Chino Rheem made it 26,000 from the button and got looked up by Kenny Hicks in the big blind. They saw a flop.
Flop: 
Hicks checked to Rheem, who bet 34,000. Hicks called.
In fact, the short version of this hand is that Hicks check-called another 60,000 on the 
turn and another 135,000 on the 
river, before mucking to Rheem's 
.
Hicks is now super-short on around 130,000, while Rheem, who let out an enormous sigh upon establishing that he'd won the hand, is up to around a million.
A short raising war resulted in Matt Perrins coinflipping his way to a double up courtesy of John Juanda.
Perrins: 
Juanda: 
Board: 
If Juanda had won that, he would have been almost a tournament chip millionaire. As it is, he's down to 425,000 while Perrins is up to 560,000.
We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer put 
out in the middle of the table. Chino Rheem checked, and Sherif Zacca fired out 64,000 into a pot of about that much. A check-raise came from Chino, about 300,000 and enough to cover Zacca. The latter called off his stack with 
, and his top pair was in the lead. Rheem turned up 
, drawing live to the clubs and the jacks left in the deck.
The turn was a blank 
, and Zacca was standing behind his chair, pacing back and forth in the small space the media gave him. He looked awfully nervous.
River:
Rheem spikes his flush card, dealing the final blow to Zacca's stack. He's out with about 48 players left, and Rheem appears to have taken over the chip lead with that pot. We have him on 1.6 million now, good enough to occupy the top spot on our scoresheet.
John Hall just eliminated Peyman Luth after an 800,000 pot resulted from a raising war between the two. Luth was in bad shape with 
against Hall's 
and the board came 
to eliminate him.
Hall up to a millon.
Masa Kagawa opened for 50,000 on the button and in the big blind John O'Shea shoved for 214,500. A call later, and they were on their backs.
O'Shea:
Kagawa: 
"I've got a feeling this might be a lucky table for me," announced O'Shea, newly moved to that table - and indeed it was.
Board: 
O'Shea doubled to 440,000.
Kagawa was left with just 20,000 which went in two hands later, once again against O'Shea.
Kagawa: 
O'Shea:
Board: 
"Yes!" cried Kagawa as he doubled to, er, 50,000. Still, one more double up and he'll be in with a chance...
Joe Hachem has doubled up once more after getting all-in on a 
high board with 
against Bowker's . The nines were avoided on the turn and river and Hachem now has 480,000, Bowker drops to 320,000.
Kevin Eyster has doubled up Kyle Bowker. We didn't see the action but Eyster was on the button and Bowker in the small blind, so we suspect it was a raise-shove-call affair.
Eyster:
Bowker:
Board: 
They're at 300,000 apiece after that, but one is on the way up while the other one is going down.
We've got ourselves another 15-minute break to work through. Don't wander off on us.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,396,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
1,180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
1,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
1,131,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,100,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
|
1,099,000
351,000
|
351,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,025,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
900,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
863,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
|
831,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
830,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
719,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
711,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
711,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
702,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
695,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
670,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
640,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
550,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
534,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
||
|
507,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
||
|
495,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
|
480,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
|
|
475,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
|
458,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
