$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  423

The players return from break to begin Level 9 with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 1,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 200K in chips, and one more knocking on the door, to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alan Schein  –  282,400  (282 bb)
2.  Brian Batt  –  231,900  (232 bb)
3.  Darren Elias  –  216,700  (217 bb)
4.  Stanley Lee  –  199,000  (199 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.