On a board reading 
Stephen Song checked over to his opponent who bet 80,000. Song slowly made the call.
The turn was the 
. Song checked again and his opponent moved all in. Song could not have called any faster as he instantly moved his chips in the middle to indicate a call.
He turned over 
for a flopped set that was crushing the 
of his opponent. The 
on the river filled out the board and gave Song a big double up.
A player open-limped from the hijack and action folded to Victor Choupeaux, who raised to 40,000 on the button. The small blind confirmed the amount and announced a call and the limper came along as well, taking action three ways to the 
flop. The small blind led out for 65,000 and the limper folded. Choupeaux made the call and the turn was 
. The small blind checked and Choupeaux announced a bet of 90,000 before pushing forward the chips to match it.
Upon seeing the bet, the small blind agonizingly said he was going to make a big fold. He thought about it for another 15 seconds or so before letting his hand go. Upon the fold, Phil Hellmuth accused Choupeaux of having nothing, and Choupeaux happily turned over 
, telling Hellmuth that his read was a good one. After seeing it, the small blind alleged to have folded two queens.
Renato Kaneoya shoved all in from the small blind and got a snap call from the big blind's small stack.
Kaneoya was dominating with 
against his opponents 
. The board would not bring a five as it came 
to bust the big blind and bring the Brazilian even more chips to his growing stack.
The dealer called for a payout and Tim West was standing at his chair with no chips in front of him. He had just been eliminated after another player shoved all in for 140,000 with 
-suited and he called his remaining 115,000 off with 
. The flop came queen high and West was unable to improve, ending his day shortly after the first break.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
It is time for the first break of the day. A brief 15 minute hiatus will stem the fast and furious action of eliminations and all-in flips that has been occurring so far.
Iaron Lightbourne's 
chased down pocket jacks when a king hit the flop and a queen finished it off on the river to bust a player and move the Brit toward the top of the chip counts.
Here is an assortment of chip counts
On a board that read 
Maria Konnikova made a large raise of her opponents bet of 50,000 to 310,000. Her opponent thought it over for a few moments before folding his cards to the pressure applied by Konnikova.
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