Action folded to Spencer Cossette in middle position, and he made it 33,000 to go. Everyone got out of the way until David "DocSands" Sands, who shipped the rest of his stack in from the big blind. Cossette asked for a count, and after finding out it was for 376,000, he made the call.
Cossette:
Sands:
Sands was in great shape to double up, and the flop would end up hitting both players, coming . Sands flopped top set, but Cossette picked up a gutshot straight draw. The turn came the , and Sands would just have to sweat a jack on the river. That card came the , and Sands scored the double up to get himself to just under 800,000.
We caught up with the action heads up on the flop where Minh Nguyen ended up all in for 368,000 and at risk against Bill Scheer who had him covered by only 40,000.
Nguyen:
Scheer:
Nguyen was ahead with mid-set but Scheer was drawing live with a flush draw. The on the turn and on the river bricked out for Scheer who was crippled and Nguyen doubled. Two hands later, Scheer went bust.
We missed the exact amounts, but it appeared that Joseph Cheong opened from the cutoff and was three-bet by Daryl Jace from the big blind. Cheong responded by four-betting all in and Jace made the call to put Cheong at risk.
Showdown
Cheong:
Jace:
The board ran out ..., giving Cheong a flush and doubling him up to 1,500,000.
Ruben Visser has come over, taking the seat left open following Daniel Negreanu's departure. Here's what the nine players' stacks look like at the moment:
We found this hand developing on the turn with 175,000 already in the pot. The board read and JP Kelly was in middle position and bet 110,000. Pablo Ubierna called behind him and the river came . Kelly declared all in and Ubierna snap called, tabling for Broadway. Kelly held for a busted flush draw.
It seems like every few hours for this entire main event, we have reported on Ben Lamb winning a big pot to take the chip lead. Well here is your standard big pot for Ben Lamb post. With about 110,000 in the middle, Lamb and his opponent, Stewart Kaplan, saw a flop heads up of . We didn't get to the table until after the action, but according to Lamb after the hand, Kaplan open shipped 500,000 into Lamb, who made the call with a monster hand, . Kaplan held just , and he would need to get lucky to survive.
The turn came the , which meant no help for Kaplan, and the river brought the . Lamb gladly took the chips, and upped his stack to a tournament leading 3.85 million.
Three players saw a flop of and the player in the big blind checked to Matthew Kay in middle position. He casually put out a bet of 100,000, which was called by Hoi Lee in the cutoff. The big blind got out of the way and it was heads up to the turn. This time it was Kay who checked, opening the door for Lee to fire out 150,000.
Kay thought for a brief moment before making the call and then checking when the appeared on the river. Lee checked behind and ended up mucking when Kay rolled over .
We're big fans of what Bryan Devonshire is managing right now with his ~1.6 million chips:
But Alex Moore's chip-stacking abilities are still in development. We'll give him a pass since he's been so frequently forced to stack pots today:
David Bach could learn a thing or two from either man. The Gunslinger prefers to stack his chips in towers of 16, making life miserable for chip counters everywhere:
We found Ben Tollerene all in preflop for 420,000 and at risk against Marius Maciukas.
Tollerene:
Maciukas:
Tollerene was flipping for his tournament life and the flop provided no help to him. The on the turn however vaulted Tollerene into the lead and he would just have to avoid a ten on the river to double. The river was the to give Tollerene top-two and the pot.