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Preflop action saw three bets occur, building this hand between Joe Awada and an opponent to 39,000 by the time we saw the turn.
The board read 
after the turn and Awada made a bet of 25,000. His opponent on the button moved all in for 44,000 and Awada called.
Awada showed 
for top pair, but his opponent tabled 
for two pair, which held through the 
on the river.
After losing the pot Awada has left himself just 42,000 chips.
Theo Tran opened for 7,500, Sebastian Panny three-bet to 36,000 from the small blind and Tran made the call. The flop came down 
and Panny led out for 30,000. Tran called. Panny led again when the 
hit the turn, making it 65,000 to go. Again Tran called. The river fell the 
and after quite a long dwell, Panny settled on a bet of 95,000. Tran tanked equally long and finally made the call for more than half of his remaining chips.
Panny showed 
and Tran mucked. He's down to only 65,000 while Panny is nearing half a million.
Theo Jorgensen ended up all in pre-flop with his pocket aces and found an opponent with pocket tens, ready to gamble.
The board came out 
and Jorgensen is now up to 650,000 chips. His opponent is now on his way home.
Matt Affleck called an opponent's all-in bet with 
. The at-risk player had pocket jacks. The board ran out 
and Affleck won the pot and his opponent's 175,000 chips. He's now over 700,000.
There was a raise to 7,000 under the gun and it folded around to Robert Varkonyi in the big blind who called, his leg jiggling up and down. The under-the-gun raiser enquired, "How much you got?" (answer - 80,000) and they saw a flop.
They flop came down 
and Varkonyi bet out 7,000. His opponent thought about it for a while and then called.
They saw a 
turn and the action was much the same, except that this time the bet from Varkonyi was 14,000. Again, his opponent paused, and then called.
The river came down the 
and this time Varkonyi, still jiggling his leg, checked. His opponent checked behind, and Varkonyi turned over 
. His opponent turned over a surprisingly good 
and took the pot.
The former world champion dropped to 55,000 and immediately downed a whole bottle of water as the TV cameras dispersed.
Pierre Neuville was down to 68,000 chips when he got it all in against Martijn Schirp, who called an all-in bet preflop.
Schirp: 
Neuville:
Things looked bleak for Neuville, as he found himself dominated by Schirp's big slick. However, when the flop came 
it paired Neuville's queen, which held through the on the turn and the 
on the river.
Neuville currently has 140,000 while Schirp still has 600,000.
When we arrived at Table 275, Will "The Thrill" Failla was all in with about 100,000 in the middle and the board reading .
"I think you're full of s***," his opponent quipped. "I don't know why you would check-raise me."
"I've been full of s*** before," Failla returned.
"Ok," his opponent sighed, showing the 
before mucking. "Show the bluff."
"20 bucks," Failla demanded.
His opponent reached for his wallet, pulled out a Jackson and threw it on the table. Failla showed and scooped the pot. Failla was not full of s*** after all, and is now up to 295,000 chips.
Now that everyone is in the Amazon Room and the staff are carting off table, as noted by change100 earlier, we're closing in on crunch time. The staff have broken nine tables from the outer edge of the orange section (a row of five and a row of four) and are now moving their way partially up the two inner rows. It looks like the staff are breaking tables towards the center of the room. After two more table breaks in Orange, the staff will start breaking tables in the Blue Section.
In previous years, the room was broken section by section, first Red, then Orange, then Blue towards the feature table. It seems the WSOP is trying something new this year.
You know you've made it in the Main Event when you can create a chin-rest with your stack. It's almost like a milestone. One man who has enough chips to build a house to live in is Filippo Candio, his stack now hovering around the one million mark.
But, despite what my girlfriend says, it's quantity, not quality, and Candio has the former by the bucket-load. "Color the kid up!" commanded a random member of the rail.
We picked up what would develop into a big pot over on Table Galfond. The board showed 
when we walked up just in time to see Galfond bet 23,000 at the pot. His opponent check-called, and the turn came the 
. Both players checked, and the filled out the board. The first player took the lead now, pushing out a bet of 76,000. Galfond eventually moved all in over the top. His opponent had about 220,000 total chips, and he called all in for his tournament life. It was the last call he'll make today:
Galfond: 
Opponent: 
Galfond's straight is the better one, and the big pot gets pushed into his corner. He's eliminated his opponent, moving himself up to a quite-healthy 545,000 in the process.
545,000
