Martin Finger raised to 22,000 from early position and the big blind called. The flop came and the big blind checked. Finger bet 20,000 and his opponent called.
The turn was the and his opponent check-called again, this time for 70,000. The river was the and the big blind checked a third time.
Finger bet 200,000 and his opponent called. Finger showed and won the pot with a flush.
With about 30,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Ismael Bojang bet 16,000 from the small blind. His lone opponent in the big blind called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The river was the and Bojang went into the tank for over a minute before he bet 25,000. The big blind called and Bojang began to move his cards toward the muck but didn't release them until the big blind showed . Bojang flashed as he mucked and his opponent took the pot.
Scotty Nguyen moved all in from early position for his last 73,000. Action folded to Jesse Decker, who called in the big blind.
Nguyen:
Decker:
Nguyen found some help on the flop, as he picked up a backdoor straight draw and some immediate outs to chop. The turn did him no good though, and the river was also a brick. He shrugged helplessly and headed for payouts.
With the departure of Nguyen, there are no longer any WSOP Main Event champions in the field.
In a hand just before the break, Andre Akkari got his short stack in the middle before the flop against a single opponent.
Akkari:
Opponent:
Akkari had a commanding lead with his aces, and although the flop gave his opponent some outs with an open-ended straight draw, neither the on the turn nor on the river improved either player and Akkari took the pot to double up.
Players have reached their second break of the day, and Ibrahim Nasief leads. Neither Mickey Craft or Eugene Kotlyarevskiy have been able to kick on from their peaks earlier, which has allowed Nasief to sneak ahead.
Play gets back underway in around 20 minutes from now.
and Lopes bet 40,000. Peters moved all in and Lopes called.
, giving Lopes two pair and eliminating Peters.
and the big blind checked. Finger bet 20,000 and his opponent called.
and his opponent check-called again, this time for 70,000. The river was the 
and the big blind checked a third time.
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, Ismael Bojang bet 16,000 from the small blind. His lone opponent in the big blind called.
and both players checked.
and Bojang went into the tank for over a minute before he bet 25,000. The big blind called and Bojang began to move his cards toward the muck but didn't release them until the big blind showed 
turn did him no good though, and the 
river was also a brick. He shrugged helplessly and headed for payouts.
flop gave his opponent some outs with an open-ended straight draw, neither the 
on the turn nor 
on the river improved either player and Akkari took the pot to double up.
board with 
.
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board and doubled up.
