Leon "Rumuku!us" Sturm put in an early raised to 32,000, but had to fold when Ottomar Ladva shoved a bit more than 200,000 from the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
940,448
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
269,704
21,600
|
21,600 |
|
200,933 | |
|
||
Level: 24
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
There are now ten levels of play left in the day as Level 23 has just begun. James Chen is back in the lead with over 1 million chips, and Tim "BeardOilGuy" Rutherford has also eclipsed that number.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,071,972
116,500
|
116,500 |
|
||
|
1,020,873 | |
|
|
970,948
27,288
|
27,288 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Francisco Benitez just busted Yuri Dzivielevski to take the chip lead again after surrendering it briefly to James Chen. Benitez got back on top when his 
got there against Dzivielevski's 
on 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
998,236
170,536
|
170,536 |
|
|
955,472
40,750
|
40,750 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
They limped the blinds to a flop of 
and checked it before "Aborealis" bet 22,500 on the 
turn. Francisco Benitez called, and raised to 196,875 over 56,250 on the 
river. That was enough for a fold, and Benitez took a nice pot with no showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
827,700
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
|
344,062 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,282
42,968
|
42,968 |
|
366,927
309,572
|
309,572 |
|
260,741
60,131
|
60,131 |
|
248,822
470
|
470 |
|
201,092
54,349
|
54,349 |
|
|
197,194
19,395
|
19,395 |
|
193,973
97,895
|
97,895 |
|
104,000
43,929
|
43,929 |
|
|
96,282
77,400
|
77,400 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
David "MyLastHand!" Comeron shoved 147,624 from the cutoff, and Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka called from the big blind.
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka: 
David "MyLastHand!" Comeron: 
Comeron was ahead and turned the straight on 
but the for Lapka hit the bigger run on the river.
There are 402 players left in action at the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
939,295
131,638
|
131,638 |
|
|
914,722 | |
|
|
||
|
|
730,200
40,797
|
40,797 |
|
|
722,506
465,549
|
465,549 |
|
705,851
138,559
|
138,559 |
|
|
||
|
|
449,751 | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 22
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,250
