As they take their last break of the day in the third flight of Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee), the field has shrunk down to 180 players from a starting field of 487.

The blinds are increasing to 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante, and the average stack is about 67,500 (33 big blinds).

Here is a look at the top of the leaderboard with one hour left in today’s play:

1.  Blake Whittington  –  305,000  (152 bb)
2.  Howard Mash  –  275,000  (137 bb)
3.  Neville Darrell  –  232,000  (116 bb)
4.  Eric Mishkin  –  222,000  (111 bb)