Zach Hirst bet 13,000 on the turn, with the board reading 
. Hirst was under the gun and got the call from Russel Stepnoski in middle position.
The river hit 
, Hirst checked and Stepnoski checked back. Hirst showed down and took the pot with 
for a rivered full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | |
|
|
51,000 |
Some big stacks around the room as well as some notables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
286,000 | |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
105,000 | -10,400 |
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
50,000 | -6,500 |
|
13,000 | -51,500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Karan Radia went heads up to a flop with an opponent who was in middle position. With 8,000 in the pot and the action checked to Radia, he bet 4,000 on a flop that read 
. His opponent raised to 16,000. Radia re-raised to 40,000 which was followed by a quick all in and a call. Radia was in good shape to win the over 150,000 chip pot when both players turned their cards face up.
Radia: 
Opponent: 
The turn and river came the 
and 
to lock up the hand for Radia and send him near the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
The players seated at Pavilion White #141 told PokerNews that seven of them busted from the Main Event earlier in the day, and the action among these Main Event casualties has certainly not disappointed.
On one recent hand, with the flop showing 
, AJ Nimer went all on for his last 36,000 chips, getting a call from Chen Wang.
AJ Nimer: 
Chen Wang: 
Nimer had just ace-high with backdoor straight and flush possibilities on the flop, but the 
runout gave him the the pair of aces on the river, doubling him up.
On the next hand, Wang three-bet to 2,000 on the button after an open for 600 from Scott Vener on the hijack. Vener checked on the flop of 
, Wang bet 1,500 and Vener check-raised to 6,000. Wang folded and Vener took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
51,000 | 51,000 |
|
29,500 | -40,500 |
Mitchell Watson, down to his last 7,000, decided to go all in blind preflop, and got three callers.
The flop came 
, and all three remaining players checked, with Watson at risk. On the 
turn, Chen Wang bet 6,000 from the button when the action checked to him, and only Scott Vener called from the cutoff.
The river came , and Vener check-folded to another bet from Wang. Wang showed for two pair, and Watson, who still had yet to look at his cards at that point, tabled 
and headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
Busted |
With 18,000 in the pot Weiyi Mo bet 13,000 on board reading 
, her opponent on the button, Maxime Ribeiro, went all in for a total of 20,800. After some thought Mo decided she was priced in and made the call.
Ribeiro:
Mo:
Ribeiro was able to fade a queen or a heart on the river as the landed to secure his double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | 66,000 |
|
65,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
64,500 | 64,500 |
|
59,000 | 59,000 |
|
|
58,500 | 11,300 |
|
|
56,500 | 13,500 |
|
|
51,000 | 1,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
32,000 | 32,000 |
|
13,500 | -26,500 |
Three players found themselves all in on a flop of 
with 16,000 already in the pot.
Julien Sitbon: 
Button: 
Big Blind:
The turn was help to no one. But the 
river gave Sitbon two pair and the over 70,000 chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | 33,000 |
