Antonio Esfandiari
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading Antonio Esfandiari called a 6,300-chip bet from his opponent.
When the river landed the , his opponent checked, opening the door up to Esfandiari to fire 15,025 at the pot.
His opponent sat in the tank for near on four minutes before making the call.
Esfandiari tapped the table and said "nice hand, I missed" and tabled his for a busted straight and flush-draw. His opponent proudly tabled his to take the pot as Esfandiari slipped to 41,200 in chips.
After a flop of , Tony Hachem checked, his opponent bet 500, and Hachem called. The turn was the , and both players checked.
The river was the . Hachem bet 1,200, his opponent raised to 5,000, and Hachem instantly called, turning over for a set of sixes. His opponent mucked, but Hachem asked "Can I have a look?" As was his right. The dealer turned over his opponent's .
We strolled by the bottom end of the Amazon Room to find 15,000 in the pot already, the board reading , and Adam Clark all in for 22,000, chewing gum and looking very intense. After some time, his opponent folded. Clark just shook his head, and his hands shook just the tiniest bit as he raked in the chips. He's up to around 37,000.
With 6,494 players and a total prize pool of $61,043,600, all nine of those who make this year's Main Event final table will earn more than one million dollars, and those finishing 10th-18th will each earn over half a million.
David Benyamine
Situated now in the Brasilia room, we found David Benyamine involved in a pot.
After an early position raise of 750, Benyamine made it 2,250 total from the button, folded back around to the raiser who made the call. The flop came . Checked to Benyamine who then bet 2,400; his opponent called. The turn brought the and again his opponent chose to check call a bet of 5,000 from Benyamine. The river was the and both players checked.
Opponent:
Benyamine:
Benyamine is enjoying his new home and his new chips, which is now 34,000.
With many of the tables around the restaurant area of the Rio having their tables broken. We're now experiencing many of their players setting back up in the Brasilia room including French pro David Benyamine.
For those who were wondering, yes, that Jordan Farmar sitting with about 95,000 chips as we return from the break is the Los Angeles Laker, fresh off helping his team to a championship in the NBA Finals.
Farmar has just come back from break, and right now he is giving autographs to a player who'd come over from an adjacent table.
"Hey, what about me?" said 2002 WSOP Main Event Champion Robert Varkonyi with a big grin. Varkonyi is sitting to Farmar's left.
Donnie Peters
This hand occurred before the dinner break.
Paul Darden raised to 800 from under the gun and got two callers; one in middle position and one on the button, Garrett Smith.
The flop came down . Darden checked, the next player bet 3,000, and then Smith raised to 8,000. Darden called before the player in the middle reraised all in for 10,875. Smith called and Darden called, building a plump pot.
The turn brought the and Darden moved all in for 45,825 total. Smith made the call for his last 44,750.
Showdown:
Darden:
Unknown player:
Smith:
Smith had flopped a full house and was set up to win a massive pot if his opponents didn't improve on the river. The river was dealt the and Smith's hand held strong. He is now up to 125,000 chips.
The middle-position player was all in and eliminated on the hand, while Darden was left with just 2,000 chips.
Everyone's full of food now (like the tournament itself, every single restaurant at the Rio was at capacity during the dinner break), plus our friends the running antes have kicked in.
Antonio Esfandiari called a 6,300-chip bet from his opponent.
, his opponent checked, opening the door up to Esfandiari to fire 15,025 at the pot.
for a busted straight and flush-draw. His opponent proudly tabled his 
to take the pot as Esfandiari slipped to 41,200 in chips.
, Tony Hachem checked, his opponent bet 500, and Hachem called. The turn was the 
, and both players checked.
for a set of sixes. His opponent mucked, but Hachem asked "Can I have a look?" As was his right. The dealer turned over his opponent's 
. 
, and Adam Clark all in for 22,000, chewing gum and looking very intense. After some time, his opponent folded. Clark just shook his head, and his hands shook just the tiniest bit as he raked in the chips. He's up to around 37,000.
and both players checked. 
to an opponent's 
.
to see Chan head to the rail.
