This hand ran over into the break for a few minutes, but it was a big one.
Jonathan Durand raised to 30,000 from the cutoff seat and then Jesse Chinni reraised to 68,000 from the button. Konstantin Bucherl made it 140,000 from the small blind and then Durand tank-folded after action got back to him. Chinni moved all in for 368,000 and Bucherl called.
Bucherl: 
Chinni: 
The board ran out 
and Chinni was able to spike an ace on the river to win the hand and crippled Bucherl.
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The cards are back in the air with 26 players taking their seats.
From under the gun Brian Lemke opened to 40,000 only to have Cary Katz move all in fro 330,000 from the button. Lemke made the call and the cards were soon on their backs.
Lemke: 
Katz: 
The 
flop gave Katz a stranglehold on the hand, and when the 
and 
completed the board on the turn and river, Katz doubled through to 690,000 as Lemke slipped to roughly 755,000 in chips.
Judd Halenza is the first casualty since the break when he ran his pocket threes into the 
of Brian Lemke.
With Halenza unable to find a third three, he was forced to hit the rail in 26th place as Lemke closes back in on one million.
Nicholas Blumenthal raised from the hijack seat to 36,000. Osmin Dardon reraised all in from the button for 146,000 and Blumenthal made the call. Blumenthal called with the 
and was up against the 
for Dardon.
The flop came down 
and gave Dardon the lead with a pair of sevens. The turn brought the 
and then the river landed with the . Blumenthal was able to come back to win the hand with the five on the river for a set and eliminate Dardon in 25th place.
Jonathan Durand raised to 50,000 from the hijack seat and then Konstantin Bucherl moved all in from the button for 124,000. When action got back to Durand, he made the call with pocket jacks -- . Bucherl tabled the for the better pair.
The board ran out 
and Bucherl was able to double up. He's back to 288,000 now.
Rushing over to table three, we found Thomas Ross all in for his last 564,000 against Dmitry Gromov.
The board was spread 
and it was Ross' 
holding true against Gromov's .
As Gromov slipped to 720,000, Ross soars to the chip lead with over 1.3 million.
Kristy Arnett catches up with the winner of the Casino Employees Event, Sean Drake.
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