We couldn’t see what Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle was up to during money bubble play from our spot on the rail, but apparently he’s been busy. His stack ballooned over the 1 million chip mark and we caught the following hand in which Hinkle busted a player to add even more chips to the pile. With the board reading {td]{3c]2J the player in the small blind led for around 15K and Blair raised to 35K or so from the big blind. The third player in the hand folded and the small blind moved all but 2.5K of his chips in the middle. Hinkle called the 90K or so bet and the two players kept their cards face down as the 5 was dealt on the river. The player threw his last 2.5K in, Hinkle called, and the cards were turned up. The player who was all-in held Q-J for top pair while Hinkle turned over KT for the king high flush. He is now up to 1.2 million.

Joe “jcada99″ Cada also picked up some chips with K-10. He and another player got it all-in on a 963 flop for the other player’s last 200K or so with Joe holding KT to his opponent’s Q2.

“Put a heart on the turn dealer, let’s get this thing over with,” Cada requested. The dealer failed to oblige as the turn was the 9 and the river was the J. Neither player was able to make a flush and Joe’s king-high was good enough to take down the pot, eliminate the player, and build his stack up to 675K.

Thuy “ShesNoGood” Doan faded the flush draw when she and another player got it all-in for Doan’s tournament life with Thuy holding AT to the other player’s K4 on an AJ3 flop. The turn was the 9 and the river the 4 giving Thuy the pot with a pair of aces and boosting her stack up to 350K.

Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp is among the chip leaders in the tournament after eliminating a player at his table. His opponent opened to 15K from middle position with the blinds at 2.5K/5K/500 and Billy called in position. The blinds folded and the flop fell JT9. Kopp’s opponent check-called a 25K bet and the turn brought the 4. Both players checked and the river was the 2. Billy’s opponent led out for 50K and Kopp moved all in. His opponent called with KQ and was devastated when Billy tabled Q6 for a rivered flush. A wave of chips was pushed Kopp’s way and he is now just short of 1.5 million.

Nick “FU_15″ Maimone took a turn in the wrong direction when he picked up pocket aces for what he claimed was the first time this entire tournament. Nick told us a player raised and he called in position and the player in the big blind called as well. The flop came 8-8-5 with two hearts and the initial raiser led for 22.5K. Maimone raised to 47.5K total, the big blind folded, and the initial raiser moved all-in for 140K total. Nick called with his aces, which were ahead of the other player’s pocket sevens until a seven peeled on the turn to give Maimone’s opponent the pot and drop Nick down to 640K.

Jason “fisheye25″ Sackler hoped to double up at the hands of Julian “wh00sle” Parmann, but his A8 had some catching up to do with Parmann’s AJ. The QT7 flop was little help to Sackler and the 6 on the turn left him drawing even slimmer. The river was the 3 and Julian scooped the pot to eliminate Sackler and move up to 300K in chips.

Jonathan “driverseati” Tamayo added a nice pot to his stack on the last hand before the break. We missed the flop action but Tamayo told us that he led out for 21K on a QQ8 flop and his opponent check-raised all in for 89K. Tamayo called with TT, which was well ahead of his opponent’s AK. The 9 turn and 6 river were no help to the other player and Tamayo took of on his break with 640K, well above the tournament average.

Speaking of break, here are some chip counts we grabbed shortly before players went on their most recent break:

Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp - 1.5 million
Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle - 1.2 million
Jordan Morgan (pictured right) - 1.01 million
Theo “pittrounder” Tran - 825K
Craig “craigthedeac” Boyd - 775K
Joe “jcada99″ Cada - 675K
Nick “FU_15″ Maimone - 640K
Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith - 630K
Paul “xxCelticFCxx” Febers - 565K
Grayson “Gray31″ Ramage - 550K
Tyson “POTTER” Marks - 550K
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - 525K
Mike Sexton - 475K
Karec “K-Rock2525″ Terrell - 455K
Clayton “Clayton_27″ Newman - 428K
Blair Rodman - 420K
Joe Sebok - 365K
Steven “19FMzadester” Levy - 360K
Thuy “ShesNoGood” Doan - 350K
Patrick “BigRed0000″ Stemper - 350K
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 340K
Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger - 320K
Julian “wh00sel” Parmann - 300K
Robby “PlayaPlz” Lipkin - 275K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 268K
Casey “sobizzle21″ Sobczewski - 265K
Becky “smileylsu” Campbell - 251K
Tom “sbrounder” West - 250K
Scott “stsitron” Sitron - 245K
Jon “sketchy1″ Eaton - 241K
Olivier “livb” Busquet - 240K
Jaroslaw “YanniYankievich” Jaskiewicz - 235K
Cole “cts” South - 230K
Justin Bonomo - 225K
Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth (pictured right) - 213K
Ashley “actyper” Cheung - 200K
Kyle “kwob20″ Bowker - 191K
Jeff “HB_Hitman” Anderson - 185K
Carter “ckingusc” King - 165K
Mike “MikeSix” Minetti - 140K
Paul “comeonphish” Lieu - 137K
Michael “gonzo9876″ Katz - 133K
Jarrod “Holmesy1978″ Holmes - 120K
Sean “swd805″ Dorn - 120K
Frank “Round42″ Rusnak - 105K
Daniel “amichaiKK” Makowsky - 85K
Wes “John Galt” Mobley - 50K

• July 14, 2009 -- “It Was Just a Setup”
• July 13, 2009 -- Maimone Nick-els and Dimes His Way to 2.7 Mil
• July 15, 2009 -- Tamayo, Mattes Exit as We Reach Final 18
• July 16, 2009 -- Final 10 Take Their Seats; Kopp, Robbins Exit