Franklin Azevedo raised the cutoff to 20,000 and Joshua Tam defended the big blind.
The flop fell 
and both players checked to see the 
on the turn. Tam check-called a bet from Azevedo of 30,000 and the 
fell on the river, where Tam fired out a bet of 80,000 and Azevedo snap-called. Tam tabled 
for a busted straight draw and Azevedo won the hand when he tabled 
.
Mobile phone cameras were out at Table 453 for poker's rarest spectacle - a Royal Flush.
According to Sandra Postelwait, she called a raise pre-flop in position and both she and her opponent checked the 
flop. She called another bet on the 
turn and the river was the .
Her opponent bet 60,000 and Postelwait raised to 150,000. Her opponent open-folded a 
and Postelwait turned over 
for a rivered Royal Flush.
Each of these players pocketed $18,535 for their Main Event performances.
Jason James raised on the button and Mihai Manole defended his big blind to see a 
flop, which brought a check by Manole, a continuation bet of James and a call.
Both checked the 
turn and Manole also checked the on the river. James now bet 75,000 and Manole jammed to send James into the think tank. He had around 300,000 behind and called it off after two minutes of consideration.
Manole turned over for the straight and James ended up second-best with 
for two pair.
William Romaine was just seen with a chip stack of 1.4 million. According to him, he recently won a large pot when he had a higher three of a kind than an opponent.
After starting the day with just over 300,000, Romaine now finds himself with more than double the average stack in the tournament.
On a flop of 
, Dapeng Mu bet and Michael Tomeny raised, then called the shove of Mu for the following showdown.
Michael Tomeny: 
Dapeng Mu: 
The 
turn and 
river brought no upset and Tomeny doubled.
A reraise to 125,000 was in front of Kathy Liebert and David Lindquist then pushed all in for 421,000 on the button as the ESPN camera crew rushed by. Liebert checked her stack carefully and eventually made the call for most of her stack.
David Lindquist: 
Kathy Liebert: 
"Hold one time!" Lindquist demanded and flopped top set on 
.
"No ten please," Lindquist added as Liebert had a gutshot. Both the turn and the river were blanks and Lindquist doubled.
Bradley Hinson moved all in for 37,000 from under the gun. The small blind raised to 85,000 before Jeff Madsen four-bet to 184,000. The small blind folded.
Jeff Madsen: 
Bradley Hinson:
The flop came 
giving Hinson trips.
"Eight of clubs-ball?" said Madsen, but the turn was the .
"Ten-ball?" said Madsen, but the river was the 
.
"Side-pot ball," said Madsen finally, taking down the side pot.
Meanwhile at this table, Jay Farber is up to the 600,000 or so chips that he started the day with after winning with 
against 
The action folded around to Ryan Leng in the cutoff who raised to 22,000, Andy Tsai three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind, the big blind folded and Leng made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Tsai fired out 60,000 which Leng called.
The turn was the Tsai broke his stacks down to count his total chips remaining and fired out a bet of 150,000 which Leng called once again.
The 
landed on the river and Tsai tossed in four 25,000 chips for a total of a bet of 100,000, Leng thought it over for a few seconds and put in a stack of 5,000 chips to make the call. Tsai tabled for a pair of aces and Leng mucked his hand.
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