After the flop came the small blind bet into Tom Schneider and Schneider fired back making it two bets to go. The turn brought the and this time the the small blind checked then called Schneider's bet. The river was the and the small blind made his move with a bet. Schneider double-checked his hole cards and saw and raised. The small blind called and revealed a smaller flush sending Schneider the pot.
Amidst the other 439 serious faces in the room, there's one guy who's decided he's going to enjoy himself at the tables this evening.
Fan favorite Daniel Negreanu has spent the better part of an hour mingling with fans and practicing his golf swing -- all while playing for $257,105 in prize money.
Jason Maeroff has just become our new chip leader with over 24,000 in chips. After three-betting preflop over an early-position raise, both players saw the flop of .
Maeroff's 300 bet was check-called by his opponent. On the turn however, his opponent led for 600 when the landed. After some thought Maeroff raised. After calling Maeroff's raise, his opponent then check-called the on the river. Maeroff tabled and took the 6,400 pot.
While Kyle Rickey's 8,900 chip stack falls somewhere in the middle of the pack, the 22 Milwaukee's Best Light cups he's got stacked next to them are field-leading.
Rickey's currently got three full cups in front of him and he takes a sip practically every time a player acts. What is perhaps most impressive is the fact that he started drinking at 5:00 and it's now only 11:30.
'I'm gonna be famous!' Rickey said as he smiled for the camera.
Much to the dismay of J.C. Tran, Van Marcus, and others at Rickey's table, we've learned that the tournament staff is considering cutting him off.
Barry Shulman got all his chips in the pot preflop with J-8 suited, but ran into pocket kings. The board did not provide him with the bad beat and Shulman left the room.
The tournament clock has been paused while the dealers assist the players with a race-off of the 25-denomination chips. Following the race-off, the players will take a 20-minute break.