Phil Hellmuth, who is chasing after his record 12th bracelet, is still in the field over at Table 357. He is sitting with a stack of about 129,000, which is well above the chip average of 85,000.
Hellmuth will have a little competition though, as Pat Pezzin is now at his table.
Steven Warwick raised to 5,000 preflop, and Todd Lepow shipped it in for 55,700. Warwick called with . And it was another standard cooler as Lepow showed . The board gave both boats with , and Lepow doubled to 116,000 with queens full of aces. Warwick was knocked back to 48,000.
With about 13,000 in the pot preflop, Nick Binger and David Aue recently saw a flop of .
Both players checked and Binger led out for 10,000 when the hit the turn. Aue didn't take long to fold and Binger add to his stack, bringing to around 130,000.
Daniel Wjuniski raised to 7,000 in early position, and James Buckley three-bet to 17,000. Next to act, David Frazier flat called. When the action got back to Wjuniski, he moved all in for 55,7000 total. That was enough to push Buckley off of his hand, but Frazier made the call.
Wjuniski:
Buckley:
The board favored Wjuniski, falling . He more than doubled to 125,000, leaving Frazier with just 38,000.
Cameron New limped from the small blind and Pat Pezzin checked from the big. They saw a flop of and New checked.
Pezzin bet 4,000 and was raised to 11,000. With only 32,000 remaining, Pezzin went into the tank. After a solid two minutes, he decided to call.
The turn was the and New bet enough to put Pezzin all in. Pezzin thinks it over for a few moments and says, "Call." New flips over his cards and shows for two pair. "You have me drawing dead," announces Pezzin, who then flips over .
The irrelevant river card was the and Pezzin made his exit.
Nick Binger's tournament came crashing down in a brutal hand with Saar Wilf. They got it all in on an flop. Wilf has been so aggressive all day that Binger had every reason to think his was the hand he'd been waiting for. Unfortunately for him, Wilf turned over for middle set. The turn and river bricked, and after the stacks were counted, Binger was left out in the cold. Wilf, on the other hand, is up to around 320,000. He hasn't skipped a hand yet and still hasn't finished stacking all of his chips.
Andrew Cohen, who won a WSOP bracelet last year after taking down Event #1 $500 Casino Employees, is still alive with a nice chip stack of about 225,000.
"There's a long ways to go," Cohen said when asked about taking down his second bracelet.