With about 8,000 in the middle and the board showing , Jared Griener bet 5,500 from the hijack. "All-American" Dave Swanson sighed and flashed the as he folded, leaving himself just under 15,000.
The flop and the turn were checked by Steven Warburton, in the big blind, and Johan Soner, in late position, before the river completed the board. Warburton checked, and Soner bet 3,500 — the size of the pot. Warburton called and mucked instantly when Soner flipped over for a rivered set of queens.
Rob Heath raised to 1,000 from late position, and Doug Polk three-bet to 3,200. The player in the big blind snap-called, and Heath called, as well.
The flop came , and all three players checked. The turn was the , and all three players checked to the on the river. The big blind checked for a third time, and Heath bet 4,500. Polk called, and the big blind folded.
Heath tabled for a set of tens and immediately asked, "Do you have spades?"
Mike Matusow unleashed a hearty laugh and said, "That was f***ing funny. That made my f***ing day."
Polk replied that he did not have spades and mucked his cards.
"I need to start making more sets," said Polk. "That's where the money is!" he laughed.
Rich Dixon was all in for his last 34,000 and was facing a major sweat. He held on a flop, and had shoved after his opponent had raised. His opponent called with to put Dixon at risk.
The turn was the and the river the to secure the double-up for Dixon.
Victor Cianelli had been chipping up early, while Fred Goff III was reduced to only 12,000 at some point. According to Goff and Cianelli, that changed when the former found pocket aces in the midst of telling a story to the table and got it in against the pocket kings of Cianelli.
Cianelli claimed a late pot in the current level, raising to 1,125. Sergon Toma called with his short stack in the cutoff, and Goff called in the big blind. The flop came , and Cianelli's bet of 2,700 won the pot with no further resistance.
As far as Ronnie Brown is concerned, he keeps adding chips to an already impressive stack. In a heads-up pot on the turn, he bet 7,600 on the button, and the James Carroll called in the small blind. The river killed the action, and both players checked. Carroll showed , and Brown scooped the pot with .
Jonathan Little has slowly been increasing his stack size throughout the day, and he now leads the Amazon Gold section heading into their last break of the day. Matt Savage and Sorel Mizzi, on the other hand, have been eliminated from the Main Event.
After an early open, Michael Kim Falcon made it 3,500 on the button. The opener came back with a four-bet to 8,500, and Falcon called. Falcon called barrels of 9,000 on the flop and 17,000 on the turn. Both players checked the river, and Falcon showed for a set and took the pot.
A couple of hands later, Falcon tangled with the player on his right, the two seeing a final board of . The first player bet 6,500, and Falcon min-raised to 13,000. His opponent released after some thought, sending another decent-sized pot Falcon's way.