We passed by Allie Prescott's table as Prescott was checking behind after his lone opponent checked the turn, 
. That player bet 11,500 chips on the 
river. Prescott called and took down the pot with top two pair, 
, kings and queens. Adding that pot to his stack increased Prescott's count to 146,000.
Vanessa Selbst has continued her winning ways from the first two days of play, having moved past the 300,000-chip mark during the first hour-and-a-half today. She was just now involved in an interesting hand with 2002 WSOP Main Event champion Robert Varkonyi, sitting to Selbst's right.
The hand began with Selbst opening for 2,400 from under the gun, and the table folding around to the small blind who called. Varkonyi then called as well from the big blind.
The flop came 
, and all three players checked. The turn then brought the 
. The small blind bet 7,200, and Varkonyi made the call. Selbst then raised to 23,500, forcing out the small blind.
Varkonyi then went deep into the tank, taking several minutes while contemplating what to do. Finally he reraised all in, and Selbst snap-called.
Selbst showed 
for the straight, and was a bit surprised when she saw Varkonyi's hand -- 
! "Are you kidding or are you serious?" she asked, wondering about why he had taken so long to act when holding the current nuts. The river was the 
, and the pair chopped the pot.
They continued talking about the hand for some time afterwards, with Selbst ultimately apologizing for having reacted to Varkonyi's play. Selbst now sits with about 315,000, while Varkonyi has 132,000.
Sully Erna peeked down at 
in the hole, and he got himself all in for his last 43,000 chips preflop. Unfortunately for Erna, he ran smack into Petter Northug's , and Erna was at risk for his tournament life against one of only two dominating hands.
There would be no salvation from the dealer; the board ran 
. Unable to improve, Erna has been Godsmack-ed right out the door.
Daniel Negreanu brought on the flop when he checked after a middle-position player called followed by Hoyt Corkins in the cutoff.
The flop came down 
and Negreanu bet 7,200. The player in middle position folded but Corkins raised enough to get Negreanu to commit all his chips.
Negreanu: 
Corkins: 
The turn was the and the river followed with the 
, putting Negreanu at about 63,000.
Eddy Scharf pushed his last 14,700 into the pot from the cutoff and was called by an opponent on the button.
Scharf: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see the German sent to the rail.
Floppy-haired German circuit pro Heinz Kamutzki has taken a smallish hit after calling a short-stacked player's preflop push.
Kamutzki: 
Short Stack: 
Board: 
The shortie doubled to around 35,000. Kamutzki is in no particular difficulty on around 160,000.
With the board reading 
, Steve Sung bet 13,500 after an opponent checked. Sung's opponent moved all in for effectively 49,300 and Sung called.
Showdown
Sung: 
Opponent:
The 
on the turn gave Sung's opponent four extra outs to a straight, but the 
on the river was a big, red brick. Sung won the pot, doubling to 112,000 chips.
A player in middle position raised to 3,100 and Jonathan Aguiar made the call from the button. The small blind called as well and the flop came down . Middle position bet 13,000 and Aguiar made the call. The small blind folded and the turn came the 
.
Middle position checked and Aguiar bet 20,000. His opponent then moved all in over the top for about 40,000 more. Aguiar quickly called and showed 
, which was far ahead of his opponent's . Aguiar had more chips so his tournament wasn't at risk.
The dealer burned and revealed the on the river. Aguiar sent his opponent to the rail while increasing his stack to around 150,000.
Michael Mizrachi is going strong in the early part of today and seems to be in high spirits. He recently limped into a pot from early position. A player a few seats behind raised to 3,600, folding the action back to Mizrachi.
"You sure you want to do this?" he asked, calling chips in hand.
"Sure," his opponent replied.
"Let's do it then." Mizrachi dropped his chips into the pot. "You got two 4s?" he asked.
There was no response from the other player as the dealer peeled off a flop. Mizrachi checked. When his opponent bet 5,000, he quickly open-folded 
and smiled.
"Thank you sir," said Mizrachi's opponent.
"Thank you for folding?" Mizrachi asked.
"Thank you for the chips."
Mizrachi nodded. "Spend them wisely."
Our new chip leader is the Russian superstar Alexander Kostritsyn after a huge hand just went down on his table. The hand was recalled to us by one of his tablemates.
A player raised under the gun to a rather hefty 8,200 and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call in the big blind.
The flop landed 
and Kostritsyn checked to his opponent who again overbet the pot for 30,000. Kostritsyn flat-called.
The turn was the and again Kostritsyn checked to his opponent who fired 30,000. This time, Kostritsyn responded with a check-raise to 100,000 before his opponent went all in. Kostritsyn made the call and opened for flopped two pair as his opponent showed pocket jacks for the overpair.
The river bricked the and Kostritsyn takes it down in a monster pot to jump to over 400,000!
