Chance Kornuth and Takashi Matsushita had just tabled their cards from middle position and the hijack respectively for an all-in preflop situation with Matsushita at risk for his last 220,000 or so.
Chance Kornuth: 
Takashi Matsushita: 
The board ran out clean for Matsushita, coming 
as he secured the double, finding himself back above a ten-big-blind stack.
Sam Greenwood raised to 65,000 from mid-position and Dejan Pustoslemsek three-bet to 200,000 on his direct left. Action folded back to Greenwood who made the call.
The flop came 
, Greenwood check-called the 160,000 continuation-bet of Pustoslemsek.
They both checked through the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. Greenwood grabbed one of his bigger sized 500,000-value chips and added two purple 100,000-value chips to it for a 700,000 bet. Pustoslemsek took one more peek at his hole cards before opting to fold.
Mostafa Ashkarkhizani called the bet of 160,000 made by Antonio Esfandiari who was on the button on a board that read 
. The river came the 
. This time Ashkarkhizani led out with a bet of 225,000. Esfandiari considered the bet as the ESPN cameras surrounded him before laying down his holding to send the pot to his immediate right to Ashkarkhizani.
In what was at least the third multiway pot involving Sulabh Choudhury, Andy Hwang, and William Romaine, Choudhury opened to 60,000 from under the gun and both Hwang and Romaine called from the immediate two positions to Choudhury's left.
The flop was 
and all three players checked. The turn then came 
. Choudhury bet 80,000 and Hwang put in a raise to 280,000. Romaine folded and Choudhury took about 20 seconds before doing the same, resulting in Hwang winning this round among the three.
"Players, you should be back in your seats. Fifteen, thirty, with a thirty," staff announced and the cards are back in the air with 67 minutes remaining at blinds of 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.
The next break will be a hard stop at 5.37 p.m. local time for 15 minutes and it was also confirmed that an additional half level will be played at the end of the night.
Four tables here.
More to follow....
With 1:07:00 remaining on the clock, the remaining 261 players are now taking their 75-minute dinner break part way through the second level of the day. They will return at 4:30 p.m. and will continue with the blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. There will be three tables that will be moved to the feature tables for live coverage airing on ESPN on a 30-minute delay.
Here is a look at what happened in the past hour:
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