David Benefield got all in with 
against an opponent with 
. His opponent flopped a pair of kings, but Benefield turned a set of jacks to seal the hand and continue his solid day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
781,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
640,000
343,300
|
343,300 |
|
510,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
470,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
315,000
92,900
|
92,900 |
|
310,000
175,900
|
175,900 |
|
310,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
255,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
182,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
|
150,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
125,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
85,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
84,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
|
||
|
446,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
420,000 | |
|
|
||
|
410,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
320,000
109,500
|
109,500 |
|
|
||
|
246,000
-184,000
|
-184,000 |
|
|
||
|
222,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
188,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
168,000
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
138,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
Jon Turner opened under the gun to 8,500 only to have Jaime Kaplan three-bet to 25,000 next to act. The action folded to the small blind and he four-bet to 50,000 to push Turner out before Kaplan came along to see a 
flop fall.
The small blind led for 50,000 only to have Kaplan raise to 120,000. The small blind pushed all in and Kaplan immediately called for his 382,500-chip stack.
Kaplan: 
Small Blind: 
With Kaplan holding a strong advantage, the turn of the 
and river of the 
was enough to ensure him the double up to 880,000 in chips; which would be good for second place on the current chip leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000
616,100
|
616,100 |
Remember when Doyle Brunson said he was going to "give in to Father Time and pass on tournament play at WSOP" this year?
It's a good thing he changed his mind.
The two-time WSOP Main Event champ has climbed to more than 600,000 in chips in the Main Event after flopping a set at one of the feature tables in the Amazon Room. The player in the cutoff raised preflop to 9,500 and Brunson called on the button. The big blind also came along, and the flop rolled out 
. Action checked over to the cutoff, who bet 13,000, and Brunson put in a raise to 42,000. The big blind then fired back with a check-shove for more than 130,000. The cutoff folded immediately, but Brunson wasted no time in making the call.
Big blind: 
Brunson: 
Accepting his fate, the player in the big blind got out of his seat and congratulated Doyle with a handshake even before the turn and 
river completed the board. Brunson is now among the leaders with 605,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
605,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
||
Matt Jarvis moved all in on the river, and his opponent called.
"You're good," Jarvis said, tabling 
on a board with an ace and a bunch of low cards. His opponent showed for top pair, and Jarvis got out of his seat and left the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We were walking through the orange section of the Amazon when we saw cameras swarming around the table that last year's ninth place finisher Steve Gee was at. We heard him shout and walk away from the table, and we thought that we were walking up to his bustout hand. In fact, Gee had just hit a two outer to survive. We saw that Gee had gotten it all in preflop holding 
, and he was in rough shape against the of his opponent. However, Gee caught an unlikely queen on the flop of 
. The board completed and , and another player at the table was bemoaning his luck, saying that he had folded preflop.
His loss was Gee's gain as he secured the full double up to 340,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
330,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
188,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Rachid Ben Cherif and Robert Bright were involved in a huge pot on the river with the board reading 
. Bright had checked to Cherif who put out a big bet of what looked like 84,000. After a few seconds of thought, Bright said, "Alright, call."
Ben Cherif tabled 
for a rivered flush. Bright mumbled something then began cutting out the chips to send over to Ben Cherif. With that huge pot, Ben Cherif has launched himself up the leaderboard and has amassed himself a top ten stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
835,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
170,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Following a raise to 8,000 and a call from the small blind, Bobby Poe in the big blind moved all in for 82,500.
The original raiser folded, and after some consideration the small blind called.
Poe: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
to see Poe eliminated and unable to improve on his 130th place last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |