The final 39 players return from break, and in less than 10 minutes, three more players bust to drop it to 36 — the final four tables.

John Carl Vinsant was neck-and-neck for the chip lead at the break with Zach Carfagno, though it looked like Carfagno had him by less than a small blind.

But shortly after play resumed, Vinsant busted a player to add more than a million to his stack and take the clear chip lead.

With the blinds at 20,000-40,000 and a 5,000 ante, here’s a look at the top of the leaderboard, along with some other notable chip stacks:

1.  John Carl Vinsant  –  3,350,000  (83 bb)
2.  Zach Carfagno  –  2,150,000  (53 bb)
3.  Brett Bader  –  2,030,000  (50 bb)
4.  Eric Mutschler  –  1,925,000  (48 bb)
5.  Vinny Guerra  –  1,600,000  (40 bb)

John Mayers  –  1,475,000  (36 bb)
Jaeli Morón  –  1,335,000  (33 bb)
Sebastian Tejada  –  1,320,000  (33 bb)
Michael Schwiej  –  940,000  (23 bb)
David Jackson  –  630,000  (15 bb)
Brian Reinert  –  560,000  (14 bb)
Stuart Breakstone  –  250,000  (6 bb)
Gerardo Gonzalez  –  125,000  (3 bb)

The average chip stack is just over 1,000,000 (25 big blinds). Play is scheduled to continue tonight until a winner is reached or 3:00 am, whichever comes first. That’s not locked in stone, but that’s the schedule.