Chris Moneymaker continues to move up the leaderboard now on 100,000-plus.
He flatted when the player to his right opened up for 3,500. The small blind came along for the ride and they went three-handed to an flop. The small blind checked and the original raiser made it 4,000. Only Moneymaker called.
Staring down his opponent on the turn, Moneymaker called another bet, this time for 8,000. The river completed the board and Moneymaker's opponent bet 16,000.
Moneymaker called without hesitation and dragged the sizable pot with after his opponent could only show .
Josh Lozada moved into the chip lead ever so briefly.
Facing a 7,000-chip bet on a board, Lozada made it 20,000. His opponent shoved and Lozada snapped him off with . His opponent held and busted after the river.
Lozada had close to 130,000 at that point, but made the bottom end of a straight on the very next hand and paid off a player with the nut straight to drop down to the 100,000-chip mark.
Jason Bliven bet 4,500 into a three-way pot on a flop.
Only Travis Smith made the call, then checked the turn. Bliven bet 5,000 and Smith called again before the dealer turned over the river.
This time Smith led out for 6,000 and Blevin pushed all in for close to 21,000. Smith made the crying call with , but Blevin had him crushed holding for the flush.
Since cresting the top of the chip counts before the dinner break, Dorianne May has gone nowhere but down.
Moments ago she ran into the sudden buzzsaw Tim Vance has become and lost yet another pot. It all started with a Vance raise to 1,500.
One other player called and May defended her big blind. May checked the flop, and was the only caller when Vance bet 2,000. They both checked the turn, but May fired out 7,000 at the river and found Vance a willing caller.
May turned over pocket fives, but Vance's pocket sevens had her outpipped.
Paul Harris, who co-hosts the Final Table Poker Radio Show with local WSOP Main Event finalist Dennis Phillips, had climbed up near the top of the chip counts.
Unfortunately for him, he just ran into Vadim Kleydman's .
No love for Harris on the run out has left him with just a few chips and his chair while Kleydman's now nearing the leaders.
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flop. The small blind checked and the original raiser made it 4,000. Only Moneymaker called.
turn, Moneymaker called another bet, this time for 8,000. The 
river completed the board and Moneymaker's opponent bet 16,000. 
after his opponent could only show 
.
board, Lozada made it 20,000. His opponent shoved and Lozada snapped him off with 
. His opponent held 
and busted after the 
river. 
turn. Bliven bet 5,000 and Smith called again before the dealer turned over the 
river. 
, but Blevin had him crushed holding 
for the flush.
flop, and was the only caller when Vance bet 2,000. They both checked the 
river and found Vance a willing caller.
.
. Vance showed