Stempien Out; Block Closes in on Two Milly; Dinner!
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Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
John Stempien made it 50,000 from the cutoff and Rick Block bumped it to 100,000 from the button.
Stempien called and the flop came down 
. Stempien checked and Block bet 65,000. Stempien called and the turn came the 
. Stempien checked again, but then shoved when Block bet 85,000.
Block snap-called with 
and it was a massive karma induced set-over-set cooler as Stempien held 
. The river was the 
, Stempien busted, Block increased his massive lead with close to a quarter of the chips in play and the final 12 players headed off on a 45-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at 6:45 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,980,000 | 580,000 |
|
Busted |