An update on a few of the players around the room that are above the 200,000 mark.

Gregg Bloom	315,000	315,000
Matthew McGuire	266,000	266,000
Stephen Gambardella	230,000	230,000
Craig Hammerman	215,000	215,000
Rich Ellis	205,000	205,000

A player in early position raised to 8,000 and Bill Rozinski shoved for just under 15,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads up with Rozinski at risk.

Bill Rozinski:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Rozinski's nines held to secure the double.

Day 1b will continue until 15 players remain. There are approximately 80 runners left in the tournament.

A player was all in for around 20,000 and Ariel Suchecki was the one to put her at risk just moments after doubling up on a previous hand.

Opponent:
Ariel Suchecki:

The board ran out and the aces held to secure the knockout for Suchecki, who had expressed disappointment in the PokerNews team for covering her early bustout.

"Make sure you get this one in there," Suchecki said as she dragged the pot.

Apparently the hand was a bit of a fiasco before PokerNews arrived.

"I nearly knocked over a waitress," Suchecki explained. "Put that down, too."

Ariel Suchecki

54,500

32,300

Action was heads up with on the board when Wayne Tarber shoved the last of his short stack. Eugene Iovine was there to go for the knockout.

Wayne Tarber:
Eugene Iovine:

Iovine was ahead with a pair of aces. The turn and river ran out with no help for Tarber and he was out of the tournament.

Eugene Iovine	85,000	85,000
Wayne Tarber	0	-18,000

The final tally for Day 1b is 159 entries and a prize pool of $45,792. The grand total prize pool comes out to $128,648, from which the winner is guaranteed at least $40,000.

Stay tuned for final payouts and an official number of players moving on to Day 2.

Players have stepped out for another 15-minute break. There are currently 156 entries in the tournament after eight levels. Registration will close at the beginning of Level 9.

Rick Mendelson limped in from early positionj and Michael Stephens raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. James Richter called from the big blind and Mendelson tossed in the chips to come along.

The flop was and action checked to Stephens, who bet 7,000. Richter called and Mendelson got out of the way. The turn was .

Richter fired 10,000 at the turn but it was too much for Stephens and he got away from it.

James Richter	83,000	19,000
Rick Mendelson	47,500	-7,500
Michael Stephens	42,000	42,000

Cathy Welsh was seen taking in another big pot after she knocked out one opponent and chipped up through James Richter.

Welsh had , while Richter had and a third all-in player had . The board ran out and Welsh held on with pocket aces to secure a big pot that puts her over the 100,000 mark.

Cathy Welsh	124,000	79,000
James Richter	97,000	14,000

Action was heads up with 10,000 in the pot and on th eboard when John Coles bet 6,000 and Paul Hair called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river was .

Coles fired 12,000 and Hair thought for a middle before he tossed out chips to call. Hair turned over for the wheel straight while Coles showed the bluff and tossed it in the muck.

Paul Hair	85,600	20,600
John Coles	45,400

Day 1b will continue until 15 players remain. There are approximately 80 runners left in the tournament.

A player was all in for around 20,000 and Ariel Suchecki was the one to put her at risk just moments after doubling up on a previous hand.

Opponent:
Ariel Suchecki:

The board ran out and the aces held to secure the knockout for Suchecki, who had expressed disappointment in the PokerNews team for covering her early bustout.

"Make sure you get this one in there," Suchecki said as she dragged the pot.

Apparently the hand was a bit of a fiasco before PokerNews arrived.

"I nearly knocked over a waitress," Suchecki explained. "Put that down, too."

Ariel Suchecki

54,500

32,300