Albert Daher showed up out of the blue with more than a half million in chips, and Artur Rudziankov has even more than that in the Amazon Gold section.
Last but not least, the TV crew just confirmed a big double for Jonathan Dwek, who saw an opponent five-bet shove with 
into his pocket aces to also join the big stacks.
The player on the button was all in, and Jun Obara called from the big blind.
The button was at risk with 
, flipping with Obara's 
.
The board ran out 
, and Obara's queens held, putting him at just shy of a million chips.
With the board reading 
and more than 80,000 in the pot, Doug Polk was first to act, and he bet 52,000. Todd Grovijohn to his immediate left called, and the river was the 
, pairing the board.
This time, Polk checked, and Grovijohn bet 100,000. Polk thought for a couple minutes, confirmed the bet size, and then called.
Grovijohn tabled 
for sevens full, and Polk's response was, "That's a boat. Full house will win."
A few seconds later, he let out some frustration. "Uh! Whyyyy?" and then he told Grovijohn with a smile, "If I was a better player I coulda laid it down... But I'm not."
Here are a selection of images of players nearing or over the million-chip mark after the dinner break.
Photos by Joe Giron
With around 50,000 in the middle and the flop reading 
, Andrey Pateychuk bet 20,000 after the big blind checked to him. After a little consideration, the big blind check-raised to 100,000, and Pateychuk called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
, and the big blind checked once again before Pateychuk moved all in for roughly 220,000. Pateychuk's opponent considered his options for close to two minutes before eventually opting to fold.
Pateychuk climbed to 470,000 in chips.
David Ormsby started the day well above average and has since been doing some damage at his table, taking over the control and far biggest stack. Just now, he called the shove of a short stack out of the small blind on the turn of a nine-high board and tabled 
. The player at risk showed for second pair, and the river blanked to see Ormsby rake in yet another pot.
When players returned from dinner break, one player's seat was empty, and the roughly 630,000 in chips he previously had in front of him were gone, as well. It turns out that this player had been banned from all Caesars properties and thus barred from entering World Series of Poker tournaments.
The player had knowingly bypassed security, going to great lengths to hide his real identity when registering for this tournament. When tournament organizers found out, his stack was terminated, and the chips were removed from the tournament. He left the premises without incident. His tournament buy-in remains in the prize pool, so the payout is not affected by this incident.
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