we caught Quentin Siffledeen and Todd Rebello invest 260,000 chips to see a river card.
flop with Waxman betting out 46,000 and Sly calling before both players checked the 
and Waxman bet out 115,000 with Sly instantly making the call.
, but it was dominated by the 
