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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Rich Cadwallader heads into the break holding the chip lead.
He woke up with aces in the big blind when one player shoved 40,000 in front. Aces held there and he's used a little muscle to build since then.
In fact, Cadwallader is the first player past the 300,000-chip mark as the 56 players remaining start a 10-minute break with the money bubble looming.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
193,600
|
193,600 |
suited from the cutoff and got one call. He led the 
flop for 15,000 and was called.
for close to 100,000 total, he called. Top two held for Werstler.
on a ten-high board against bottom set, but the 
and queens held for Spears to give him a massive lead coming into the day without even a sweat.