From under the gun, Jorryt van Hoof opened to 90,000 and Kyle Keranen defended his big blind to see a flop.
Keranan checked, Van Hoof continued for 135,000, and Keranen called. The fell on the turn and van Hoof bet out 480,000 with Keranen again check-calling.
The river landed the and Keranen checked for a third time before van Hoof pushed out a bet of 1,890,000 which Keranen called.
Van Hoof tapped the table in a sign that he was conceding, but Keranen asked him to show.
Van Hoof tabled his for two pair, but it would be Keranen's for a rivered full house that would see Keranen scoop the monster pot and see his stack climb to 8.3 million as van Hoof slipped to 1.9 million in chips.
After three-betting a middle-position open from Jason Johnson, Tony Ruberto saw Johnson come back with a four-bet.
"The four-and-five-bet table huh?" Ruberto said with his Boston accent. "Alright, I won't reraise any more. All flops from now on. I promise I won't reraise again."
Maria Ho was under the gun and moved all in for 320,000. Zachary Hirst called from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.
Hirst:
Ho:
Hirst's pocket queens were in a dominating position heading to the flop and he extended his lead even further by making top set with .
The dropped down on the turn giving Ho four to a diamond flush. It was not meant to be, however, as the finished the board and Ho was eliminated from play. Hirst picked up the pot and now has 2.195 million in chips.
David Tuthill opened for 80,000 from the cutoff only to have Daniel Wilson three-bet to 180,000 from the small blind. William Cole then flatted from the big, Tuthill got out of the way, and the flop came down . Wilson checked, Cole bet 260,000, and Wilson called.
Both players then checked the turn before the completed the board on the river. Wilson took the opportunity to lead out for 365,000, and it was enough to get Cole to fold. Wilson then showed just the before being pushed the pot.
The television crew, which had been filming the hand, then made the decision that they wanted to document both of Wilson's hole cards, which is permitted by WSOP rules. To do so the crew puts a handheld camera on the felt and the dealer secretly lifts the card so only the camera can see. In this instance the camera was put a little too far out on the felt, and the dealer lifted the cards a bit high so that Cole could see what Wilson's other card was.
Isaac Baron pointed it out, but by this time the cards had been mucked. Cole admitted that he had seen what Wilson's other card had been and the matter was left at that.
From middle position, Vitaly Lunkin raised to 80,000. Mark Newhouse, last year's ninth-place finisher, quickly reraised to 800,000 from the cutoff seat — at least the second time he has stuck in such a large three-bet. Play moved back to Lunkin, and he went all in for 1.05 million. Newhouse called.
Newhouse held the , and Lunkin had the . The flop came down to give Newhouse the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the and pushed Lunkin one more step closer to the rail, but the fell on the river to deliver the Russian with a set and double him up.
With that loss, Newhouse dropped back to 6.42 million in chips.
Leif Force raised to 90,000 from early position and Robert Park called from the cutoff. The button and blinds released, leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Force continued out for 135,000. Park called and the dropped down on the turn. Force continued his aggression on the turn with a bet of 240,000. Park stuck around.
The completed the board on the river and both players checked. Force showed , prompting a quick muck from Park. Force took down the pot and now has about 5.325 million.
From the small blind, Luis Assuncao raised to 120,000. Martin Jacobson called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Assuncao checked, Jacobson bet 150,000, and Assuncao called.
The turn card was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both checked again.
Assuncao showed the , and Jacobson mucked his hand.