A player in middle position opened with a raise to 250, and three players called, including Sorel Mizzi (middle position), Matt Hawrilenko (button), and "Johnny World" Hennigan (big blind). The flop came , and when Hennigan led with a bet of 800, all of the others folded.
None of those three are on top of the world at the moment, as Hennigan has 5,000, Hawrilenko 4,000, and Mizzi has slipped further down to 2,900.
We came upon this one on the river, with the board showing . The chips were being shipped to Joe Cassidy, who was showing for quads, and James Van Alstyne was mucking what had to have been a nice hand before that river.
Cassidy moved up to 16,500 on the strength of that hand, while Van Alstyne fell to 4,800.
Shamus
We're getting close to the second break, at which time the players will all head out for dinner before returning to play six more levels tonight.
The biggest stack we've seen lately was Tuan Le's 36,000. Here are some other big stacks from around the room as we approach the end of Level 4:
J.C. Tran -- 27,000
Steve Billirakis -- 26,000
Sabyl Cohen -- 19,000
David Singer -- 19,000
Marcel Luske -- 19,000
Andy Black -- 18,000
Nick Frangos -- 17,000
Daniel Negreanu -- 16,000
Jon Turner -- 16,000
Gavin Smith -- 16,000
Jason Somerville -- 16,000
Robert Williamson III -- 16,000
Alex Kravchenko -- 15,000
Jason Potter -- 15,000
David "Chino" Rheem -- 15,000
Nikolay Evdakov -- 14,000
Jennifer Harman -- 13,000
Brock Parker -- 13,000
Amnon Filippi -- 12,000
Jean-Robert Bellande -- 12,000
Shamus
Cards are back in the air. Tables are picking back up with whatever games they were playing at the conclusion of the previous level. It looks like most are playing no-limit hold'em or pot-limit Omaha here at the start of Level 5, though a few started the cycle again and are playing either 2-7 triple draw or limit hold'em.
Adam Junglen called from middle position, and it folded back to Jon Turner who raised from the big blind. Junglen called. Both players drew one card, then Turner bet and Junglen called.
Turner stood pat on the second draw, while Junglen took one card. When Turner bet, Junglen let it go.
"I was actually prepared to break," said Turner afterward, referring to the fact that he wouldn't have stood pat on the third draw had Junglen stuck around.
Turner has 16,500 now, while Junglen is sitting at 19,000.
Shamus
With 412 total entrants in today's event, that makes the total prize pool $947,600. That money will be divided among those finishing in the top 40 spots, the player finishing first earning $241,637.
See the "Prizepool and Payouts" page for complete information.
After a player opened with a raise and Jason Mercier three-bet, Rich Sklar called the three bets from the blinds, as did the original raiser. Sklar then drew three cards, the original raiser took two cards, and Mercier just one. Sklar bet, the original raiser folded, Mercier raised, and Sklar called.
Both players drew one card on the second round, and Sklar check-called Mercier's bet. Both again drew one card on the final round. This time Sklar bet blind (i.e., without looking at the card he drew), and when Mercier raised, Sklar looked to see he had a pair of deuces.
Noting that he'd paired his deuce, Sklar started to muck, then Mercier stopped him. "Hey, I could have a pair of eights," said Mercier. Sklar made the call, and Mercier showed and took the pot.
, and when Hennigan led with a bet of 800, all of the others folded.
. The chips were being shipped to Joe Cassidy, who was showing 
for quads, and James Van Alstyne was mucking what had to have been a nice hand before that river.
and took the pot.