Action picked up on the river with a pot of about 230,000 in the middle. Chen had checked from under the gun and Santiago Soriano bet 165,000 from the cutoff.
The board read .
After thinking for about a minute, Chen made the call for a large portion of his stack.
Soriano showed for trip queens, but Chen had for the same trip queens and a better kicker to take the pot.
With 155 players remaining the field was essentially cut in half during the first two hours of play. The players are on a 25-minute break and if history is any indication there will be a flurry of players redeeming their bounty tickets at this time!