We are not completely sure of the preflop action, but when we arrived James Akenhead had the under-the-gun player all in for about 60,000 from the big blind.
Akenhead: 
UTG player: 
The board ran out 
, leaving Akenhead's opponent drawing dead by the turn.
The former November Niner of the 2009 WSOP Main Event is up to 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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When we arrived at Brian Rast's table there was one of the biggest pots of the night building up between him and James Akenhead. At this point there was a board showing 
and it was on Rast, who bet 24,000. Akenhead took his time to make a decision, eventually making the call.
The 
completed the board on the river and Rast waited almost 30 seconds before checking. Akenhead then took another minute before he bet 34,000. Rast didn't seem excited about this bet, but ended up making the call anyway.
Akenhead tabled his 
, enough to see Rast's cards hit the muck as they now sit behind a similiar size stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
||
|
|
300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Earlier in the day we told you how Table 433 started off as a tough table. Well, that has continued into the night as a few more table breaks around the room have seen Table 433 look a little something like this:
Seat 1: James Akenhead
Seat 2: Liv Boeree
Seat 3: Brian Lemke
Seat 4: David Vamplew
Seat 5: Brian Rast
Seat 6: Ari Engel
Seat 9: Jonathan Duhamel
We just did a few small calculations and this sick table has more than $23 million in poker tournament winnings. These sorts of stacked tables are usually reserved for a much higher buy-in event, so keep your eyes locked to your screens as we are sure there is going to be plenty of action coming from Table 433.
Action began with a player in middle position min-raising to 8,000. The player on the button called and David Benyamine squeezed to 27,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the original raiser went all in, which was enough to put Benyamine all in for his last 70,000. The player on the button folded and Benyamine called to put his tournament life at risk.
Benyamine: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop was no good for Benyamine, however, a fell on the turn, giving Benyamine a pair of queens and the lead. The river was inconsequential and Benyamine doubled through his opponent to 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Wow.
Over at the table of death, action folded to Brian Rast and he raised. Ari Engel reraised to 16,000 and then the player in the big blind made it 41,000 to go. Rast folded, but Engel clicked it back to 66,000 with 55,000 behind. The big blind reraised all in and Engel tanked. He eventually called with the 
. The big blind held the 
.
The flop was 
and both players smacked it. Engel hit top two pair while his opponent held a set of nines. The turn was the 
and then the river the . With the ace on the river, both players made a full house, but Engel had come from behind to win the hand with the better one. He won the pot and doubled to around 250,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
From under the gun, Brian Lemke raised to 8,000. Action folded to the cutoff seat and he made the call. The flop came down 
and Lemke bet 10,500. His opponent raised to 30,500 and Lemke folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
Par Hilderbrand was all in preflop for 141,500 with the 
. He was up against Scott Seiver with the 
. The board ran out 
and Hilderbrand doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | |
|
135,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
Over on David Benyamine's table there is a player sitting in his chair while still wearing his backpack. We aren't sure why, but it doesn't matter because he has emerged as the chip leader. No other player comes even close to the almost 500,000-chip stack that Stephen Reynolds sits behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000 |
We caught up with the action on a 
flop in a heads-up pot between Brian Rast and James Akenhead.
Rast checked from the big blind and Akenhead led out for 9,500. Rast flatted to see a turn, which brought the . Undeterred, Akenhead fired again - this time for 16,500. Rast gave it some thought, but then gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
300,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
"What, you think i'm going to bet lighter than that?" Stephen Reynolds joked as he turned over 
and raked in a big pot. We didn't catch the action, but the board was showing 
at the time and another player's cards were going into the muck on the river, so we can assume that Reynolds managed to get a lot of value out of his flopped straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
85,000
|
85,000 |