Brian Green had 5,000 in front of him from the hijack, facing a three-bet to 16,800 from Paul Volpe in the small blind. Green called.
Both players checked the 
flop, and the 
fell on the turn. Volpe bet 16,000, and Green folded.
"First time I've had that hand all tournament," Volpe told a tablemate while he stacked up the pot.
The board came down 
, and Greg Raymer had a 6,000 bet in front of him while sat on the button.
His opponent called from the big blind, and the 
hit the river. The action checked to Raymer again, and the 2004 Main Event champ bet 12,000.
Raymer's opponent thought for 30 seconds but ultimately decided to fold and give up on the pot.
Brian Kim opened for 3,500 early and got called by the small blind before the big blind shoved all in for just 12,800. Kim reraised to 25,000 and the small blind tank-folded. Kim had 
and was flipping against 
but the board ran out in his opponent's favor as it came 
.
Yilong Wang started the day around the starting stack but has since done plenty of work. Just now, Wang raised to 3,500 and called a three-bet to 9,200 by his table neighbor to see a 
flop, on which both checked. Wang bet the 
turn for 7,000 and the 
river was checked.
Wang tabled 
and that won the pot. The same table also features Simon Deadman as well.
Noah Merritt was all in from the big blind for 38,200 against the player in middle position.
Opponent: 
Noah Merritt: 
The board ran 
and Merritt turned a pair of aces and doubled up.
On a flop of 
, only Jimmy Kebe on the button and David Harris in middle position remained in action as the latter had checked and Kebe bet 21,000. Harris moved all in and Kebe asked for a count, the shove was deemed to be for 86,500. After more than two minutes, Kebe made the call and the cards were turned over.
David Harris: 
Jimmy Kebe: 
The turn gave Kebe further outs, but the river was a blank. Despite winning this big pot, Kebe still has a playable stack while Harris doubled to more than that.
The action folded around to Joe Foresman who raised to 3,600 in the cutoff, the button folded and Barny Boatman three-bet to 9,600 and the blinds got out of the way before Foresman made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of 
, Boatman continued for 6,000 and Foresman raised it up to 15,000 which Boatman called.
The turn got checked through on the to see the 
on the river. Boatman led for 25,000 and Foresman gave his hand up rather quickly.
We shared the story of the man who thought it was dinner break a few minutes ago, and that man, Jean Souprayenmestry, returned to a stack of just 3,000.
Fortunately for him, (and seemingly fortunately for his very good-natured table, who have begun celebrating his victories) Souprayenmestry has managed to rally that stack all the way up 40,000, more than three times what he had before his unscheduled dinner break. This includes doubling with 
against for his last 7,300 after winning an initial double, then waking up with aces two hands after break to double again.
We'll keep an eye on Souprayenmestry and see if his run from 3,000 continues.
The player in middle position raised to 3,500 and the hijack called along with Troy Brandwein on the button.
The dealer spread a flop of and the player in middle position bet 3,400. The hijack raised to 11,500 and Brandwein three-bet to 23,000. Both of his opponents gave up their hands and Brandwein showed 
before raking in the pot.
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