On the flop, Tommy Vedes was all in with the against his opponent's . The turn was the , and the river was the . Cedes kept the lead and doubled to over 300,000 in chips.
Ben Lehman and Mark Eddleman were heads up to the flop after Eddleman raised and Lehman called. The flop was , and Eddleman bet 25,000. Almost immediately, Lehman shoved all in for his last 150,000. Eddleman took his time before he called and showed the . Lehman showed the for top two pair and a big lead. The board didn't change anything when it ran out , , and Lehman is now among the top 10 in chips.
Cord Garcia has been on the comeback trail to get back to the top. He just took out another player after he opened with the and then called off to a shove from a player holding the . The board ran out , and Garcia won the pot.
After losing a big chunk his stack to Jeff Kester, Cord Garcia faced a raise of 15,000 on the button. Garcia set out a stack of orange T5,000 chips for reraise to about 100,000.
"OK, I call," his opponent said after about 30 seconds.
The player turned over the , and Garcia showed the . The drama was over pretty fast when an ace hit the flop, and Garcia won the pot after the board ran out with two more eights — the and .
Cord Garcia had raised it up preflop from middle position, and Jeff Kester called out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Kester checked, Garcia bet 14,000, and Kester check-raised to 30,000.
"How much did you start the hand with?" asked Garcia before getting a good look at Kester's stack. He then announced that he was all in.
Kester went into the tank, looking as though he had a really tough decision to make. Eventually, knowing his tournament life would be on the line, Kester made the call to put himself at risk for 201,000. He had the for a flopped flush, and Garcia had the for an ace-high flush draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Both of those kept Kester in the lead, and he successfully doubled through Garcia, who dropped half his stack.