According to a German colleague of ours, Dan Smith just won a 320,000-chip all-in pot against John Juanda.
We are unsure of the exact action - one of our reporters has watched Juanda fold to more than one three-bet from Smith - but the two engaged in a preflop raising war. Eventually, Juanda was all in and at risk for around 150,000 with , and in great shape to double through Smith who had .
The flop was clean, and so too was the on the turn, but the spiked on the river to give Smith threes full of tens.
"Sorry," Smith said to Juanda more than once.
The man they call "King Dan" now appears to be our chip leader thanks to the fortuitious two-outer, while Juanda is eliminated.
Prior to the last break, Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody was eliminated at the hand of Shawn Buchanan. The man known as "Bucky" was kind enough to tell us how he dispatched Cody.
According to him, Cody opened for 3,300 and another player flatted. Buchanan then three-bet to 13,000 from the small blind, Cody shipped for roughly 40,000, and the limper folded. Buchanan made the call with [akx], which was actually behind Cody's . However, Buchanan managed to "hit an ace" and send Cody to the rail.