Event 8 (Day 2): First Level Winding Down, Updated Chip Counts

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 8 ($360 No Limit Hold'em $200,000 GTD)

Level 29 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000)

Total Entries: 1,143

Players Remaining: 7

The final few minutes are winding down in the first level of the day (Level 29), with blinds about to transition to 50,000/100,000/10,000 (4,000,000).  Play is still deep with a (40bb) chip average, and since the elimination of Patrick Peduto, the table has been fairly quiet.  Here are the updated chip counts with under (7) minutes remaining in Level 28:

1. Eddie Uehara - 6,900,000
2. Rifiki Brown - 925,000
3. Ariel Williams - 1,600,000
4. Jeffrey Kessler - 4,800,000
5. James Salmon - 1,800,000
6. Michael Amato - 4,900,000
7. Marty Mordechai - 6,800,000