$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 7: 200/400/50 Ante

In the age of re-entry events, it’s rare to have a traditional freezeout tournament like this one. One result is that the field is thinning out very quickly, even while registration remains open.

There are currently 123 entries, but only 46 players are still in the field. That means the average chip stack is about 32,100 (80 big blinds).

Some of this is simply proof of the obvious — action is quicker at six-handed tables than it is at nine-handed tables.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 7: 200/400/50 Ante

After the second break, the players return to action in Level 7, with blinds at 200-400 and a 50 ante. There are 122 entries so far, and registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (about 10:10 pm).

The current chipleader is Will Failla (56,800), who finished second in Event 9 late last night. (You can check out that recap by clicking here.)

Here is a look at the notable chip counts from the break:

Will Failla  –  56,800  (142 bb)
Unknown  –  55,175  (137 bb)
J. Mortell  –  53,725  (134 bb)
Unknown  –  50,000  (125 bb)
Jonathan Duhamel  –  39,875  (99 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  39,800  (99 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  38,850  (97 bb)
Joe Kuether  –  37,950  (94 bb)
Scott Holland  –  34,850  (87 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  34,300  (85 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  33,575  (83 bb)
Mengchao Yu  –  32,875  (82 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  32,325  (80 bb)
Greg Marcus  –  31,750  (79 bb)
Abbey Daniels  –  31,475  (78 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  28,725  (71 bb)
Ami Alibay  –  26,225  (65 bb)
Daniel Strelitz  –  25,000  (62 bb)
Daren Stabinski  –  22,150  (55 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  20,550  (51 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  16,975  (42 bb)
Hans Winzeler  –  16,200  (40 bb)
Zo Karim  –  14,525  (36 bb)
George Dolofan  –  14,100  (35 bb)
Sorel Mizzi  –  12,000  (30 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  11,800  (29 bb)
Jared Jaffee  –  11,450  (28 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  10,850  (27 bb)
Brian Yoon  –  8,050  (20 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  7,550  (18 bb)
Marcus Stein  –  6,675  (16 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  5,275  (13 bb)
Kazu Oshima  –  3,750  (9 bb)

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 6: 150/300/50 Ante

The field is up to 117 players as Level 6 begins with increased blinds of 150-300 and a 50 ante, and there are plenty of big names in the field, perhaps early arrivals for the $3,500 WPT-televised Championship with a guaranteed prizepool of $5 million that begins on Thursday.

Notables in today’s field include Eric Afriat, Abbey Daniels, John DePersio, George Dolofan, Jonathan Duhamel, Kevin Eyster, Will Failla, Darryll Fish, Harrison Gimbel, Barry Hutter, Zo Karim, Joe Kuether, Greg Marcus, Aaron Massey, Stewart Newman, Ian O’Hara, Kazu Oshima, Ryan Reiss, Jake Schindler, Daniel Strelitz, Hans Winzeler, and Anthony Zinno.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 1: 25/50

The next big tournament on the schedule is about to get underway as we near the start of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.

Event 11 is a $2,200 buy-in tournament with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and short-handed format. Players will start with 12,000 stacks, play 40-minute levels, and six-handed throughout the day. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9, approximately 10:30pm, but no re-entries are allowed.

They are taking their seats for the start of play and will be underway shortly.