Seat 1: Patrick Karschamroon (585,000)
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Coming into the day in fourth place with an above-average stack is Patrick Karschamroon.
A 29-year-old poker pro from Los Angeles, California, Karschamroon was a lowly retail salesman before making the jump to the felt full time. In 2009, he binked a $1,000 event at the Legends of Poker to scribe his first real mark onto the tournament scoreboard. He improved on that result in a big way one year later at the California State Poker Championships where he took down a $3,085 event, besting a stacked final table to take more than $160,000 in cash. He went on to add two small cashes to his credit as last year's WSOP.
Wherever he finishes today, Karschamroon will top $250,000 in career earnings. Will he snag his first gold ring as well?
. Both players checked and the turn was the 
. Both checked again and the river completed the board with the 
. After Khasria checked, Fortini bet 25,000 and won the pot.
. Simon checked and Fotini fired a continuation bet of 26,000. Simon mulled it over for a little bit and then gave it up.
. Easley bet 25,000 and Nunes thought for a minute. She began looking around as if looking for some help from someone that she couldn't find. She then looked to the sky for a little bit prior to folding the 
face up.
to have Masek's 
dominated.
and the river the 
, eliminating Masek in ninth place.
. Karschamroon stayed aggressive, pressing the action with a bet of 52,000. With 185,000 behind, Nunes tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up. Karschamroon won the pot and moved to 950,000. That's the largest stack at the table.
for 148,000. Seneca Easley tanked for a bit and then made the call holding the 
and the river the 
to give Simon the double up to about 350,000. Easley dropped back to about 600,000.
