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Beside the two new events, the monster stack event will finish and award the winner $23,874.

Stateline, Nev. (November 5, 2015) -- Day 8 is a busy day at Harveys Lake Tahoe with three different gold ring events running simultaneously. One of those three events is Event #7 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack. This event began yesterday and drew a field of 346 entries. The tournament played 21 levels yesterday before players bagged up. There are 23 players that survived Day 1 and will be returning today for Day 2 and the conclusion of the tournament. Day 2 is scheduled to begin today at 2 p.m.

Here is a look at the top 10 chip counts heading into Day 2 of the monster stack:

1. Matt Betti - 693,000
2. Mark Bonsack - 623,000
3. Fox - 467,000
4. Julian Galvan - 435,000
5. Cary Marshall - 394,000
6. Michael Riddle - 388,000
7. Tom Heslly - 351,000
8. Amir Khaziri - 337,000
9. Khoa Tran - 313,000
10. Troy Stromer - 311,000

Complete chip counts with seating assignments can be found on WSOP.com.

Updates from Event #7

The other two gold ring events on the day are brand new events. Event #8 and #9 kick off today as the last two gold events before the Main Event. There are still two more gold ring events after the Main Event as well. Event #8 - $580 No-Limit Hold'em begins at 11 a.m. It is the largest buy-in of the series, excluding the Main Event. Last year this event drew over 200 players and generated a $100K plus prize pool. Here is a look at the details for Event #8

Event #8 - $580 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 11 a.m.

• Players begins with 12,000 chips
  
• Blinds begin at 25/50
• Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~3:30 p.m.)
• Re-entry is not allowed
• Level 1-12 are 30 minutes long, levels 13-21 are 40 minutes long and levels 22+ are 50 minutes long
• There is a one hour dinner break after Level 12 (~5:45 p.m.)
• Day 1 is scheduled to last 21 levels
• This is a two-day tournament. Day 2 begins Friday at 2 p.m.

The other new gold ring event today is Event #9 - $365 Pot-Limit Omaha. This is the only non-hold'em ring event of the series. It begins at 4 p.m. with registration open until 8:30 p.m. Here is a closer look at this event:

Event #9 - $365 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - 4 p.m.

• Players begins with 10,000 chips
  
• Blinds begin at 25/50
• Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (~8:30 p.m.)
• Re-entry is not allowed
• Level 1-14 are 30 minutes long, levels 15-20 are 40 minutes long and levels 21+ are 50 minutes long
• There is no dinner break on Day 1
  
• Day 1 is scheduled to last 17 levels
• This is a two-day tournament. Day 2 begins Friday at 3 p.m.

Today's non-gold ring events include:

• 9 a.m. $100 Mega Satellite into Event #8 - $580 No-Limit Hold'em
  
• 7 p.m. $135 Nightly No-Limit Hold'em
• 9 p.m. $250 Mega Satellite into the $1,675 Main Event
  

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Today is Day 8 of 12 at the Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Series. Here is a look at the gold ring winners up to this point.

• EVENT #1: Tom Masinter defeated 145 players in $365 NLHE to earn $12,181
• EVENT #2: Shawn Vas Asdale defeated 665 players in $365 NLHE Re-Entry to earn $40,898
  
• EVENT #3: Bill Davis defeated 111 players in $365 NLHE Turbo to earn $9,989
• EVENT #4: Steve Foutty defeated 164 players in $365 NLHE to earn $13,284
• EVENT #5: Scott Stewart defeated 178 players in $365 NLHE 6-Max to earn $14,953
• EVENT #6: Pete Uhl defeated 191 players in $365 NLHE to earn $14,899