They had 631 players enter the tournament on Monday with 370 left going into Tuesday. At this point I know that of the 24 players the chippers in the contest had the 8 below are out of the tournament:

Russ Hamilton
Noel Furlong
Mansour Matloubi
Dan Harrington
Jack Keller
T.J. Cloutier
Carlos Mortensen (Last years winner)
Mel Judah

The 20 Chippers in the contest are:

Jason Skinner
Travis Lewin
Michael Richter
Mike Skelton
Duke Eyman
Victor Salnicky
Todd Barrett
Craig Swanson
Sheldon Smith
Mark Cotton
K. David Marple
Griffen Goldberg
Scott Ray
Jim Follis
Jim Episale
Linda Weisenstein
Scott Brodsky
Rick Miner
John Zoesch
Phil Thorne

IF one of the remaining 24 wins you will get a $5 Nevada LE of my choice! If none of the 24 living players below wins then you will have to send me a check for $7 for the Building Fund.