$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 2.5K/5K Ante 500

Players have just returned from a break. There are 11 remaining with six getting paid. Here’s a break down of the chip counts (two players did not leave their names):

DID NOT REPORT, 127,500
Danit Dayan, 96,000
Richard Newton 87,500
Patrick Peduto 76,000
Cameron Shahab 66,500
DID NOT REPORT, 66,000
Charles Marik, 55,000
Alix Aldonis 55,000
Thomas Junkins 34,500
Christopher Gatti, 21,000
Joseph Patalano, 14,000

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 400/800/100 Ante

They are busting out slow today – still 81 remain with two hours left of play for the night. Here are some chip counts from the break:

Andrew Blake 126,600
David Hass 118,800
Tim Miles 106,200
Kevin Smith 104,700
Erik Christensen 91,100
Roger Goindoo 87,800
Fernando Diaz 87,100
Nick Schwarmann 80,300
Kevin Spires 53,100
Matt Waxman 44,800
Jarod Ludemann 40,400
Andy Slater 35,700
Elliott Zaydman 35,600
Sam Panzica 33,900
Steven McKoy 32,400
Chris Bolek 31,300
Robert Campbell 28,700
James Calderaro 22,400
Carlos Loving 21,800
Barry Hutter 21,500
Zo Karim 13,900

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante 500

The remaining 19 players have just returned from a brief 5-minute color up break. The average stack is 36K (12 big blinds) so expect the bust outs to come quickly.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 300/600/75 Ante

Players are on a 20-minute break while they color up the T25 chips. We’ll have some updated chip counts on the other side of the break.

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 800/1.6K Ante 200

Level 12 is underway and there are 54 entrants showing on the tournament clock. Only 20 of those are still playing though and there’s still time to get in the tournament (albeit short-stacked) with over 60% of the field already gone.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 300/600/75 Ante

There are 90 entrants left in today’s flight out of the original 166 entrants. Among those that are still alive are Lily Kiletto and James Calderaro. The couple has dominated poker tournaments here over the last two years with Kiletto taking second in the 2013 Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $191,880.

She followed that up with a deep run at this years Lucky Hearts Poker Open finishing 19th for $12,139. It would be Calderaro who would win that event and he would take home an impressive $271,103 for that victory.

They weren’t the only notables in the field as players like Chris Bolek, Robert Campbell, Jean Gaspard, Harrison Gimbel, Barry Hutter, Zo Karim, Chance Kornuth, Greg Marcus, Tim Miles, Stuart Paterson, Nick Schwarmann, and Matt Waxman all took part in the poker action at some point today.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

There was a total of 419 entrants with a prize pool of $1,000,000. First place will take home an impressive $264,000. The top 45 will make the money and a minimum cash will be worth $5,000. Full payouts are listed below:

1st: $264,000
2nd: $155,000
3rd: $100,500
4th: $70,000
5th: $50,500
6th: $40,500
7th: $31,000
8th: $22,000
9th: $16,000
10th-12th: $12,000
13th-15th: $9,500
16th-18th: $8,000
19th-27th: $7,000
28th-36th: $6,000
37th-45th: $5,000

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 300/600 Ante 75

Players are on a 15-minute break. There are currently 53 entrants. Registration will be open for another hour once they return from break.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 250/500/75 Ante

We’re back from dinner with a total of 166 entrants showing on the tournament clock. We’ll post prize pool and payout information as soon as it becomes available. Here’s a look at some chip leader and notable chip counts at the break.

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 100/200 Ante 25

They have just completed the first four levels of play and there are currently 41 entrants. There is still plenty of time to come down and register for this fast-paced tournament if you want to take part in the fun.