At the end of the second level of play for the day there are 34 players remaining and Hunter “The_Hunt”D” Frey (left) has taken over the chip lead with over 1.8 million chips.  He is still seated with Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier on his left, and Luke is in solid shape as well with 1.1 million chips.

Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania was able to get a big double up and will return from break with 450k.  Hoyt Corkins had opened for 30k with the blinds at 6k / 12k and Charania moved all in for 232k total.  Hoyt called the 202k more with the 44 and Mohsin was in a race for his tournament life with his AK.  After the turn Hoyt’s pair was still ahead, but the board had paired and Mohsin had 12 outs on the river.  He hit the A to win the hand and double up to around 490k, and is just short of that at the end of the level.

• December 17, 2008 -- Staudenmaier Eliminated 31st, 3 Tables Left
• December 17, 2008 -- Greenstein and Little Out, Staudenmaier Strong
• December 17, 2008 -- Kings and Queens Into Aces, Charania Out 26th
• December 16, 2008 -- In The Money Eliminations