Joseph Cheong raised to 85,000 from the cutoff seat. Gianluca Speranza was in the small blind and moved all in for 480,000. Cheong made the call. Cheong held the 
and Speranza the 
.
The board ran out 
to give Cheong two pair and the win. Speranza was eliminated as Cheong improved to over 3.8 million. He's now the chip leader.
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"So what is this exactly?" asked a railbird.
"This is the Main Event" responded our PokerNews reporter.
"Oh ok. Just this table?"
"No, there is this table and that one [pointing to the main feature table] that are feature tables, while the ones behind us are also part of the tournament." added the PokerNews reporter.
"Thank you. I think we'll go to watch that table," the railbird added as he and his wife slowly walked round to the feature table.
I guess it's not too late for people to come check out the World Series of Poker Main Event!
Matthew Pearson opened with a raise to 36,000 before Greg Schaefer popped it up to 90,000 from the cutoff position. Action then passed to Jean Pasqualini in the big blind who re-raised it to 255,000.
Pearson went into the tank and eventually folded (what he later stated was pocket queens), before Schaefer moved all in. Pasqualini called it off.
Schaefer: 
Pasqualini: 
The board ran out 
and Pasqualini collects the big pot to jump to 590,000 with Schaefer down to just 120,000.
Brian Horton must have thought he was in pretty good shape when he called the small blind's all-in shove. Horton tabled 
, which in most instances would be a pre-flop favorite against the small blind's 
. But the small blind in this hand was Charles "Chuck" Norris, whose actual hand can beat any poker hand, even a so-called "dominating" hand. Sure enough, the flop came 
to give Norris trip queens.
"Heart?" asked Horton. He started to say thank you when the turn came 
, until Tony Dunst pointed out "That's no good." Indeed, the turn gave Norris a full house. The river blanked 
and Norris had doubled up.
We walked up to see a turned board of 
out on the table, and Johnny Chan was betting 85,000. Robin Bergren promptly raised to 205,000. Chan called.
That brought them to the river, and Chan proceeded to fire right back out with 250,000. Bergren couldn't do anything this time; he mucked, and Chan moves up to 2,850,000.
Yesterday Richard Kirsch received a penalty for disclosing the contents of his hand before is last opponent folded. That won't be an issue for Kirsch today -- he's been knocked out of the tournament by Johnny Lodden. Lodden opened in the cutoff for a standard raise. Kirsch then shoved for 165,000 total. Lodden called fo a flip, his 
against Kirsch's 
. Cue up an ace on the flop, 
. Kirsch actually turned a gutshot draw to go with his set draw, , but the river 
filled neither. He's on his way to the cage and Lodden is on his way to about 2 million in chips.
"All in and call!" was the yell from the dealer on Table 370. When we got there, Jesper Hougaard was all in for 205,000 on the flop of 
. David Peters made the call. Peters held the 
and Hougaard the .
The turn was the and the river the 
. Hougaard doubled up and now has about 600,000 in chips. Peters dropped to 580,000.
A short-stacked Andrey Danilyuk was just all in for his tournament life with 
and in the unenviable spot of being up against Christopher Bolt's .
The community cards came 
, and Danilyuk is out. Bolt now has 900,000.
Juliocesar Saavedra opened the action by moving all in from the hijack position for 274,000 with Gianni Direnzo making the call on the button.
Saavedra:
Direnzo:
The board fell 
and the queens are good to eliminate Saavedra from the tournament. Direnzo is up to 1.33 million.
Randy Dorfman opened with a raise to 37,000 from middle position, and the table folded around to Peter Jetten in the small blind who reraised to 125,000. The big blind got out, and Dorfman made the call.
The flop came 
. Jetten pushed out a bet of 160,000, and Dorfman called. The turn then brought the 
. This time Jetten bet 300,000, and Dorfman promptly raised to 600,000. Jetten pushed all in, and Dorfman stepped aside.
Jetten moves up to 2.38 million on that one, while Dorfman slips to 950,000.
