Now that the field is down to the final two tables in Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million guarantee), we’re going to amp up our coverage a bit and provide more hand updates. The stakes are getting higher and higher as they approach that first prize of $291,087.

At Table 1, Ray Piccin limps from the cutoff for 120,000, Johnny Miller completes the small blind, and chipleader Bryan Campanello checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , and it checks to Piccin, who bets 200,000. Miller and Campanello both call.

The turn pairs the board with the , and Miller bets out 450,000. Both players call. The river is the , Miller bets 840,000, and they both call again.

Piccin says, “Ten,” implying that he has two pair, tens and nines. But Campanello turns over to win the pot with trip nines, and the other players muck. Campanello takes down the pot worth about 4.4 million in chips to increase his lead.

Bryan Campanello  –  13,600,000  (113 bb)
Johnny Miller  –  6,200,000  (51 bb)
Ray Piccin  –  5,400,000  (45 bb)

A few minutes later at the same table, Chang Huang raises UTG+1 to 330,000, Campanello reraises from the cutoff to 650,000, and Huang calls. The flop comes , and Huang moves all in for about 2 million.

Campanello calls with , and Huang turns over for a flush draw with an overcard. The turn is the , the river is the , and Campanello wins the pot with a set of jacks to eliminate Huang in 18th place and increase his chip lead even further.

Bryan Campanello  –  16,750,000
Chang Huang  –  Out in 18th Place  ($8,642)

Here are the seating assignments for the final two tables in Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee). The blinds have just increased to 60,000-120,000 with a 20,000 ante.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Ray Piccin
Seat 2.  Panagiotis Nifakos
Seat 3.  Johnny Miller
Seat 4.  Bryan Campanello
Seat 5.  Neville Darrell
Seat 6.  Ronald Brown
Seat 7.  Sam Barnhart
Seat 8.  Kyle Fleischmann
Seat 9.  Chang Huang

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Wendy Freedman
Seat 2.  Nicolas Cardyn
Seat 3.  John Pendl
Seat 4.  Ty Reiman
Seat 5.  Mike Malin
Seat 6.  Darren Rabinowitz
Seat 7.  Joe Cohen
Seat 8.  Ben Zamani
Seat 9.  Andjelko Andrejevic

There are two events playing down to a final table today — the massive field Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee) will resume play at 2:00 pm, and Event 11 ($2,200 NLHE) will continue at 1:00 pm.

There are three new events that start today, starting with the Seniors event at noon:

12:00 pm:  Event 15  ($240 Seniors NLHE w/ $10K Guarantee)
1:00 pm:  Event 16  ($350 6-Handed NLHE w/ $20K Guarantee)
6:00 pm:  Event 17  ($300 NLHE w/ $25K Guarantee)

The Seniors event is already underway, and we will keep an eye on the field size and prizepool when registration closes at the end of Level 4 (shortly after 2:00 pm).

Our primary coverage today will be of the final 19 players in Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee). Stay tuned.

After the redraw for the final three tables, the two chipleaders found themselves sitting side-by-side at the featured table, with Johnny Miller (pictured above, on the right) having position against Bryan Campanello (pictured, left).

The photo above was taken during the hand that took Miller’s chip stack across the 10 million mark.

Andy Hwang min-raises UTG+1 to 180,000, Campanello reraises from the small blind to 340,000, and Miller puts in a cold four-bet from the big blind to 1,100,000. Hwang folds, and Campanello folds behind him.

Miller shows as he collects the preflop pot to increase his chip lead.

Johnny Miller  –  10,150,000  (112 bb)
Bryan Campanello  –  6,200,000  (68 bb)
Andy Hwang  –  1,475,000  (16 bb)

(Unfortunately for Hwang, he was eliminated in about 24th place a few minutes later.)

The field of Event 7 ($560 NLHE) is down to the final three tables — 27 players. They are currently redrawing for new seats, and then play will continue.

If they don’t reach the final table by 3:00 am, action will stop for the night. That seems like the most likely scenario right now, with less than 90 minutes left.

The new chipleader appears to be Johnny Miller with 8.75 million, followed by Bryan Campanello with 6.7 million.

Here are the chip counts for a couple notable players still in the field, along with some photos:

Johnny Miller  –  8,750,000  (109 bb)
Bryan Campanello  –  6,700,000  (83 bb)
Andy Hwang  –  1,750,000  (21 bb)
Ty Reiman  –  1,700,000  (21 bb)
Jimmy Tran  –  1,200,000  (15 bb)

Event 11 ($2,200 NLHE) started earlier today, and attracted 85 players. There are currently 26 remaining, with an average chip stack around 49,000.

Some of the notable players in the field include Ashton Griffin, David Paredes, Dermot Blaine, Barry Hutter, Justin Conley, James Hoeppner, Zachary Kessler, and John Gordon.

The top nine players will finish in the money:

1st:  $59,500
2nd:  $34,000
3rd:  $22,100
4th:  $15,300
5th:  $11,900
6th:  $9,350
7th:  $7,650
8th:  $5,950
9th:  $4,250

On the other end of the buy-in spectrum, Event 14 ($150 NLHE) also started this afternoon, attracting 428 players.

The field is down to 120 players, and the top 45 will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $257. First place is worth $13,554.

Event 13 started earlier today and has already reached a conclusion. How did it go so quickly? Because it was a $240 buy-in no-limit hold’em “Escalator” tournament.

The first level was just three minutes long, the second level was six minutes long, the third level was nine minutes long, and so on, adding three minutes to each level until they reach one hour in duration.

When the field got down to the final seven players, they agreed to a straight 7-way chop, with Jorie Polokoff taking the trophy.

1st:  Jorie Polokoff  –  $2,014
2nd:  Francis Garcia  –  $2,014
3rd:  Susanna Braman  –  $2,014
4th:  Timothy O’Dell  –  $2,014
5th:  Patrick Hughes  –  $2,014
6th:  Marvin McCord  –  $2,014
7th:  Chris Karambinis  –  $2,014
8th:  Dana Kellstrom  –  $525
9th:  Marcela Newmark  –  $375

The remaining 92 players returned from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 5,000 ante. The average chip count is about 920,000 (23 big blinds).

Here is a look at the official chipleaders from the break:

1.  Bryan Campanello  –  2,580,000  (64 bb)
2.  Ty Reiman  –  2,535,000  (63 bb)
3.  Ron Brown  –  2,255,000  (56 bb)
4.  Josh Kay  –  2,150,000  (53 bb)
5.  Jon Cohen  –  2,120,000  (53 bb)

Update: Shortly after play resumed, Campanello eliminated Steven Levy to increase his stack even further to 3 million in chips (75 big blinds).

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there is a winner, though that might change if it continues past 3:00 am.

About 2.6mil on break going to 20k-40k with less than 90 left #leggo #stillneedit

— Bryan Campanello (@b_campanello45) August 19, 2013

Running pure. 2.1M on break 90 left

— Josh Kay (@gostatego3) August 19, 2013

The field is down below 200 players as the 40-minute dinner break is about to start in a couple of minutes. Action is scheduled to resume shortly after 7:50 pm ET.

Recent chipleader Chino Rheem had a dramatic reversal of fortune after the Money Bubble, as he is now in the payout line with the other eliminated players. So we will have a new chipleader.

Some of Rheem’s chips may have ended up in the stack of Bryan Campanello, who is now up over 1 million.