DANIEL NEGREANU LEADS WSOP TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
Mike Matusow started the day as the chip leader.  But it didn't take long for Daniel Negreanu to wrestle it away from him.
 
As of this post, there are 10 players remaining in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions All-Star event, with the final nine set to collect prize money, it is anyone's event at this stage.
 
You can follow all the action live on WSOP.com by clicking HERE.
 
The remaining 10 players and their chip counts are as follows:
 
DANIEL NEGREANU 184,000
JOHNNY CHAN 152,900
JOE HACHEM 136,000
HUCK SEED 90,300
HOWARD LEDERER 57,300
JENNIFER HARMAN 53,400
BARRY GREENSTEIN 51,500
ERIK SEIDEL 35,600
TJ CLOUTIER 31,000
ANNIE DUKE 17,900
 
Play is set to resume at 2:30 PM Las Vegas time, after they take an extended break after losing 7 players from the start of play today.
 
Matusow was the second elimination of the day, shortly preceded by Allen Cunningham.  But after Matusow, we lost several notable players in short order including Scotty Nguyen, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and last but not least, Phil Hellmuth.
 
So we are at the money bubble as play resumes and are in for an interesting afternoon and evening as the game's greatest collide in an effort to become the 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions Champion.
 
Happy July 4, enjoy the fireworks.