Brent Thomas won a monster pot just before the last break to move to 540,000 in chips, knocking former chip leader Rodney Chamma down to 120,000 in chips.
A player in middle position opened the pot with a raise to 17,000. Thomas then kicked it up to a hearty 70,000 and when the action reached Chamma in the big blind, he moved all-in over the top. The initial raiser folded, but Thomas snap-called, tabling a pocket pair of aces. Chamma then tabled his own cards -- .
Five very safe community cards later, Thomas' aces remained supreme and he raked in the 540,000 pot.
James Bailey was the latest player to collect after moving all-in preflop with and found himself flipping for his tournament life against Peter Aristidou's .
Aristdou took the lead on the flop of and stayed there as the board ran out ,.
Bailey's off to the bank; Aristidou is up to 210,000.