Ayaz Mahmood and Avi Cohen are all in on the flop, with Mahmood having and Cohen having . The flush is good and Cohen is up to 2,275,000. Mahmood is down to 1,120,000.
Ayaz Mahmood raises to 130,000 in late position. Floyd Clark is all in for 445,000 in the cutoff. "I'm lucky against you," Clark says, with one hand on a beer. Clark has . Mahmood calls with . The board comes and Lee Childs tells the rail, "I mucked tens!" Clark is out and Mahmood is at 2,420,000.
John Spadavecchia was eliminated from the tournament on the last hand before the break, after he moved all in preflop with and was called by Tom Peterson, with .
The board filled out , giving Peterson top two pair and the checkmark for the hand.
Spadavecchia's elimination means that just 59 players will return after the break.
The players start their two-hour dinner break. At the start of the break, the tournament staff will be coloring up the yellow (1,000) chips, and introducing 50,000 chips into play to shrink some of the big stacks. Players are encouraged to stay and watch the color-up.
The dinner break officially begins when the color-up is complete, and play will resume at 9:00 pm PDT, giving them an extra-long break.
After dinner, play will continue for another two levels or until 27 players remain, whichever comes first. However, if there are more than 36 players still alive, play will continue until they reach 36.
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Gus Hansen raised to 93,000 from under the gun. Ryan Elson moved all in for 694,000 from the small blind. Hansen had Elson covered and made the call. The players showed...
Hansen:
Elson:
Hansen failed to improve and Elson's jacks were best. Gus was left with about 100,000.
A few hands later, Hansen was on the button and moved all in for his last 99,000. Jason Koshi called from the big blind and the players turned up their cards...
Hansen:
Koshi:
Koshi spiked the on the turn to win the hand and send Gus Hansen to the rail in 61st place. "The Great Dane" earned $154,194 for his strong finish in this year's main event.
Ray Henson and Jeff Tunkel were two of the five players that decided to see the flop for 80,000. The first three cards off the deck came and Henson led out for 100,000. Tunkel then put in a raise for a total of 500,000 and when the action came back around to Henson, he bet enough to put Tunkel all-in.
Tunkel made the call and turned over a monster draw, , while Henson revealed pocket Jacks for top set. Tunkel failed to hit either of his draws and was eliminated from the tournament in 62nd place.
The hand hoisted Henson into the tournament chip lead, with 6,200,000 chips.
Senovio Ramirez III flopped solid gold, holding when the flop came . Ramirez checked, as did his lone opponent, Steven Garfinkle.
The turn brought the and here's when the action caught fire. Garfinkle checked to Ramirez, who bet 303,000. Garfinkle then moved all-in over the top of Ramirez for 1,140,000 chips. Ramirez made the call and Garfinkle turned over pocket Jacks for a bigger full house, which would ultimately win him the pot.
After the hand, Garfinkle improved to 3 million in chips, while Ramirez dropped to 770,000.