$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Eracles Panayitou rolled up another 120,000 chips on the final level of play to leave him a chip lead of over 100,000 by the time play ended this evening.

Kane Lai barreled to second place as he added another 84,000 chips on his final level finishing with 337,000.  Paul Hyden finished third with 283,000 followed by Casey Yountz at 253,500 and Scott Baumstein at 245,000.

Overall, 502 players took part in tonight’s tournament and 97 of them will return tomorrow at noon to try to reach the final table of Event 22.

Here are the top ten chip stacks headed into Day 2:

Eracles Panayitou – 446,000
Kane Lai – 337,000
Paul Hyden – 283,500
Casey Yontz – 253,500
Scott Baumstein – 245,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez – 232,500
Mukul Pahuja – 220,500
Anthony March – 206,000
James Ladeira – 201,000
Jonathan Borenstein – 192,500

Best of luck to everyone who made Day 2!