Players are now on a 20-minute break in order to color up all of the 500-denomination chips.
In breaking news, in a hand just before the break Matt Stout was part of a huge pot that saw him knocking out one of the other chip leaders to bump his stack up to around the 1-million mark. We'll have all the details about the hand for you shortly.
Its a good thing that we just had a break, because I don't know if the table could have dealt any cards, because it took Matt Stout about 5 minutes to stack his newly earned chips in a pot that has given him the chip lead. Action folded around to Cameron Wiley, who raised it to 18,000. Stout was next to act, and he made it 44,000. It folded back to Wiley, and he decided to re-pop it to 118,000. Stout called, and we already had a pot over 250,000.
The flop came out and Wiley wasted little time in firing out 200,000. Stout moved all in for about 390,000 total, and while he may not have loved it, there was too much in the pot for Wiley to fold. He made the call, and saw he was in big trouble.
Stout:
Wiley:
The turn was a beautiful card for Stout, coming the . Wiley would need a jack and a jack only to take the pot. The river came the , and Stout scooped the ginormous pot to make him the big chip leader as we are down to our final 6 tables.
We are down to just 54 players. We are in the process of getting updated chip counts on every person left in the field. With that last pot, Matt Stout is now your huge chip leader, but there is still plenty of play left tonight, as we will be playing two more levels.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Teresa Duck battled in a hand earlier in the day that saw Duck double up through Timoshenko. Well their table broke, and while they were at separate tables for a while, they have been reunited now, and they just got involved in another big pot. Timoshenko raised to 17,000, and Dmitry Vitkind called in the small blind. Duck was in the big blind, and she moved all in for 88,000. Timoshenko tanked for about a minute before making the call, and Vitkind got out of the way. The cards were flipped, and Duck was in a dominating position.
Duck:
Timoshenko:
The flop gave Timoshenko some hope, as it came . The turn gave Timoshenko alittle more hope, coming the , giving him outs for a chop. However, the river came the , and Duck won the hand, while Timoshenko dipped below the tournament average.