Following a raise in the cutoff to 650, Zhihao Zhang moved all in from the button for his last 1,350. Garry Gates called in the small blind, as did the original raiser.
Both players checked it down with Gates' prompting a fold from the original raiser before Zhang flashed his and exited the tournament area.
With 2,725 in the middle and the flop reading , Chad Holloway checked from out of the big blind over to Anna Khait who fired out a continuation-bet of 1,100.
Holloway responded with a check-raise to 3,100 only to have Khait announce she was all in. Holloway committed his final 9,775 and the cards were placed on their backs.
Holloway:
Khait:
With Holloway needing to avoid an eight or queen, the on the turn would see him needing to fade an additional three outs.
Fortunately for the 2013 WSOP Casino Employees Champion, the river landed the to ensure Holloway the double to over 22,000 as Khait drops to roughly 14,000 in chips.
Arriving to Jason Somerville's table, our PokerNews reporter saw a board spread with Somerville holding against his opponent's .
With Somerville's top set holding against his opponent's straight and flush draws, Somerville is now sitting behind roughly a 29,000-chip stack as we approach the first break of the day.