Scott Drobes, who was the beneficiary of a river eight earlier to gain a big pot was apparently dealt a blow with a river eight in the same way.
According to him, he got in all in with Dustin Holladay on a ten high flop. Holladay held pocket queens against the pocket eights of Holladay. Just as before, an eight on the river killed the pocket queens and gave Holladay the pot over 500,000.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
After a bet and call on the turn, the river completed the board 
Aaron McEvoy bet 85,000 over to his opponent, Robert Georato who confirmed the bet amount and thought for about 20 seconds before releasing his hand into the muck.
Facing a three-bet and a call already, Keith Woernle four-bet to 175,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to the player on his right who five-bet shoved all in. Woernle thought for a brief moment and "sigh-called" off his stack of 403,000.
Keith Woernle: 
Opponent: 
Woernle was happy to see that he was the clear favorite but didn't want to watch the cards the hit the felt. The board ran out 
and Woernle held on to scoop one of the largest pots of the tournament thus far.
Three players put chips in the middle on a flop of 
. The turn came the 
Jason Resha then moved all in into his two opponents. Maurice Hawkins called quickly and Kevin Parker thought for a few moments before deciding to fold and the cards were turned up.
Resha had the 
for the flush which bested the 
with no heart of Hawkins. The river was the 
and Resha took down the good sized pot.
On a flop of 
, Dennis Brand and his opponent in the big blind got all of the chips in the middle with Brand's opponent being the player at risk for around 145,000.
Dennis Brand: 
Opponent: 
Brand was trailing his opponent who flopped top pair with a flush draw but that didn't seem to be a problem. The landed on the turn to give Brand a straight and he held through the on the river to eliminate his opponent and move into the lead.
Wayne Whittinghill was seen taking in the stack of his opponent with his 
shown as the winner over the as the board ran out 
and Whittinghill continues his chip up from early in the day short stack.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining 105 players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.
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