Gregory Milliron raised to 135,000 from under the gun, and Joe McKeehen three-bet to 360,000 from the small blind. Milliron thought for a moment and moved all in for 1,355,000. McKeehen took another look back at his cards before deciding to call.
Milliron was at risk but ahead with , and McKeehen held for a coin flip.
On a board reading with about 500,000 in the pot already, Michael Moore bet, and Brandon Wise shoved all in, having him covered by miles. Moore stood up, thought for a moment, and slid some chips in the middle to call.
Moore was at risk with for a pair of kings with a ten kicker, and Wise had him dominated with for kings with an ace kicker.
The turn was the , and the river was the , sending Moore to the rail and preventing him from winning his second WSOP gold bracelet for the time being.
Ihar Soika was in the small blind with action folded to him, and he bet enough to put Stanley Lee all in from the big blind. Lee took a couple of minutes before pushing his chips in to call.
Lee tabled
Soika showed
The board ran out , and Lee got a favorable river to double up and cross the million-chip mark.
Mark Mazza was all in for his last 1,485,000 from the cutoff, and Scott Montgomery was left to act from middle position. It appeared that Montgomery had the bets pulled in the middle before making his decision, and there was already about 1,200,000 in the middle at that point. Eventually, he called.
Mazza tabled , and Montgomery revealed for a coin flip.
The flop came , and Montgomery took the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the , and the river was the , sending Mazza home.
Without any big hands developing, there was a string of consecutive pots that Maurice Hawkins just played. He started the hands with about 4.1 million in chips.
Hand 1: Hawkins raised in the hijack to 210,000. Richard Ma was in the small blind and moved all in. After a long tank, Hawkins folded his hand, saying that he folded a big pair and that Ma has always had it.
Hand 2: Hawkins was in middle position and raised to 200,000. Saya Ono was in the big blind and three-bet to 660,000, Hawkins called. The flop was , and Hawkins folded to Ono's bet of 600,000.
Hand 3: Hawkins raised in early position and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand 4: Hawkins was under the gun and raised to 225,000. Ma was in the hijack and three-bet to 525,000, Hawkins called. The flop was , and Hawkins check-folded after Ha moved all in. Hawkins flashed , and Ma showed .
Hand 5: Gregory Milliron was under the gun and raised to 175,000. Hawkins defended his big blind. The flop was , and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Hawkins had bet 140,000 blind before the turn was flipped over, and Milliron folded.
Hawkins is in total game mode, mixing it up with the high blinds and antes, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see some fireworks if this keeps up.
While the 31 remaining players are all notable in their own right, there are still plenty of familiar faces left from a field that began with 6,717 entries. Scott Montgomery has 8,000,000, while Brian Yoon is nursing a short stack that is a little over a million.
Here is a look at the notables still left in the Monster Stack:
Will Failla and Alex Benjamen got it all in preflop with Benjamen covered and at risk.
Failla tabled
Benjamen showed
The flop was all it took, as it came down , giving Faila the nut flush and leaving Benjamen drawing dead. The turn and river were a and a , and Failla continued his upward trend.