Jordan Cairns raised from middle position and then action folded to the big blind. The big blind reraised and then Cairns stuck in his last few thousand with another raise and the player called.
Cairns held and his opponent held big slick, . The board ran out to give Cairns the double up to 16,200.
Eric Buchman found himself crippled after the dinner break and was all in preflop holding against the pocket tens of Robert Como.
It was virtually over on the flop of as Como flopped a set. The turn gave Buchman some hope with the but the river was the as Buchman is eliminated just short of the money.
Barry Shulman raised from the button and then the small blind reraised. Shulman called. The flop came down and the small blind led with a bet. Shulman raised and the player called.
The turn was the and the small blind check-called a bet from Shulman. The river was the and the same action occurred.
Shulman turned up for two pair and his opponent angrily mucked pocket nines. Shulman is at 67,000 now.
Ian Johns was all in for his last 2,600 preflop as Chris Tryba and Brock Parker competed for the side pot.
The flop was and the action was capped before the fell on the turn. Parker led out from the big blind and Tryba decided to just flat call. The river brought the and again Parker bet into the side pot with Tryba making the call.
Parker tabled for a set of threes which was good for the healthy side pot, however Johns revealed pocket sevens for a rivered set to take down the main pot and stay alive!
The action flop was where after a series of raises Andrew "Dr. Bruce" Brussard found his last chips in the middle.
Brussard has had some rough luck today and again he was the victim of a cooler situation as he tabled for two pair, only to have his opponent Kevin Hong reveal for a set.
The turn was the and river the and Hong collects the pot to eliminate Brussard from the tournament.
The players are back following the dinner break and for some unknown reason we've relocated from the Brasilia Room across the Rio to the main Amazon Room.
The tables are the same, the chips are the same and the same cards are back in the air.
On the turn, the board read and David Olson fired a bet. Daniel Alaei raised and Olson made the call. The river was the , putting four diamonds on the board, and Olson checked. Alaei fired a bet and Olson called.
Both players tabled , but Alaei held the in his hand and scooped the pot.
On the very next hand, Alaei won a sizable pot on a board of holding . He is now up to 148,000 chips and climbing.
If one player is going to collect a pot with nine-high here today, it's going to be Daniel Negreanu.
After raising from under the gun and finding two callers in the blinds, he fired a continuation bet on the flop of . He found one caller in the small blind, and they saw the land on the turn. Again it was checked to Negreanu who fired a bet which was called.
The river landed the and both players surrendered and checked it down. Negreanu tabled for just nine-high but somehow his hand was good as his opponent revealed a busted draw with .