Tom Marchese made it 55,000 under the gun and serial reraiser Chance Kornuth did his favourite thing and reraised, to the tune of 132,000. Over in the big blind Allen Bari unexpectedly went all in for around 500,000 - and Marchese now re-shoved.
Kornuth looked as close to pained as Kornuth ever gets (his continually sunny demeanour astounds us), but folded. The other two went to showdown.
Bari:
Marchese:
Board:
Bari duly hit the rail, and Marchese moved right up to around 2.6 million.
We found John Juanda betting out around 150,000 on the river of a board. Per Ummer called him and turned over to scoop the pot and put him up to 3.15 million. Juanda could only boast and was left with 1.3 million, just about average.
Joe Hachem opened to 56,000 and Fernando Zito pushed all-in for 370,000. Rumit Somaiya made the call and the Australian decided to let the two fight it out.
Zito:
Somaiya:
The board came and although Zito made two pair, Somaiya's trip aces was still the best hand and nineteen players remain. Somaiya is up to 1.9 million.
From the button, David Vamplew opened to 52,000, and Keven Stammen moved all in for 460,000 from the big blind. Vamplew asked for a quick estimate on the amount and then made the call to put Stammen at risk. He had him dominated, too:
Stammen:
Vamplew:
The flop opened up another four outs for Stammen as it came to give him a gutterball to work with. The turn was no help, though, and neither was the river, failing to get him over the hump.
That's the end of Stammen's day, then, out in 21st place.
Tom Marchese made the opening raise from the cutoff but we didn't quite catch the amount; by the time we arrived that initial raise had been pulled in because Chance Kornuth had reraised out of the big blind, an additional 88,000. Back to Marchese who re-popped for another 120,000 or so.
Kornuth tanked for a while, and then announced all in.
Snap-call.
Marchese:
Kornuth:
There was a pause of some minutes as the TV crew first positioned themselves at one end of the table, then decided that they weren't happy there and lugged their equipment all the way around the tournament area so they could film from the other side instead.
"You want me to get up or anything?" commented tablemate Allen Bari, "So you can get a better shot?"
Eventually they found an angle they were happy with, and the board was dealt.
Board:
Marchese's double up was to around 2.25 million. It's hard to say with Mr. Kornuth still stacking in a giant pyramid, but we looks as though he is no longer the chip leader.
A double up for Fernando Brito after getting all-in with against Robert Nulli's with the board coming . Brito moves back up to 450,000, Nulli drops a little to about 700,000.
We found Chance Kornuth checking the turn of a board from the small blind position. Kyle Bowker bet 85,000 from the big, and after eying him up for a few moments Kornuth flat-called.
They saw a river and both checked it. Bowker turned over for not much, and Kornuth showed him some rather unexpected to take the pot.
Bowker's left with 825,000 after that. Chip monster Kornuth is now at 3.5 million at least, and shows no signs of slowing down.
Kyle Bowker made a raise from the hijack position and ended up in a raising war with Masaaki Kagawa. We are not sure exactly what the sequence of events was but the result was both of their chip stacks in the middle and both tournament lives at stake.
Tom Marchese opened under the gun to 45,000 and everybody folded except for Kyle Bowker in the cut-off who made the call. The flop was and Tom Marchese liked the look of it because he made a bet of 62,000 and Bowker made the call.
The turn brought the and Marchese placed a pile of blue chips in front of him. Bowker thought for a while before folding. He showed a pair of kings to his opponent. Marchese smiled and showed Bowker an upturned king himself before scooping the pot.
Robert Nulli opened for 55,000 in the cutoff and to his immediate left on the button Chad Brown pushed for just a little over 200,000. It folded back around to Nulli who quickly called, and the cards were on their backs.
Nulli:
Brown:
"It's a good spot," Brown admitted to his soon-to-be assassin as they shook hands.
Board:
And with that, we lose Mr. Brown in 23rd place. Nulli is up to 1.1 million, right about average.
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board. Per Ummer called him and turned over 
to scoop the pot and put him up to 3.15 million. Juanda could only boast 
and was left with 1.3 million, just about average.
to give him a gutterball to work with. The turn 
was no help, though, and neither was the 
against Robert Nulli's 
with the board coming 
. Brito moves back up to 450,000, Nulli drops a little to about 700,000.
board from the small blind position. Kyle Bowker bet 85,000 from the big, and after eying him up for a few moments Kornuth flat-called.
river and both checked it. Bowker turned over 
