Action folded around to the player in the cutoff who made it 4,000 to go. Nate Kogel was on the button and cut out a three-bet to what looked like 10,000. The blinds folded and action came back around to the cutoff. He called to see a flop.
The two were heads up as graced the felt. Action checked to Kogel who continued out for 8,500. Kogel's opponent came over the top with a check-raise to 23,000, eliciting a fold from Kogel. With this hit, Kogel's stack has been knocked down to about 105,000.
We made our rounds around the tournament area and found a rather large stack sitting in front of Cole Sockwell. The Texas native is sitting with 280,000 in chips right now which is good enough for the current chip lead. Still a long ways to go as play should run into the early hours of the morning. There are 178 players remaining and they will play until 47 remain.
Picking up with the action on the flop, Kyle Bowker was heads up with an opponent on . Bowker was first to act and shot out a bet of 3,200. His opponent flatted from the button, allowing the to hit the felt on fourth street.
Bowker slowed with a check and his opponent elected to do the same. The paired the board on the river and Bowker checked once more. His opponent bet 5,500 and Bowker instantly tossed out a call.
Bowker's opponent rolled over for jack-high. Bowker tabled a winning and took down the pot. He now has around 90,000 in chips.
Maxx Coleman opened in early position for 2,500 and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came and the player in the big blind led out for 5,500. Coleman grabbed his stack of T5,000 orange chips and put them into the middle, effectively setting his opponent all in. His opponent made the call — his stack having a total of 20,700 — and turned over for middle pair. Coleman had two overs and a gutshot straight draw with and would be unable to improve when the turn was the and the river was the .
Coleman, who made a deep run in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event when he finished 21st for $285,408, slipped to 38,000 after that loss.
We missed the action, but recently spied Brandon Steven making his way toward the exit of the tournament area. He has been eliminated from play and we're likely to see him back at the tables for a third try tomorrow.
The board read when we found Huy Nguyen and a player heads up in the hand. Action was checked to Nguyen and he fired out a bet of 2,500. Nguyen's opponent came over the top with a check-raise to 5,500. Nguyen called.
The river was the and Nguyen's opponent checked once more. Nguyen knuckled the table back and watched as his opponent showed for a rivered pair of tens. Nguyen had that beat, however with a winning for a pair of aces. Nguyen picked up the pot and now has around 49,000.