Play is set to resume in level 9, with only 66 players left in contention. The beginning of level 9 means that there is now only one hour left to (re-)enter this flight.

The chip leader at the last break, Eric Bastien, has maintained the pole position and put more distance between himself and the peloton. Bastien’s stack gives him slightly more than 130 big blinds, well more than double the current chip average.