Sam Higgs raised the pot before the flop and Joshua Budin defended his big blind. On the flop , Higgs shoved and was called.
Higgs:
Budin:
"Nice, how much is it," Budin asked the dealer before the fell on the turn. "####'n hell," Higgs let out and the table including Higgs burst out in laughter. However, the river ensured a split pot and Higgs sat back down.
Just after the break, Michael Zowie was moved over to table 34 and his stack had melted. Zowie just raised the pot for 28,000 from under the gun and all his opponents folded to let the move go through, Zowie is still in desperate need of a double.
Sam Higgs raised to 21,000 from under the gun and Joshua Budin called in the big blind. On the flop , Budin checked and then folded to the shove of Higgs for 43,000. He was shown for a pair of kings and the up-and-down straight draw.
On the flop , Billy Argyros was at risk for his last 17,000 chips and Nikolaos Solomos called. "Just put a diamond there," Argyros asked and tabled the . Solomos was drawing thin with and failed to improve with the turn and river.
Before the flop , 90,000 chips went into the middle of the table between Joshua Budin and Sam Higgs. The remainder then got in with Budin being the player at risk for 129,000 and he had cracked aces until then without having the hand locked up.
Budin:
Higgs:
The turn gave Budin a full house and the river was a brick, giving the huge pot to Budin and leaving Higgs short.
The start-of-the-day chip leader is the bubble boy of the event! Short, Tam Truong raised to 21,000 with 20,000 behind and Ilias Sagias called on the button and the flop came .
Truong shoved and was called. "You got the spades as well?" Sagias asked and then sighed as his concern was confirmed.
Truong:
Sagias:
The turn and river completed a straight for Sagias and Truong bubbled.
Billy Argyros returned to his seat too late and missed the big blind to forfeit 6,000 chips of his short stack. The next hand, Joshua Budin raised to 21,000 and Argyros folded the small blind too.
, Higgs shoved and was called.
fell on the turn. "####'n hell," Higgs let out and the table including Higgs burst out in laughter. However, the 
river ensured a split pot and Higgs sat back down.
, Budin checked and then folded to the shove of Higgs for 43,000. He was shown 
for a pair of kings and the up-and-down straight draw.
. Solomos was drawing thin with 
turn and 
river.
, 90,000 chips went into the middle of the table between Joshua Budin and Sam Higgs. The remainder then got in with Budin being the player at risk for 129,000 and he had cracked aces until then without having the hand locked up.
river was a brick, giving the huge pot to Budin and leaving Higgs short.
turn and 
river completed a straight for Sagias and Truong bubbled.
