With a little over 145,000 chips in the middle, Victor Ramdin bet 80,000 into Ryan Hughes on the board of 
. Hughes sat in the tank for a while, but eventually committed the chips to make the call.
When Hughes pushed the chips over the line to call, Ramdin immediately tabled the 
. Hughes mucked his hand and Ramdin raked in the pot to move closer to 1.2 million.
Action folded to the cutoff seat and he raised to 12,000. Winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Joe Hachem moved all in from the big blind. HIs opponent gave it up and Hachem scooped the pot to move into six-figure territory. He's on 105,000 now.
Phi Nguyen is no stranger to poker. He has more than $1.8 million in lifetime tournament winnings, including two World Series of Poker bracelets. The first came in the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the 2003 WSOP, where he defeated a final table that included Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Kenna James, Steve Zolotow, and T.J. Cloutier. The very next year, Nguyen captured his second bracelet by taking down the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout, defeating the likes of Daniel Negreanu and John Juanda at that final table. Needless to say, Nguyen is a forced to be reckoned with here in the Big Event.
In a recent hand, there was about 25,000 in the pot and a flop of 
when Nguyen check-called a bet of 15,500 from the button. Both players then checked the 
turn, which was followed by the on the river. This time Nguyen took the initiative and bet 37,000. The button conceded the hand as Nguyen chipped up to 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
213,200
|
213,200 |
|
615,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
395,000
237,200
|
237,200 |
|
380,000
91,900
|
91,900 |
|
||
|
375,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
||
|
340,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
290,000
114,500
|
114,500 |
|
275,000
130,900
|
130,900 |
|
270,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
245,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
190,000
61,400
|
61,400 |
|
170,000
-60,800
|
-60,800 |
|
152,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
-19,400
|
-19,400 |
|
110,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
90,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
70,000
-101,900
|
-101,900 |
|
|
||
|
41,500
-36,500
|
-36,500 |
|
Busted | |
Action folded to Rom Segal and he raised to 10,000. Taylor von Kriegenbergh reraised to 29,500 from the next seat and play folded back around to Segal. He made it 70,000. Von Kriegenbergh began talking to Segal and Segal had mentioned that if von Kriegenbergh moved all in, he would snap-call. After another minute, von Kriegenbergh raised again to 154,500. Segal moved all in and von Kriegenbergh snapped him off.
Segal: 
Von Kriegenbergh: 
The board ran out 
and von Kriegenbergh's aces held up. After the final count of the stacks, von Kriegenbergh was covered by Segal. Segal was left with about 95,000 in chips while von Kriegenbergh vaulted himself right behind Victor Ramdin with 1.06 million.
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Cynthia May, the last woman remaining in the Big Event, moved all in from the small blind for 30,500 after action folded to her. Jeff Williams made the call from the big blind and the cards were turned up:
May: 
Williams: 
May was ahead but not after the 
flop paired Williams and gave him the lead. Lucky for May, the turn was the to give her back the lead. The on the river ensured her double to around 70,000, which is still quite short; meanwhile, Williams dropped to 140,000.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh has been on such a heater as of late that he has hardly found time to stack his chips. In one hand, von Kriegenbergh raised to 12,500 under the gun only to have the big blind move all in for 64,000. Von Kriegenbergh made the call and the cards were revealed:
Von Kriegenbergh: 
Big Blind: 
The board ran out 
and von Kriegenbergh sent one player to the rail. On the very next hand, von Kriegenbergh held 
and called another short-stacked player's shove. His opponent's 
was no match as the board ran out 
and von Kriegenbergh sent another to the rail.
A few hands after that, Canadian pro Anh Van Nguyen moved all in from early position for his last 80,000 and was quickly called by von Kriegenbergh:
Nguyen:
Von Kriegenbergh:
Once again the board ran out clean for von Kriegenbergh when it came 
. Just like that, Nguyen joined those in the payout line. After all that, von Kriegenbergh is sitting with 1.39 million and looks to be the chip leader.
David Baker was just in the enviable position of waking up with 
against a short stack's shove. The shorty was in a bad way with 
, and a board full of blanks earned Baker the knockout and a chip increase to about 215,000.
