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Sammy Farha was heads up with chip-monster Filippo Candio on the river of a 
board. Candio checked, and Farha bet 40,000. Then Filippo put his chips to work, raising to 130,000. Farha easily called, and Candio moved toward the muck, saying he had five-high. Unfortunately for him, he'd tried to push Farha off of a straight with 
. Candio's mountain is now somewhere in the 790,000 range, while Farha is up to 280,000.
Johnny Chan opened with a raise before the flop, an opponent reraised all in for about 50,000 total. Chan made the call, showing 
. His opponent tabled 
.
The flop came 
, furthering Chan's advantage. The 
on the turn gave his opponent a set, too, and elicited an "ooh" from the crowd watching here at the main feature table. The 
river provoked a reaction as well, but didn't alter the fact that Chan's hand was best.
Chan now has 648,000.
We just caught the tail end of the hand, but we are pretty sure the chips went in before the flop or on it.
Olivier Daeninckx: 
Player 2: all in with 
Board: 
Daeninckx looked as though he was holding his breath as the turn and river were dealt, and then he exhaled with some force as his aces held up. The other player was eliminated, and Daeninckx' stack totaled 480,000 after the hand.
John Shipley poked me as I was watching the Humberto show. "Out," he reported dejectedly. "Kings versus aces."
In a strange way, I felt that the cooler had softened the blow somewhat, but you could still see the anguish in his face.
Nevertheless, Shipley's venture has come to an abrupt end, and he'll have to wait until next year before repeating his 2002 feat.
On the board of 
, Duy Le fired 30,000. His opponent made the call and the 
fell on the river. Le fired another 80,000 and his opponent called. Le showed the 
for the mother of all overpairs and his opponent mucked his pocket jacks.
Le's now up to what looks to be just under one million at 995,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Fabrice Soulier got into it from the big blind with a player in the small blind. They were heads up to a 
flop. The small blind checked, then called when Soulier bet 8,000. The turn was the 
, and this time, the small blind check-called 14,000. The 
river put four to a straight on the board, and the small blind checked a third time. Soulier checked behind, and his opponent tabled 
for the rivered straight. Soulier flashed a set of nines that could have been so much more useful. Soulier dropped the minimum to move down to 325,000.
Mori Eskandani started this hand off by raising to 11,000 from early position. Annie Duke was in the cutoff and raised to about 50,000, putting herself all in. Corwin Cole then shoved all in over the top for 15,000 and Eskandani folded.
Duke: 
Cole:
Duke needed a lot of help from the poker gods if she was going to keep her tournament run alive. However, the board came down 
leaving her with a full house, but not a full house that could beat that of Cole.
Duke made her way to the exit and we are one player closer to the money.
Brett Richey just now found himself up against a short-stacked player who was all in before the flop for 68,400 total with and was in a good spot versus Richey's .
The board ran out 
, and Richey's opponent doubled up. Meanwhile, Richey slips to 140,000.
From the hijack seat, Patrik Antonius raised to 9,000. The player in the small blind made the call and the flop came down 
. The small blind checked which prompted a bet of 13,000 from Antonius. He was called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Antonius called a bet of 14,000 from his opponent and mucked when the 
was shown to him. Antonius dropped to 104,000 in chips.
