Tanya Hill stacking chips after her double up
Ozzie Yildiz has the button in Seat 3. Tanya Hill moves all in for 188,000 and Mouris Ahou calls. Hill shows while Ahou turns up . The flop is , and Hill flops a queen-high flush. The turn is the , the river is the , and Hill doubles up.
Tanya Hill has the button in Seat 1. John Maver calls from the small blind, Ozzie Yildiz raises to 190,000, Maver folds and Yildiz wins the pot. Yildiz shows the .
Jordan Lamberg has the button in Seat 8. Mouris Ahou raises to 105,000 and John Maver calls from the big blind. The flop is . Maver checks, Ahou moves all in for 518,000, Maver folds and Ahou wins the pot.
Kenny Ng is the current chip leader. He also has the most vocal railbirds in the audience. A group of his friends are sitting in the crowd behind him and cheering him on. He has won eight of the first 25 hands and is still the only player with over 2 million in chips.
The PokerNews Cup
Just in case you wanted to see what the PokerNews Cup looks like... check out the photo to the right. The winner of the Main Event will get to take home this sleek crystal trophy.
"The Cup will be a great addition to anyone's trophy case or pool room," mentioned Damon Rasheed, CEO of PokerNews. "This will be the first of many more PokerNews Cup winner's trophies, as we are in the process of building a worldwide tour."