Julien Nuijten was on the verge of doubling through when he moved his short stack in with versus . The flop was , and although his eyes will have been looking out for a jack or a queen, the turn and river snuck out a flush with a and respectively to chop it up.
A player in middle position opened with a raise and it folded to David Anderson on the button. Anderson, incidentally, is the Manager of Basketball Operations at Lehigh University, his allegiance to Lehigh indicated by the words on the back of his shoes -- "Go" and "Hawks."
Anderson reraised to 18,500, the blinds folded, then the original raiser pushed all in for 83,000 total. Anderson made the call.
Anderson showed , and his opponent . The flop came a dramatic , giving Anderson a full house and his opponent trip aces. The drama soon ended, though, after the turn and river.
Another player hits the rail, while Anderson moves up to 610,000.
One of the few remaining Main Event champions Scotty Nguyen was just all in preflop with pocket kings and up against pocket eights for his tournament life. Nguyen was all in for 32,800 in chips.
The board ran through and Nguyen successfully doubled up. to over 75,000 in chips.
Young Brit Redmond Lee has become a force in this year's Main Event after increasing his stack to 450,000. The fireworks display commenced on the turn of a board, Lee's lead of 45,000 being check-raised to 145,000, before Lee moved all in for 175,000. Despite it being little more, Lee's opponent made the fold, complimenting, "Nice hand, young man."
There were 32,000 chips in the middle when a player in the big blind bet 23,500 with David Benyamine calling from early position to see a . When the came on the turn both players decided to check their way to the river.
Fifth street brought the into play. The player in the big blind bet 50,000, getting a called by Benyamine, who mucked when the big blind showed .
Jonathan Aguiar is building a stack. Once more, he played a pot head's-up with the small blind and earned some chips.
Jonathan came to our table and told us: "Just won a pot with queen-high! Check-called a 4,000-chip bet on the flop, , a 10,000-chip bet on the turn, , and a 21,000-chip bet on the river, ! Queen high was good, i'm up to 130,000!"
A player in the hijack seat opened for 6,500, and Jesper Hougaard called from the button.
The flop came . The preflop raiser bet 11,000, and after a half-minute or so Hougaard made the call. The turn brought the , pairing the board. This time the player in the hijack seat checked, and Hougaard bet 16,000. His opponent called.
The river brought the and another check from Hougaard's opponent. Hougaard -- who won bracelets at both the WSOP and the WSOPE in 2008 -- quickly fired out a bet of 24,000, and his opponent folded.