Level 13 has finished and there are 1,647 players remaining according to the screens. They will play another two levels for tonight after a 20-minute break and once they return, the blinds will be 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.
Here’s a look at some recent highlights from play:
Tony Miles moved all in for 68,500 from under the gun and was called by Shaun Zammit in the next position. All remaining players in the hand folded and the cards were turned over.
Tony Miles: 
Shaun Zammit: 
The board was 
with Miles failing to catch up and he was sent to the rail midway through Day 2.
With the ESPN cameras on hand to follow him to the exit, Daiva Byrne remarked to the table "Who was that guy?"
The table explained that he had finished second in the Main Event last year.
"Well," said Byrne. "He won't be finishing second this year!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000 | 137,200 |
|
Busted |
A massive hand between bracelet winners Nick Schulman and Joseph Cheong recently played out.
Cheong's chips were being counted out in front of him with the board reading 
. Both players had their cards face up.
Nick Schulman: 
Joseph Cheong: 
Cheong sat in middle position while Schulman was in the small blind. Schulman had flopped a set but Cheong caught up on the turn and all the chips ended up in the middle after both players rivered a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 223,000 |
|
160,000 | -108,000 |
With action picked up on the 
turn, John Hashem bet 60,000 out of the small blind and Faraz Jaka called in middle position.
The river was the 
and Hashem announced a huge wager of 250,000, equaling roughly the size of the pot. Jaka quickly called, but he learned that Hashem had him beat with 
for a rivered full house.
Jaka flipped 
for a flush and he conceded a big pot, allowing Hashem to vault over 1.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,415,000 | 1,097,900 |
|
350,000 | -430,000 |
A few minutes ago, Scotty Nguyen moved tables and was caught by the ESPN crew. "I am moving to table 407, baby," he said. A few minutes later, however, Nguyen was no longer to be featured on said table.
According to the ESPN camera crew, he was all in preflop and Marios Savvides, as well as Clayton Fletcher, called. On a 
flop, Savvides bet and that forced out Fletcher.
Nguyen turned over kings and Savvides had 
to remain ahead on a 
turn and river run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | 169,800 |
|
260,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
Asi Moshe raised from the second position and a player in the hijack three-bet to 20,000 before Bryan Campanello cold-four bet to 75,000 out of the small blind. Moshe moved all in for 138,000 and the next player folded. Campanello called.
Moshe turned up , and while it would normally be a fair race with 
, Moshe knew he was in trouble as the hijack announced that he had folded ace-king.
Moshe bricked out on the board of 
and he wished good luck to the table before leaving.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 175,000 |
|
Busted |
The remaining 2,050 players have been sent into a 65-minute dinner break until 5.30 p.m. local time and some 13 minutes remain to be played in the current level.
Once the players return, the three feature tables will be in action with live action broadcasted on ESPN.
Here’s a look at some recent highlights from play:
The current chip leader appears to be Andrew Brokos, recently featured on PokerNews, with more than 1.2 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,260,000 | 410,000 |
Kevin Saul opened under the gun and got called in three spots. On the 
flop, Andrew Pantling checked from the big blind and Saul bet 12,000. Brian Park called a few seats over, the fourth player folded, and Pantling shoved for 54,500. Saul reraised to 103,000, folding out Park.
Pantling shook his head and turned over 
for a flush draw, and Saul tabled for the current nuts. They got nuttier on the turn when the 
hit to leave Pantling out the door even before the river arrived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000 | 1,000 |
|
560,000 | 92,500 |
|
Busted |
Galen Hall started the day 14th in chips with just over 700,000 chips. He's chipped up over the first level and a quarter and appears to be the first player in the 2019 WSOP Main Event over one million in chips. That equates to 333 big blinds at the current blind level of 1,500/3,000/3,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,039,000 |
