Here are some of the notable end-of-day chip counts:

Reza Payvar - $157,500
Sam Farha - $156.575
Erick Lindgren - $151,950
George Miller - $133,000
David Sklansky - $111,575
Lee Markholt - $100,700
Victor Ramdin - $109,000
Craig Hartman - $76,900
Daniel Negreanu - $71,500
Tobias Persson - $66,100
Tobey Maguire - $65,425
David Williams - $64,825
Jennifer Harman - $60,075
Arnold Spee - $54,500
Tony Ma - $33,375
"Mad" Marty Wilson - $30,950
David Plastik - $29,025
Paul Darden - $20,600

This is only a very partial list. There are 166 people left from today's field, and a full list with official chip counts will be available later tonight. Check back with CardPlayer.com for all the details.

There are only about five minutes left in the tournament. CardPlayer.com will get some quick chip counts on the day's leaders and big players, and then official chip counts will be released by the casino later this evening. Stay tuned.

Siagzar Payvar was absolutely on a roll. Payvar continually has been picking up pots and is playing very impressive poker. His last victory put him at approximately $236,000 with just under 30 minutes left in the days action. After a flop of 10-7-6, Payvar bet out $3,000 and was called by Tony Ma. The Kd on the turn brought checks from both players, the Kh on the river brought some action. Tony Ma bet out $6,000, and Payvar called. Tony Ma showed 8-5 for a missed straight draw, and Payvar showed 9-7 for a pair of sevens and a win.

Everything seemed to be going smooth for Payvar until he ran into Erick Lindgren. Tony Ma raised from the cutoff (one of the button), and Payvar called. Lindgren in the big blind re-raised to $12,000, and Ma reluctantly folded, but Payvar had other ideas. Payvar decided to move in with his $236,000, which had Lindgren more than covered. Lindgren called and showed K-K. Payvar reluctantly flipped over 7h-10h, and no help came, allowing Lindgren to double up.

The blinds have increased to $300-$600, with a $75 ante. This is the last level for the day, and almost all of the remaining players have been moved into the main tournament area.

Men "The Master" Nguyen is at it again. Men appears to be having a good time and loudly joking with David Plastik. Plastik on a recent hand had two black aces, and called them "one pair," after being called. Men joked that those are aces and not one pair. Men told Plastik that if they play a pot against each other he better call them aces, and not one pair.

At CardPlayer's.com feature table Russ Hamilton was just knocked out by Tony Ma. Ma has been playing well today and has ran his chips up to $130,000. Ma's chip stack is still significantly behind that of table leader Siagzar Payvar. Payvar again played and won a rather large pot against William Thorson. Thorson, in the 5 seat, bet $8,000 after a board of Ah-Qs-10d-7h. Payvar, as he has been all day, raised to $15,000, but Thorson called. The 4s hit on the river and both players checked. Payvar showed 10s-7c for two pair, and Thorson mucked. The win gives Payvar just over $200,000 and leaves him in command of his table.

Scott Fischman was recently eliminated at the feature table and his seat was filled by Craig Hartman. Hartman in almost his first hand at the table locked horns with table chip leader Siagzar Payvar. Payvar has been very aggressive all day and continued against Hartman. After a flop of 10s-6h-4h, Payvar bet out $4,000, but was raised by Hartman to $9,000. Payvar called the bet and both players saw the Ac come out on the turn. Hartman bet $7,000, but Payvar raised it to $22,000, and Hartman was forced to fold. With the victory, Payvar has increased his stack to $185,000.

The players take a 15-minute break before the blinds increase to $200-$400, with a $50 ante. The tournament clock monitors show 201 players remaining out of 218 today. Eliminations should be more frequent in the final two levels today, as the blinds increase and players have more variation in their chips (bigger big stacks and smaller small stacks).

Here are the approximate chip counts for notable players in today's half of the field, four hours into the action:

Chip Leader - Alex Prendes - $155,000

George Miller - $115,000
Sam Farha - $95,000
Erick Lindgren - $89,000
Phil Gordon - $86,000
Daniel Negreanu - $70,000
David Plastik - $66,000
Scott Fischman - $63,000
David "Devilfish" Ulliot - $61,000
Chau Giant - $58,000
Paul Darden - $50,000
David Sklansky - $50,000
Humberto Brenes - $41,000
Ram Vaswani - $41,000
Matt Matros - $40,000
Mike Matusow - $40,000
Jennifer Harman - $35,000
Tobey Maguire - $30,000
Men "The Master" Nguyen - $28,000
David Williams - $26,000
Robert Williamson III - $10,000