With the final nine players off for a few hours of rest, the WSOP has released the updated overnight chip counts for Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The final hands of the night brought an increase in chips for leader Rasmus Nielsen, who will come into the final with more than twice the chips of his closest challenger, J.C. Tran. The finalists, in chip-count order:
Rasmus Nielsen 2,998,000
J.C. Tran 1,438,000
Joe Pelton 1,093,000
Peter Nguyen 870,000
John Conroy 501,000
Robert Kalb 456,000
Jesper Hoog 320,000
Christoph Kohnen 293,000
Chad Siu 185,000
The final table in Event #49 gets underway at 3pm PDT in the Amazon Room. Check in here at PokerNews for the latest reports from the play.