Down to 6,000 in chips, Todd Brunson moved all in from middle position. Action folded to the big blind, who called with . Brunson showed and took a hammer-lock lead on the hand with a flop of . The board safely blanked out to double up Brunson to about 13,500.
Ylon Schwartz has stayed under the radar all day while slowly building a big stack. In the latest hand, he raised preflop, and only the big blind called. After the flop, the big blind took the initiative with a bet, and Schwartz called. He called again on the turn and river. The big blind showed for missed draws and king-high. Ylon took down the pot with . With that, he's up to 124,000.
Jeff Madsen has been running great in the second half of this day but even he can lose a pot once in a while. He was one of three players to put in four small bets pre-flop in a recent hand. One opponent bet and one called on a flop of ; Madsen also called. The action was the same on the turn. When the river fell , the first-to-act player bet one more time. He got one fold, bringing the action to Madsen.
"Now what do I do?" Madsen asked. He elected to call, then mucked when his opponent showed single-suited aces. His opponent had flopped the nut flush draw, but aces and eights was enough to take the pot.
A color-up was performed at the last break. When David Bach returned to his seat, he was convinced that the color-up was performed incorrectly and that he had been short-changed. Supervisors are going to go to the tapes to determine if Bach is correct.
Jeff Madsen has been on fire since dinner. He had an opponent all in on an board in a 60,000-chip three-way pot. When action was complete, the all-in player tabled for aces and queens with a ten and no low. Madsen couldn't make a low either, but his , for aces and queens with a jack, was just enough to eliminate the player and scoop the pot once the third player mucked. Madsen is up to 165,000.
There was a bit of controversy over the last hand before the break. One player was all in preflop, but with Allen Kessler and another player still in the hand, he didn't expose his hand yet. The other players checked it down, and after the river, Kessler turned up his hand. The all-in player said, "You're good," and threw his hand face down to the dealer. Since it was an all-in situation, the dealer turned over the player's hand anyway as is expected. It turns out that the player had a flush, which was good enough to scoop the pot. The floor was called, and they ruled that the player's hand was retrievable, and he went from thinking he was out to the owner of 10,500 chips.
There are 81 happy players in the Blue section of the Amazon Room. With the elimination of Micah Brooks in 82nd place, the rest of the field is in the money. It also means that hand-for-hand play is over and normal play will resume.