MORROW-MCBRIDE LEADS AFTER 17 LEVELS

Lisa Morrow-McBride needs to survive just one more elimination today to secure her best-ever poker tournament cash. She's chipleader in the $500,000 GTD @HPTpoker @StLouisPokerHC $1650 Main Event with 46 players left, so there's an excellent chance she earns that career-best.

Morrow-McBride is more than 200,000 clear of the field, sitting with 935,000 as players return from their first 15-minute break of the day. Jason Darland (700,000) and Robert Mitchell (642,000) round out the top-three stacks.

Here's a quick look at other updated chipcounts as cards get back in the air.

Lisa	Morrow-McBride	935,000
Jason	Darland	700,000
Robert	Mitchell	642,000
Rick	Blythe	625,000
Josh	Turner	570,000
John	Richards	541,000
Mike	O'Neill	495,000
Gyan	Gurung	445,000
HB	Slablotny	370,000
Bill	Haner	360,000
Nick	Pupillo	355,000
Bryan	Johnson	345,000
Alex	Hoff	340,000
Cody	Brinn	340,000
Dan	Chambers	325,000
Blair	Hinkle	240,000
Cheryl	Choon	235,000
Stan	Jablonski	225,000
BJ	McBrayer	220,000
Nicholas	Davidson	205,000
Bill	Byrnes	195,000
Derek	Schroeder	160,000
Patrick	Ray	150,000
Chris	Moon	125,000
Mike	Shin	85,000

Level - 18
Ante - 8000
Blinds - 4000/8000
Remaining - 46/480

-- Dan Ross - Hold'em Live Updates