Level 24 (blinds of 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante) has just started and 128 players remain in Event 7. After a search of the field, Bryan Campanello is leading the way with about 2.3 million. The average stack is abut 660,000.
Over 2.2 mill after KK>TT in a big one all in pre. #leggo #weneedit
— Bryan Campanello (@b_campanello45) August 19, 2013
251 left in the money and have ~630k after doubling through chino AA>KK then winning a big one #leggo
— Bryan Campanello (@b_campanello45) August 18, 2013
Bryan Campanello – 630,000 (52 bb)
Chino Rheem – 920,000 (76 bb)
The money bubble lasted one hand and came in the form of a double elimination. One of the hands, though, resulted in a new chip leader emerging.
With the board reading 
, a series of raises led to the player on the button all in for about 570,000 with 
. Samuel Bernabeu, in the small blind, had him drawing dead with 
and secured the pot after the inconsequential 
river completed the board.
The board reads 271 players remaining now and the blinds have increased to 6,000/12,000 with a 1,000 ante.
Samuel Bernabeu – 1,350,000 (112 bb)
The light purple T500 chips are being colored up prior to the start of Level 20 (5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante).
Chino Rheem is the chip leader with 1,137,000, while four other players have hit the 800,000 mark. When play resumes, we will have their names.
Level 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
The board reads 390 players remaining and the average stack is about 217,000. Only 300 players make the money.
Here are a few chip counts from around the room:
Chino Rheem – 915,000 (114 bb)
Benjamin Zamani – 590,000 (73 bb)
Sam Barnhart – 560,000 (70 bb)
Pedro “Pete” Rios – 545,000 (68 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 480,000 (60 bb)
Ty Reiman – 365,000 (45 bb)
Nicolas Cardyn – 340,000 (42 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 330,000 (41 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 310,000 (38 bb)
Loni Harwood – 290,000 (36 bb)
Kyle Bowker – 285,000 (35 bb)
Zo Karim – 275,000 (34 bb)
Ylon Schwartz – 270,000 (33 bb)
Bill Mullins – 260,000 (32 bb)
Andrew Watson – 215,000 (26 bb)
Justin Zaki – 210,000 (26 bb)
Dwyte Pilgrim – 210,000 (26 bb)
Michael Rocco – 200,000 (25 bb)
Bryan Campanello – 200,000 (25 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 195,000 (24 bb)
David Diaz – 195,000 (24 bb)
Brian Hawkins – 175,000 (21 bb)
Matt Giannetti – 165,000 (20 bb)
Michael Tait – 150,000 (18 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 140,000 (17 bb)
Shawn Busse – 96,000 (12 bb)
Scott Zakheim – 85,000 (10 bb)
James Calderaro – 80,000 (10 bb)
Darryll Fish – 65,000 (8 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 60,000 (7 bb)
Among the players who have recently been eliminated are Bill Gazes and Keven Stammen.
Level 18 (blinds 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante) has just started. The board reads 480 players remaining and on top of the chip counts is Chino Rheem with just more than 800,000. The only other player in the room above the 500,000 mark is Tom Nguyen with 550,000. The average stack is about 176,000
Level 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 400
Picking up the action after the river of a 
board with about 160,000 in the pot, Bryan Campanello check-called 100,000 from Chino Rheem.
Rheem tabled 
for trips, Campanello mucked, and Rheem collected the pot.
Chino is now up to 807,500 and is the overall chip leader, while Campanello is down to about 115,000.
Had it up to 400k but got #chino‘d twice and have ~115k on break #leggo
— Bryan Campanello (@b_campanello45) August 18, 2013
Action is in the middle of Level 17 (2,500/5,000 blinds with a 400 ante) and 520 players remain from today’s starting field of about 816 players. The average stack is about 151,000 and at the break, we’ll take a look for the big stacks around the room.
Day 1 chip leader Pedro “Pete” Rios is holding steady with about 420,000, while a few others have crossed the 400K mark, including David “Chino” Rheem with about 440,000.
Over 400k @SHRPOlive. Can’t bluff a bluffer guys.
— Abbey Daniels (@abbeydaniels1) August 18, 2013
Event 11 ($2,200 No-Limit Hold’em) began at noon and has a guaranteed prizepool of $150,000. Registration is open until the end of Level 4 and at the moment 30 players are registered, including Barry Hutter and Dan Buzgon. Levels last an hour.