Play has ended for the evening and there are ten players remaining. This event has been chosen as a televised final table by ESPN and is going to be ten handed. The final table will resume play tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the following ten players in order of their chip counts: Dustin Holmes, Beth Shak, Brett Richey, Perry Friedman, Shankar Pillai, Luke Vrabel, Jason Song, Ben Fineman, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Corbin.

The players returned from dinner and on the first two hands there were two eliminations. In the first hand back from dinner the action folded to Thomas Wahlroos who pushed all in from the button. Perry Friedman called from the big blind and had A-Q. Wahlroos was holding K-6 and never improved. Wahlroos earned $19,173 for his 14th place finish. Ed Moncada was the 13th place finisher, also earning $19,173. Moncada moved all in with A-Q and was called by Shankar Pillai with K-10. Moncada enjoyed the lead until a ten came on the turn and for emphasis a king came on the river.

The level started off with Phil Hellmuth pumping up the agression and raising several times. Over at the other table, Brett Richey seemed to be doing the exact same thing. Richey made a series of $45,000 raises and collected the blinds and antes more than a few times.

Beth Shak had a strong round following dinner and is now second in chips. One one hand she took down more than $200,000 without even seeing a flop. Shak raised from early position and Shankar Pillai reraised her $200,000. Shak didn't even flinch and pushed all in for $450,000. Pillai went deep into the tank with his tournament life in the balance. After several moments Pillai stood up, said "fold", and showed A-K. Shak thought he was calling and excitedly said, "Aces!" and showed A A. The dealer assured Shak that Pillai indeed folded and she collected around $230,000.

Kevin Hong was the 12th place finisher, earning $21,456. On what would be the final hand of the night, Noah Schwartz moved all in for $232,000. Still steaming from the previous hand in which Shak called the clock on him, Schwartz looked visibly agitated. Perry Friedman took no time at all in calling and flipped over Q Q. Schwartz had 6 6. The board came A 10 3 7 4 and Schwartz was eliminated in 11th place, earning $21,456.

The final table for this event will eventually be televised by ESPN after the conclusion of the World Series but to follow all the action and see who takes home the gold bracelet, check back tomorrow with CardPlayer.com

The start of level 16 included 17 players, heading into the dinner break there are only 14 remaining. The dinner break will last an hour and a half, with play resuming at 10 p.m.

Early in the level, Noah Schwartz picked a spot to try and double up. Perry Friedman bet out and Schwartz came back over the top all in. Friedman called and was holding A K. Schwartz turned up Q 10. The board came 8 3 3 10 8 and Schwartz''s tens doubled him up.

Scott Bohlman battled all level with a short stack and finally pushed his last $108,000 into the middle from early position. John-Paul Kelly called for $68,000. Kelly showed A 9 and Bohlman had A 6. The board came 10 5 3 9 3 and Kelly doubled through Bohlman. Bohlman was left with $40,000 after the hand. The very next hand Bohlman was in the big blind and Perry Friedman bet out $39,000 from the button, exactly the number of chips Bohlman had left. Bohlman looked at one card and called. Friedman had A 4 and Bohlman turned up the K. The other card, which Bohlman had yet to look at, was the A. Bohlman was elated and said, "Oh yeah baby! One time!" The board came J 8 6 K 2 and Bohlman hung on to double up to $92,000.

John-Paul Kelly was eliminated in 16th place this level, earning $16,891. Noah Schwartz raised to $40,000 preflop and Kelly reraised all in for $150,000. Schwartz quickly made the call and flipped up A K. Kelly had A Q. The board bricked out for Kelly when it came J 10 6 6 4 and he was eliminated. Schwartz picked up $150,000 plus the blinds and antes and now maintains a healthy chip stack.

Eliminated in 15th place was Scott Bohlman. After doubling up through John-Paul Kelly, Bohlman found himself all in again, this time against Jason Song. Bohlman had pushed all in for $83,000 from late position and Song thought about his play from the button with Noah Schwartz and Thomas Wahlroos left to act. Schwartz mucked his hand out of position and left the table. Song called and Wahlroos folded. Song showed A J and Bohlman pushed with K 7. The board came 9 6 3 5 5 and Song won with ace high. Edward Moncada commented on Schwartz's behavior, saying that by mucking out of turn while a player was all in gave Song information and influenced his decision.

On the last hand of the level, Beth Shak was able to double up to over $600,000. Shankar Pillai raised Shak's big blind and Shak responded by reraising Pillai. Pillai pushed all in and Shak called. Pillai had A K and Shak had 10 10. The board bricked out when it came 8 4 2 4 3 and Shak doubled up. "You tried to bully me!" cried Shak. "I haven't played a hand yet and you tried to bully me!"

Check back in for all the action following dinner and see who survives to make the final table right here on CardPlayer.com.

Luke Vrabel isn’t making many friends with his play today.  Vrabel elminated David Gross in 21^st place when he called his all in with J-9 suited, and the two pair on the board trumped Gross’s pocket threes.  Phil Hellmuth was visibly upset when he had to move to a different table; Hellmuth seems hell bent on personally busting Vrabel.

 
Our two pro bloggers, Evelyn Ng and Taylor Cabey busted in 25^th and 24^th place respectively, earning $14,608.  Norm MacDonald was eliminated in 20^th place earning the same payout.

There are currently 17 players left on the final two tables.

Players are on a 15 minute break after the $500 chips were raced off the table.

Evelyn Ng, Norm MacDonald, Perry Friedman, and Phil Hellmuth are all sitting at about $100,000 in chips while the chip leader Shankar Pillai has over $430,000.  Bracelet winner Ed Moncada is sitting more towards the middle of the pack with around $200,000.

Maureen Feduniak was eliminated in 28th place earning $12,554.  This was her second cash of this year's World Series.

Like any other day, Phil Hellmuth demands attention with his table theatrics and with his constant criticism of other players.  Hellmuth is also now paired at his table with Thomas Wahlroos.  These two butted heads often during the 5 Diamond WPT Championship earlier this year.  At that table Hellmuth's Jacks received a cooler compliments of Wahlroos's pocket Aces.  If you want to relive the moments they shared earlier this year follow this link...

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/7083/11071

However, Wahlroos is quieter this time around; most likely due to his short chip stack.  Hellmuth has continued to verbally spar today with one player in particular, Luke Vrabel.  The two of them have kept the atmosphere very lively

Greg Mueller and Steve Dannenman have recently been eliminated as we are now down to the final 30 players.

In between bustouts, the remaining professional players seem to be having a great time.  Perry Friedman has been needling Phil Hellmuth pretty consistently as well as generating a constant stream of laughter from former Weekend Update funnyman Norm MacDonald.  MacDonald has just over $100,000 in chips, which is an average stack.  This will be his first cash at a World Series event.

Greg Mueller and Evelyn Ng have not splashed around much so far in this days action.  Steve Dannenman outran A-K with his Q-J against an all-in opponent.  There are currently 48 players remaining on six tables.

Two tables of players have hit the rail early in the action today in Event #28. 

Current chip leader Noah Schwartz has been a one man wrecking crew.  He has managed to get some serious mileage out of pocket Aces, busting two players in one hand with the pocket rockets, and then finding them again soon after to bust one more player.

Professional Dan Shak has been over to sweat his wife Beth, who is still alive and kicking in this tournament.  Phil Laak had the misfortune of being the most notable bustout of the hour.  Finding himself on the shortstack, Laak was all-in with K-Q suited versus his opponent's pocket Jacks.  Laak's hand failed to improve, and he was eliminated in 62nd place earning $7,418.

Look for fireworks to occur as the players get closer to the final table.