We didn't catch the hand, but when we went over to Nam Le's table, we saw that he was counting out his chips for a double up. The board read 
, and Le had 
in front of him. After the hand, Le is up to 48,000, and is looking to be a threat heading into tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
After the cutoff seat raised to 2,100, Antonio Esfandiari made the call on the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down 
and the cutoff seat checked. Esfandiari fired 2,800 and his opponent tank-called.
Fourth street was the 
and both players checked through to see the land on the river. The cutoff seat fired 2,600 and Esfandiari gave it up.
Jonathan Aguiar has been keeping himself at the top of the counts here in the last bit of the night and just picked up a few more chips to add to his stack. After action folded to the small blind and he raised to 2,600, Aguiar potted it to 7,800 from the big blind. The small blind gave a long, hard tank before eventually folding and Aguiar won the pot.
Aguiar has over $860,000 in live tournament earnings. His best World Series of Poker finish was in 2008 when he took sixth in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em for just over $130,000. He has 11 total WSOP cashes. The largest single score of Aguiar's live career was a fourth-place finish in the 2008 $9,800 Caesars Palace Classic Championship Event for $206,946.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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The World Series of Poker has a new rule this year that if a tournament is within one table of the money at the end of the night, the event will continue to play until the bubble has broken. That means in approximately 10 minutes this event will be taking a break and then coming back to play until the money. There are currently 79 players left and 72 cash.
One of the players at Antonio Esfandiari's table asked him how long he thought the event would last after the break. "I just play until I lose all my chips, I don't think about the other stuff. Who gives a sh*t?" was Esfandiari's response.
The players are on a 20-minute break. When they return, it'll be time to bust the bubble and lock up $2,432 in prize money.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
The players are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air. Once we lose five more players, we will be done for the day.
The field is officially down to 73 players and is on the bubble. Only one more player will head home empty handed while all of the others will lock up a minimum of $2,432. Once the bubble breaks, the remaining competitors will bag and tag for the night.
Jarred Solomon was all in on the 
flop with the 
against Jonathan Aguiar's 
. The turn was the and river the 
to give Solomon the double and keep him alive. Aguiar dropped back to 97,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
97,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
It doesn't happen too often, but it did in this case — both Gordon Vayo and Barry Wiedemann were elimination on the same hand during hand-for-hand play and will chop up the $2,432 that would be awarded to 72nd place. Each will take home $1,216, so it was a total loss for them here in Event 5.
Vayo was all in preflop with the 
against Clayton Mozdzen's 
on the bubble. Vayo was all in for 11,000. The flop came down 
and Mozdzen took the lead with two pair, kings and tens. The on the turn gave Vayo a Broadway straight, but the 
on the river filled Mozdzen up and sent Vayo out the door in 73rd place.
On another table, Wiedemann was all in preflop with the versus an opponent's pocket eights. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Wiedemann was eliminated.
With those eliminations, the remaining 71 players are now in the money. Play has stopped for the night with 41:53 left on the clock in Level 11 and that's where things will resume tomorrow at 1:00 PM. We'll have a recap coming shortly, so stay tuned.
