Jerry Payne raised to 20,000 in the cutoff and Hoyt Corkins three-bet to 64,000 from the small blind. With the action back on Payne, he moved all-in for about 500,000 and Corkins went into a lengthy tank that went on so long the clock was called. Corkins finally made the fold, saving his 430,000 in chips for a better spot.
Jon Lactaoen was all in from early position with the . His all-in shove for 65,000 was called by Brent Puffer who had pocket tens. The board ran out and Lactaoen spiked an ace to double up to about 135,000 in chips. Puffer was left with 175,000.
Theo Tran had a bit over 300,000 chips in front of him when he found and some action from Alan Keating. It's no surprise Tran got a call; Keating tabled his just-pipped .
The board was clean, coming . With that, Tran has doubled his way up to about 650,000, dropping Keating down around 170,000.
Brandon Cantu moved all-in for his last 60,000 before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind.
Cantu
Martinez
Cantu hit middle pair on the flop, but Martinez picked up the nut flush draw. The on the turn was safe for Cantu, but the hit the river, making Martinez's flush and sending Cantu to the rail.
Evelyn Ng opened for 21,000 from the small blind and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. Ng moved all-in on the flop for her last 89,000 and Gallagher called.
Ng
Gallagher
The on the turn gave Ng a sweat as she picked up an open-ended straight draw, but the on the river sent her to the rail.
In a battle of the blinds, Dwyen Ringbauer got his last 220,000 into the pot against Jacob Petersen. Both men had a big ace, but Ringbauer's had him in good shape against his opponent's .
Both players made two pair as well. The board of kept Ringbauer safe though, and his double up has left Petersen down around 110,000.
ESPN went running down the aisle to catch Hoyt Corkins putting an all-in opponent to the test on a board. Corkins held to the other player's . The river was the , not what Corkins needed, and he paid the man 130,000 out of his stack. With that, Corkins, dropped down to 280,000.
Over on the secondary feature table, Redmond Lee has had the biggest stack all day, and continues to exert pressure on his opponents.
Just now came a hand in which the flop came , the player in the hijack seat bet 27,000, and Lee promptly raised to 56,000. Lee's opponent then reraised to 115,000, and Lee made the call.
The turn brought the . This time Lee's opponent checked, and Lee pushed out a bet of 125,000, eliciting a quick fold.
Lee is sitting with about 1.13 million at the moment, close to where he began the day.