Nobu Aoki Surges into Chip Lead
Level 5
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
On a turn of 
, late-positioned Leroy Stuen bet 10,700 into the already sizeable pot and Nobuhiro Aoki made the call from early position.
The river fell the 
and Aoki checked to Stuen who then shoved all in, covering Aoki. Aoki quickly made the call, and when Stuen realized he'd been called he threw his cards into the muck without showing them. Although he had already won the pot, Aoki still showed his 
for a flopped full house and he was shipped the massive pot to boost him into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
|
12,500 |
, the pot was over 25,000 and multiple bracelet winner Adam Friedman had just moved all in and the action was on his heads-up opponent, Billie Sutton. 
, Scott Christensen in the small blind checked, then Ryan Thorson in the big blind bet 1,700 and Benjamin Beegle in early position called. Then Christensen check-raised to 4,000 which saw a fold from Thorson and a call from Beegle. 
and Christensen continued for 3,000 and was called again by Beegle. 
, the action was heads-up with one player already all-in. The middle position player bet 3,000 into the side pot and was quickly called by Ronald Parsons in the cutoff. 
and middle position checked to Parsons who then ripped it all in, putting himself at risk and sending his opponent into the tank. '
