Event 14 (Day 2): The Main Event Dream Is Over

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 14 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event $500,000 GTD)

Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/400)

Total Entries: 482

Players Remaining: 118

Chip Average: 123,000

The field continues to shrink at a pretty rapid pace, but as the players get closer to the money bubble, things will begin to slow down considerably.  The chip average still sits at (50) big blinds, so what we're seeing in the field is the shorter stacks drop off, with the occasional "cold deck" type of spot that can cause players with healthy stacks to get eliminated.  The following players have had been eliminated from play over the course of the first two levels of play:

Paul Shafran

Sam Ganzfried

Peter Vitantonio

Carlos Loving

Tom Gity

Players will be heading on their first break of the day at the end of this level, at which point the first look at updated chip counts will be posted.