Peter Gould limped from the button, a player in the small blind raised to 5,000, and Gould called.
The flop came . The small blind bet 10,000, Gould raised to 25,000, and he was reraised to 77,500 total. Gould made the call, showing . Meanwhile, his opponent had A-K-J-10 for the flopped straight.
The turn was the and the river the , and Gould lost half his stack. He's down to 82,500.
A late position player bet out on a flop, David Grey bet 11,000, a middle position player reraised behind him, Frank Vizza repopped it from the button, and Grey pushed all in with his 110,000. Both players called.
Vizza had for a wrap draw. David Grey had for top set. And the third player had for top two and a straight draw.
The turn was the , giving Vizza the straight. The on the river didn't change things, and Vizza had eliminated two players.
On the very next hand, Vizza bet 9,000 on a flop of . Andy Black raised pot, Vizza reraised pot, and Black called with the rest of his chips.
Both had flopped straights. Black had , and Vizza . The turn was the , but the on the river gave Vizza a better straight, and Black was out.
Vizza -- clearly the new chip leader -- is still stacking all of those chips. We'll get you a count as soon as he finishes.
On a board showing , Bruno Fitoussi bet 9,000, Jared Hamby raised all in to 29,000, and Fitoussi called.
Fitoussi showed A-K-10-9. He'd flopped a boat, and improved to nines full of kings on the turn. Unfortunately for him, Hamby held K-K-x-x, so that turn card had given him kings full of nines.
Hamby is up to 52,000, while Fitoussi slips to 18,000.