DINNER BREAK CHIPCOUNTS

Look who is sitting near the top of the dinner break chipcounts on Day 1A of the @HPTpoker Season Championship, none other than the leader in the Player of the Year race, Ossama Estafanous (pictured).

No surprise he's running well at Ameristar East Chicago, for he's made the final table here three of the last four times HPT has been at Ameristar East Chicago - finishing 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Here's a random assortment of unofficial dinner break Day 1A chipcounts for y'all to check out.

Marvin	Rettenmaier	137,000
Ossama	Estafanous	125,000
Ben	Ponzio	115,000
Shane	Slovick	98,000
Niel	Mittleman	96,000
Jason	Mangold	77,000
Paul	Fisher	71,000
Mark	Gieth	69,000
Shawn	Roberts	68,000
Casey	Carroll	66,000
Jake	Baumgartner	65,000
Matt	Shepsky	63,000
Mark	Morris	53,000
David	McGowan	45,000
Alex	Ziskin	34,000
OJ	Miller	25,000
Aaron	Massey	25,000
Aaron	Johnson	22,000
Nick	Pupillo	21,000
Tim	Shortell	18,000
Ari	Engel	11,000
Ryan	Julius	9,000
Mike	Shanahan	Out
Mike	VanderWoude	Out
Craig	Casino	Out

When play resumes a few minutes after 9:30pm, action moves to

Level - 7
BB Ante - 500
Blinds - 300/500
Entries - At Least 85

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates
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