Meanwhile, in the Tropical Room, only thing audible was the sound of chips ruffling. We caught up with Jim “KrazyKanuck” Worth (pictured at right) who explained he’s been having a rollercoaster of a day. He said that at one point, he was down to 8K after being all-in with a flush draw and bricking out. He also said he had to lay down a flopped set against a straight on the board, but managed to chip up to about 23K. Now at 18K, Jim was looking to stop the chip swings and take a nice, relaxing dinner break.

At the other corner of the Tropical Room, we caught up with Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade (pictured below) who protected a 5K stack, up from an earlier crippled 3K. He expressed frustration to PocketFives with how the deck hit him in earlier levels. In one hand we witnessed, he limped into a pot with several other players and the board ran out J-T-J. The table checked down and a king fell on the turn; Tristan bet out 600 and the table folded to him. He threw A-Q face-up into the muck for a turned Broadway straight and raked in the pot.

However, on the next hand, Tristan’s hopes for the bracelet were dashed. He bet out 800 preflop from middle position and was immediately called. The flop came QQ8 and, first to act, he bet 1,200. His opponent insta-raised him to 3K. Tristan moved all-in for 5,375 more and got the call. The turn was the A and Tristan’s A9 flush draw picked up a couple additional outs. But the 5 on the river couldn’t catch him up to the other player’s Q-X and he packed his bags up to head for the rail just before dinner break. Another recent elimination was Adam “adamoos” Elpayaa.

Unofficial chip counts before the break:

Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 78K
Tom “titantom32″ Braband - 63K
Gary “Debo34” Debernardi – 62K
Bryan “bparis” Paris – 50K
Mike “BraveJayhawk” Jensen - 50K
Gus Hansen - 47K
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements - 41K
Jeremy “chipsteela” Menard - 40K
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 37K
Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson - 36K
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 34K
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 34K
Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy - 33K
Ryan “Daut44″ Daut - 32K
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 28K
Ronald “jus2awsum” Lee - 26K
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 21.5K
Brett “gank” Jungblut - 21K
Frank “Round42” Rusnak – 20K
Mark “AceSpades” Rodoja – 20K
Kyle “kwob20” Bowker – 19K
Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane - 18K
Nathan “darkcheck” Tuthill - 17K
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 17K
Jon “FatalError” Aguiar - 14K
Senovio “DorsalFin” Ramirez - 13K
Glen “choron” Chorny - 10K
Aaron “ndgrinder59″ Steury - 8K

• July 6, 2008 -- Strasser Delivers Cooler in Level 1
• July 7, 2008 -- WSOP ME Day 1D End of Day Chip Counts
• July 7, 2008 -- By the Numbers: 2008 WSOP Main Event
• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink

Players just returned from their second break of the day and the tournament clock says that the total number of enrants to this years WSOP Main Event now stands at 6,843 which trumps last years registration of 6,358 by 485 players.

Michael “inissint” Glasser (pictured at right) saw his main event dreams end when he got the remainder of his stack in preflop with the AK which was behind to his opponents JJ. The board ran out T7664 and Glasser was sent to the rail. Mike “MGinVA” Gallo was also eliminated when his pocket kings were against pocket eights and his opponent hit an eight on the river to end Gallo’s day. Eric “Willing2Die” Sonstegard, Bryan “odiggitydog” Oshea, and Andrew “tiltyjoker” Lee were also eliminated during the last level.

Brett “Gank” Jungblut was spotted in a hand with Allen Cunningham. With the board reading AK73T and only 1.2k in the pot Gank bet 600 and Cunningham said “I know it’s a bluff” before evenually folding his hand. Brett then showed Cunningham his QJ and Cunningham laughed and said “I guess it wasn’t a bluff” as Brett scooped up the little pot.

Across the room Shane “Shaniac” Schleger, Greg “Funkii” Dyer, and Ben “bfineman” Fineman were all in a pot with three other players. All six players checked the flop of QJ3 and saw the 6 peel off on the turn. This is where things got a little more confusing. Action checked around to Shane who bet 600. Greg made the call and then Ben, who was in the small blind, check-raised to 2.4k. Everyone else got out of the way, Shane folded, and Greg called Ben’s raise. The 5 came on the river and Ben led out for 4.5k. Greg tanked for a bit before eventually folding and Ben scooped the pot.

Here’s another big list of chip counts for you heading into level three!

Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 45K
Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis - 41.5K
Mike “BraveJayhawk” Jensen - 40K
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 38K
Jason “strassa2” Strasser – 37K
Ryan “Daut44″ Daut - 37K
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 37K
Aaron “ndgrinder59″ Steury - 33K
Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin - 32K
Mike “shipitthisway” McNeil - 32K
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements - 30K
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 30K
Jon “FatalError” Aguiar - 30K
Clayton “clayton_27″ Newman - 30K
Scott “mindwise”Pendergrast - 29.5K
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 28K
Jeremy “chipsteela” Menard - 28K
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 27K
Frank “Round42” Rusnak – 26K
ames “POKERPRO33″ Campbell - 25.5K
Brandon Schaefer - 25.5K
Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane - 25K
Gary “Debo34” Debernardi – 25K
Adam “adamoos” Elpayaa - 24K
Eric “sheets” Haber - 24K
Nick “snowman2k6″ Young - 23K
Dag Martin “dmmikkel” Mikkelsen - 22K
Bryan “bparis” Paris – 22K
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 22K
Greg “Funkii” Dyer – 22K
Kyle “kwob20” Bowker – 20K
Tom “titantom32″ Braband - 19K
Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter - 18.5K
Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle - 18K
Sasha “bikocruz” Rosewood - 17.5K
Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson - 16.5K
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 16K
Noah “fouruhaterz” Schwartz - 15K
Nathan “darkcheck” Tuthill - 14.5K
Carl “colson10″ Olson - 14K
Brett “gank” Jungblut - 14K
Mike “theredbaron” Beaton - 13.5K
Brian “Poker366″ Hollywood - 13K
Mark “AceSpades” Rodoja – 6K

