Sun Xijie had been spotted with a 220,000 stack in the Pavilion room, and looks to be in great shape to make it through to Day 2 with a healthy stack with 90 minutes left in the day.
A few tables over, Marle Cordeiro is sitting between two feuding players, who are in a disagreement of unknown origin. Floor was called over to give both players a warning, and in the meantime Cordeiro sits at the 65,000 chip mark.
Carlos Diaz, at one time with 270,000, has seen a bite taken out of his stack, but still hangs in with an above average 132,000.
Shaun Deeb bet 3,000 on a board, and Collin Tran made the call.
The river brought the , Deeb continued for 7,000, and Tran called again. Deeb tabled his for the missed flush draw and attempted bluff, while Tran showed the for the top pair winner.
The under-the-gun player opened the action with a raise to 2,500. A three bet of 7,500 came from the small blind. Followed by a call from Brett Mueller in the big blind as well as the original raiser.
All three players saw a flop of which the pre-flop three-bettor continued on for 8,000. Mueller called and the other player folded.
The came on the turn and the small blind went all in for 36,500. After some thought Mueller made the call and got the good news.
Mueller:
Opponent:
The changed nothing on the river and Mueller got to add to his already massive stack.
Two players took a flop and with 12,000 in the pot, there was a bet, an all in and a snap call on a flop that read . Stan Komsky was in rough shape when he saw what he was up against in this 115,000 chip pot.
Komsky:
Opponent:
The on the turn gave Komsky some more hope as he picked up a gut shot straight draw. Komsky was one card away from being eliminated from the tournament but the saved him on the river.
Matthew Hunt opened to 1,300 from early position and got two callers on the button and big blind. The flop came , the big blind checked and Hunt bet 1,200. The button raised to 3,800, the big blind folded, and Hunt called.
Hunt then check-folded to a 4,500 bet on the turn.
Howard Mash's stack continues to grow, with the latest addition coming in a hand that saw Mash, on the big blind, call an all in from his opponent on the turn.
Opponent:
Howard Mash:
Board:
Mash didn't even want to turn over his hand when the opponent, from the cutoff, showed the six-four offsuit for trip fours. He conceded to the dealer's instructions eventually and flipped over his ace-king.
The river came a favorable , however, giving Mash the come-from-behind win with the full house.
"He deserves it for the six-four offsuit," said Mash after his opponent hit the rail.