Joshua Malone is the current chip leader, and he just extended his lead at the expense of Michael Guzzardi. Guzzardi and Malone were at the river on a board of . 9,000 chips had already made their way into the pot. Guzzardi was first to act and opted to lead out for 5,400. Malone raised him to 25,000 and Guzzardi called with . He might have thought the pot was going to be split -- that Malone would turn over an ace of his own for matching sevens full of aces -- but Malone had flopped middle set with and had a bigger full house, eights full of sevens.
Guzzardi is down to 40,000. Malone is currently leading the tournament with approximately 230,000.