Updated Chip Counts; Rast Crushing

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Brian Rast is on top of this batch of chip counts, but he's also in front of the entire field. Rast is currently seated with fellow World Series of Poker bracelet owners Brian Lemke, Foster Hays and Jonathan Duhamel, which makes it one of the most packed tables in the room.

As we discussed before, Rast won the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em and the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship last year. Hays also won his bracelet last summer in Event 18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

In 2009, Lemke earned his gold bracelet by taking down Event 15: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em. In 2010, Duhamel won the $10,000 WSOP Main Event to the tune of nearly $9 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	445,000 120,000	120,000

Bryan Piccioli	210,000 160,000	160,000

John Juanda	165,500 25,500	25,500

James Akenhead	165,000 -75,000	-75,000
Pratyush Buddiga	145,000 87,000	87,000
Liv Boeree	132,000 110,000	110,000

Jarred Solomon	130,000 -25,000	-25,000
	112,000 40,000	40,000
Jonathan Duhamel	95,000 17,000	17,000

Brian Lemke	90,000 56,000	56,000

Amanda Musumeci	85,000 -60,000	-60,000
Foster Hays	83,000 31,000	31,000

Jacobo Fernandez	75,000 28,000	28,000
Scott Fischman	62,000 -8,000	-8,000
Mike Gorodinsky	55,000 15,000	15,000

Mike Sowers	41,000 -48,000	-48,000
Billy Kopp	33,000 3,000	3,000