Dinner Break
The dinner bell has rung. About 1,450 players will be coming back in 90 minutes to continue their Main Event tourney journeys.
During these last two hours we've seen some of the rich get richer, with Paul Kristofferson, Chris Tipper, Kevin Gates, Jeffrey Ross, and Nicholas Rainey all further solidifying their spots at the top of the counts. There are other notable climbers, too, such as Robert Mizrachi, Scott Clements, and Nikolay Losev. Frank Kassela continues to maintain a big stack, and while Johnny Chan slipped a bit he's still part of that top group.
Meanwhile, Kara Scott, Jennifer Leigh, Roland de Wolfe, Bill Chen, Dan Heimiller, David Ulliott, and Vanessa Rousso all hit the rail during the last two hours. Daniel Negreanu's Main Event ended recently as well. Billy Kopp was knocked out, too, in dramatic fashion when his aces full lost to quad eights. And 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada's tourney ended when his 
couldn't outrun an opponent's pocket tens.
Following the break, the field will return for two more hours' worth of poker and then Day 3 will be done. See you back here a little after 8:15 p.m. local time when the action resumes.