Play stalled out in the around 34 playesr with nobody being eliminated for a while and then a few single eliminations coming sporadically and spaced well apart.  Then, near the end of the 8k / 16k with a 2k ante level there was a burst of action as the level wound to a close dropping [...]

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 [...]

Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier played a couple of big pots right before the field was reduced to 5 tables of 9 players each.  In the first pot Luke opened for 27k and a player called.  The big blind then moved all in for 170k more and Luke put out the 170k to call.  The other player [...]

After the money bubble the players started to drop, with the board going from showing 100 remaining players to 80 players left in short order.  Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter (left) moved all in over the top with pocket sevens and ran into aces.  The aces held up to send Porter to the payout cage to collect [...]

With only 103 players left, money bubble play is in full force.  Players finishing between 71st and 100th will earn $21,620 and around the room there are a lot of short stacks trying to hold on.  Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter, Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg, and Andy “BKiCe” Seth are all among the shortstacks on the bubble who [...]