So Long Level 6, It's Break Time
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With three hours of play under our belts, we've been witness to an action-filled day thus far. While no headlines to match Ivey's elimination came up during this level, there was plenty of noteworthy happenings.
Only one person can win the Main Event, and while we don't know who's going to be crowned champion, we do know some players who won't be making it that far. Philip Hilm, Andy Bloch, Todd Brunson, Hevad Khan and David "Bakes" Baker are all amongst our most recent eliminations and will have to wait until next year to try to win the Main Event.
Others had a little more luck in Level 6. David Benyamine's pocket twos managed to crack kings and aces when he made quads, sending him to 150,000. While Steve Billirakis spent much of the level in the chip lead, David "Doc" Sands caught up with him and both players are sitting with about 230,000 chips. However action is close with Vanessa Rousso, Jason DeWitt and Matt Keikoan in the hunt.
Some players were able to avoid elimination by hitting some crucial double-ups, including George Lind, who was down to just 7,500 before doubling to 15,000. Robert Varkonyi also doubled to about 72,000 when his queens held against an opponent's big slick. Jason Mercier was amongst the player to get over 100,000 but slipped to 85,000 just before play was paused, while Frank Kassela rode a flush to 135,000 before losing some of it back before the level concluded.
Jean-Robert Bellande had been quietly working with a short stack for most of the afternoon, but was able to bust a player and get his chips up to 20,000 just before we went on break.