$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 274

Level 12 concluded, and the field was sent on their scheduled dinner break, set to return to action just before 7:15 p.m.

Oleg Vasylchenko and Elilton Gouveia have opened up a big lead over the chase pack with 48 players remaining. Vasylchenko is a Ukrainian pro with a WPT title under his belt and close to $250,000 in career tournament earnings. He and Gouveia, who was mentioned earlier, are the only two players who’ve crested the 200,000-chip mark so far.

Here are a few of the counts from around the tables:

Oleg Vasylchenko – 275,000
Elilton Gouveia – 237,000
Isam Sayegh – 118,000
Israel Delacerda – 113,000
Brandon Shields – 112,800
Gregory Back – 105,000
Brian England – 100,700
Jordan Meltzer – 82,300
Will Givens – 76,800
James Salmon – 75,600
Michael Laake – 46,100
Stewart Newman – 19,800