• July 9, 2008 -- Dippy Destruction
• July 6, 2008 -- Strasser Delivers Cooler in Level 1
• November 7, 2008 -- Stout, Gross and Levy Eliminated, Potter Drops
• September 28, 2008 -- Feature Table, Queen’s Kings Overthrown

Ryan “youngluck” Young is sitting a little prettier than he was earlier. Young raised to 550 from under the gun and a player in late position called. The small blind raised to 2k and Young made the call but the other player folded. The flop came 852 and the small blind checked over to Young who bet 2.5k. The small blind then check-raised to 6k. Young thought for a little bit before he pushed all in and the small blind, who had Young covered, made the call. The small blind flipped over the AA but his aces were no match for Young’s flopped set with the 88. The turn and river were the K and the 7 and Young doubled up to a little more than 35k.

Ryan “Daut44″ Daut (pictured at left) was having a hot run of cards when we caught up to his table. Ryan held a 20K stack and had just shoved all his chips into the middle on a board of J-K-2-7-A when he was in the under the gun position; a player in late position with a similarly-sized stack called him and the All-In paddle flew up in the air. Ryan flipped over pocket jacks for a flopped set and his opponent mucked his cards, leaving a crippled stack behind.

The next hand from the big blind, Ryan did not use his option to check and instead made a 2K raise preflop. All players remarked on the huge raise, but the several limpers sent their chips his way. Two hands later, from the button, Ryan called down a 600 chip raise from a player in middle position and the flop came 66K. Both players remaining in the hand checked down the flop and the turn to see the board run out 2Q. His opponent checked to him on the river and he flipped over pocket eights, which were good enough to pick up the pot and increase his stack to 34K.

Though not a comprehensive list, here are some of the recent chip counts.

Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 39k
Hevad Khan - 35.5K
Michael “shipitthisway” McNeil - 35k
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 35K
Ryan “Daut44″ Daut - 34K
Mike “BraveJayhawk” Jensen - 33K
Aaron “NDGrinder59″ Steury - 32.5K
Ronald “jus2awsum” Lee - 32k
Adam “adamoos” Elpayaa - 29.5K
Mathew “dippydough” Diapoli - 28k
Russel “rcrane082985″ Crane - 26k
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 25k
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 25k
Jonathan “BigChuck” Marshall - 23k
Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar - 22k
Carl “colson10″ Olson - 22K
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 21.5K
Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle - 21k
Frank “Round42″ Rusnak - 21K
Nicholas “snowman2k6″ Young - 19k
Tom “titantom32″ Braband - 17.5K
Brett “Gank” Jungblut - 14.5K
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 14k
Mike “inissint” Glasser - 12.5K

• July 11, 2008 -- Olly Olly Oxen Free!
• July 7, 2008 -- By the Numbers: 2008 WSOP Main Event
• July 7, 2008 -- WSOP ME Day 1D End of Day Chip Counts
• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink

• July 7, 2008 -- WSOP ME Day 1D End of Day Chip Counts
• July 7, 2008 -- By the Numbers: 2008 WSOP Main Event
• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink
• July 7, 2008 -- ComptonMasta Like Woah

Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg hit the flop of all flops near the end of Level 1. With the board reading KQ5, the big blind led out for 1K and Friedberg and another player called. The 4 fell on the turn and the big blind bet 2K. The player under the gun folded and Friedberg raised to 7.5K. His opponent called and both players saw the T hit on the river. Friedberg shoved his last 11K into the pot, having his opponent covered, and he called quickly with KQ. Friedberg, however, showed 55 for a flopped set and raked a massive pot to increase his stack to 40K.

Here’s a look at some other chip counts as Level 1 came to a close:

Mike “BraveJayhawk” Jensen - 35K
Ben “BSUChamp” Grise - 33K
Adam “adamoos” Elpayaa - 30K
Annie Duke - 28K
Mike “shipitthisway” McNeil - 27K
Dag Martin “dmmikkel” Mikkelsen - 27K
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements - 27K
James “POKERPRO33″ Campbell - 25.5K
Eric Sonstegard - 25K
Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter - 24K
Ian “IanJ” Johns - 24K (pictured right)
Eric “sheets” Haber - 23K
Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle - 23K
Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane - 23K
Aaron “ndgrinder59″ Steury - 23K
Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin - 23K
Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 22K
Jon “FatalError” Aguiar - 21.5K
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 21.5K
Jonathan “Coachuck” Marshall - 21.5K
Scott “steely” Wyler - 21.5K
Chris “LUHMAN” Martin - 21K
Dan “voff” Deveau - 20K
Carl “colson10″ Olson - 20K
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 20K
Mike “theredbaron” Beaton - 19.5K
Nick “snowman2k6″ Young - 19K
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 18K
Bryan “bparis” Paris - 18K (pictured right)
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 18K
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 16.5K
Tom “titantom32″ Braband - 16K
Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy - 15.5K
Noah “fouruhaterz” Schwartz - 15.5K
Senovio “DosalFin” Ramirez - 15K
Frank “round42″ Rusnak - 15K
Brett “gank” Jungblut - 14K
Ryan Daut - 13K
Mario “Deuce2High” Silvestri - 10.5K
Sasha “bikocruz” Rosewood - 8.5K
Jeff “mrrain” Banghart - 6K

• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink
• July 12, 2008 -- Friedberg Busts, Beckman Builds Stack
• July 6, 2008 -- Finally Friedberg’s Time
• November 9, 2008 -- Friedberg Out, Down to 10