Players on Dinner Break, Kuether and Jacobson Lead
Level 8 is in the books for Day 2a/b of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break.
The third level of the day was an exciting one that saw Martin Jacobson continue his upward trend while staying toward the top of the chip counts. Challenging Jacobson's reign is none other Joe Kuether, who finished Level 8 with just under 300,000 in chips. Other big stacks include Jack Schanbacher, Joe Kuether, Daniel Wirgau and Mars Callahan.
The two top contenders for this year's WSOP Player of the Year race bowed out this level, with both current leader Brandon Shack-Harris and second place George Danzer hitting the rail. A look at their eliminations as well as the current PoY leaderboard can be found here.
Shack-Harris and Danzer were not the only notable players eliminated during this level. Other players to fall include Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Nam Le and Amanda Musumeci. Jason Somerville was also eliminated from play at the hands of Florens Feenstra. Somerville's pocket queens were unable to hold against Feenstra's ace-king and he was forced into a Day 2 exit.
On dinner break, be sure to check out Sarah Grant's interview with 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up, David Williams, who is still alive and thriving on Day 2.