The action is happening so fast that it’s difficult to keep up. In less time than it takes to walk thru the field to identify the chipleaders, two entire tables have been broken.

With 44 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.54 million. With blinds at 30,000-60,000 and a 10,000 ante, the average stack is worth about 25 big blinds.

Here are some of the updated chip counts, with more to come soon:

Derek Buonano  –  4,420,000  (73 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  2,850,000  (47 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  2,800,000  (46 bb)
Jeff Yeh  –  2,500,000  (41 bb)
Alfred Gandia  –  2,430,000  (40 bb)
Jaime Campos  –  2,150,000  (35 bb)
Daniel Navarrete  –  1,300,000  (21 bb)
Pedro Rios  –  1,200,000  (20 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  725,000  (12 bb)
Michael Tait  –  665,000  (11 bb)

The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,866. The next pay jump will be for 36th place, which is worth $4,578. The first prize waiting for the winner is $138,952.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to the final table (unlikely, even at this pace) or 3:00 am EDT, whichever comes first.