The players’ first break has just concluded and the players are back at their tables for level 3. A quick survey of the room and we found that the larger stacks at this point are in the 65-70K range. Some of the players who have stacks among the leaders are Simon Tang, Jay Michael Dragland, and Stephen Standen although it’s too early for anyone to have broken away from the field.
Early eliminations include WSOP bracelet winner and WPT past champion Noah Schwartz, local tournament player Eric Afriat, who has had considerable success in tournaments in the past few years, and Players Club member Jonathan Driscoll, who made a deep run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.