One hand after losing the big pot to Anthony Zinno, Eric Kurtzman raised, Brian Rast three-bet from the cutoff, and Kurtzman re-raised.
Rast called and they saw a flop of 
. Kurtzman bet and Rast called. They both checked the 
turn before Kurtzman bet the 
river.
Rast flicked in a call but mucked when Kurtzman showed 
for two pair on the turn to climb back over 500,000.
Chip leader Eric Kurtzman bet from middle position on a flop of 
before Anthony Zinno raised to early position. Kurtzman called and the turn came 
.
Zinno bet and Kurtzman called, bringing them heads-up to the river. Zinno bet, leaving himself just a few thousand behind, and Kurtzman called.
Zinno turned over 
for the flopped set to take down the big pot.
After raising in early position and picking up a call from Christopher Chung in middle position, Rast led all three streets on a 
board.
Chung was confident in calling until the river, where he took some time to consider another call, exclaiming "what a river card". He ultimately folded, and Rast was awarded the pot.
On the following hand Rast raised in first position and took down the blinds.
The two-time $50,000 Poker Players Champion's stack is now approaching 200,000.
Andony Wasaya four-bet before the flop from early position and Jeremy Ausmus called on the button.
Wasaya led out the 
flop and Ausmus called. The same action repeated on the turn, with Wasaya betting and Ausmus calling.
Wasaya already had his bet in the middle before the dealer could turn over the 
river. Ausmus laid his hand down and dropped under 100,000.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
The Day 1 chip leader continues to pace the field as the remaining 26 players have just returned from their second break of the day.
Paul Volpe just made his exit from the tournament, bringing the field down to the final 27 players.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip count |
| 430 | 1 | Casey McCarrel | 130,000 |
| 430 | 2 | Mike Thorpe | 178,000 |
| 430 | 3 | Andony Wasaya | 197,000 |
| 430 | 4 | Kyle Kitagawa | 86,000 |
| 430 | 5 | John Monnette | 128,000 |
| 430 | 6 | Kevin Song | 333,000 |
| 430 | 7 | Lena Wang | 178,000 |
| 430 | 8 | Jeremy Ausmus | 158,000 |
| 430 | 9 | Jason Somerville | 373,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip count |
| 439 | 1 | Alex Torry | 145,000 |
| 439 | 2 | Nate Silver | 278,000 |
| 439 | 3 | Eric Kurtzman | 580,000 |
| 439 | 4 | Ben Yu | 123,000 |
| 439 | 5 | Brian Rast | 135,000 |
| 439 | 6 | Scott Tuttle | 90,000 |
| 439 | 7 | Peter Neff | 287,000 |
| 439 | 8 | Christopher Chung | 223,000 |
| 439 | 9 | Anthony Zinno | 70,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip count |
| 448 | 1 | empty | |
| 448 | 2 | Joao Vieira | 77,000 |
| 448 | 3 | Chris Vitch | 290,000 |
| 448 | 4 | Daham Wang | 135,000 |
| 448 | 5 | Terrence Chan | 340,000 |
| 448 | 6 | Ray Dehkharghani | 85,000 |
| 448 | 7 | John Racener | 415,000 |
| 448 | 8 | Yuri Dzivielevski | 440,000 |
| 448 | 9 | Chad Eveslage | 180,000 |
On a flop of 
, FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver bet and Benny Glaser called. Both players checked on the 
river.
They went heads-up to the river, which fell 
, and this time Silver put in another bet that won him the pot and left the three-time WSOP bracelet winner with less than three big bets.
A recent flurry of bustouts has seen Dan Smith, Felipe Ramos, Grant Hanson, and Anthony Marcus join the others on the rail as we approach the second break of the day.
Jason Somerville has just taken down two consecutive pots to climb up to around 300,000.
In the first, he raised pre-flop and John Monnette defended his big blind. Somerville bet the 
flop and Monnette called.
Both players checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Monnette led out with a bet and Somerville raised. That won him the pot as Monnette folded.
The next hand, Jeremy Ausmus raised and Somerville three-bet from the next seat. Ausmus called and they saw a flop of 
.
Action checked through to the 
turn, when Ausmus bet and Somerville put in a raise. Ausmus folded to send another pot in Somerville's direction.
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