With the board reading , Long Nguyen pushed all-in for 5,200 chips, and was met with a protracted staredown from his unknown opponent. After more than two minutes had passed, the tanker, who had more than enough chips to cover the bet, had the clock called on him.
After thinking it over for another 30 seconds or so, the player grabbed a handful of chips and made the call with his for an overpair to the board.
Nguyen had him beat, however, with his and a clean run out later he secured a much needed double up. Nguyen now sits with just under 15,000 in his stack, and was seen using those chips aggressively in the next pot.
A player in early position limped in, and a middle position player raised to 800. Scott Seiver then came over the top and shoved all-in for 3650. The limper folded, but the original raiser called and tabled . Seiver showed . The flop rolled out , and Seiver's pair was in good shape, but the fell on the turn and put his opponent ahead. The sealed his fate, and Seiver made his exit.
Before the break, a player raised to 400, Brett Richey moved all in for around 5,000, and Jeff Madsen called all in for less. The action folded back to the original raiser, who folded.
Richey:
Madsen:
Richey's hand held as the board came , and Madsen was eliminated.
With two limpers in front of him, Phil Ivey raised to 1,000 from late position trying for the classic squeeze play. Unfortunately for fans of the best player in the world, an unknown opponent on the button three-bet to 3,000.
This prompted the Ivey stare we've all seen before, and after thirty seconds or so of soul withering eye contact, Ivey's patented facial recognition software read the player as strong, as Ivey released his hand into the muck.
He now sits with approximately 5,700 and will need a strong showing after the latest 20-minute break concludes.
The winner will take hope nearly $1.2 million and the gold bracelet
The Prize Pool information has been released. The top 648 players will earn a minimum of $2,740, each member of the nine-handed final table is guaranteed at least $105,154, and the winner will take home $1,198,780 along with the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
The final table payouts are listed below, and you can find all of the information under the Payouts tab.
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, Long Nguyen pushed all-in for 5,200 chips, and was met with a protracted staredown from his unknown opponent. After more than two minutes had passed, the tanker, who had more than enough chips to cover the bet, had the clock called on him.
for an overpair to the board.
and a clean run out later he secured a much needed double up. Nguyen now sits with just under 15,000 in his stack, and was seen using those chips aggressively in the next pot.
. The flop rolled out 
, and Seiver's pair was in good shape, but the 
fell on the turn and put his opponent ahead. The 
sealed his fate, and Seiver made his exit.
