We caught up to find start-of-day chip leader Rachel Kranz heads up in a pot with last year's runner-up Ken Silberstein. The flop read and Silberstein checked. Kranz fired 7,500 and Silberstein stuck around.
Fourth street was the and Silberstein checked a second time. Kranz moved 16,000 into the center and Silberstein took some time before finally mucking his hand. Kranz was pushed the pot and is now sitting on 149,000.
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Fifteen minutes were added in order for players to head over to the poker room to attain their free buffet voucher.
When the field returns they will begin playing 60-minute levels.
Tom Christopher dropped by the media table to let us know that he doubled up on the last hand before break. His pocket eights doubled through an opponent's and he was able to double to 130,000. He'll be returning from dinner with a well-above average stack.
With only 81 remaining players, last year's champion Christopher Bonn and last year's runner-up, Ken Silberstein, have draw the same table.
For a refresher, these two players battled heads up for over an hour close to one year ago for the 2012 WSOP Circuit title. In the end, Bonn came out on top but they're both back at it and poised to make a deep run once again this year. We'll keep you updated on any fireworks that possibly occur between the two.
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler has been eliminated from play. The player in the cutoff opened to 5,000 and Kessler shipped all in over the top for about 21,000. Kessler's opponent called and showed which was behind Kessler's . Unfortunately for the Chainsaw, a king on the flop spelled the end of his tournament.
Across the tournament floor, circuit regular Ari Engel was also eliminated from play.
We caught the end of a hand that saw Aaron Overton fly to over 280,000 in chips.
Overton's tablemate, Allen Kessler, was kind enough to recap the action for us. Overton opened with a raise before the flop and the player on the button three-bet. Overton flat called and the flop came .
Overton continued out and the button raised him all in. Overton snapped him off and showed for a set of tens. His opponent was in bad shape with . THe turn was the and the river the , giving Overton a full house and the best hand.
With over 50,000 already in the middle, Overton's all in was for 98,400. He's now sitting on a massive stack of about 280,000.
We missed the action but came onto the tournament floor to see Mike Jukich sitting on a mountain of chips. His stack of 305,000 came to him during a large confrontation just moments before our arrival. Tournament floor staff recapped the hand to us and told us how Jukich held against an opponent's and another opponent's .
An ace fell on the turn and gave the massive pot to Jukich.
and Silberstein checked. Kranz fired 7,500 and Silberstein stuck around.
and Silberstein checked a second time. Kranz moved 16,000 into the center and Silberstein took some time before finally mucking his hand. Kranz was pushed the pot and is now sitting on 149,000.
and he was able to double to 130,000. He'll be returning from dinner with a well-above average stack.
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