DJ Buckley made it 60,000 and got called by Carl Carodenuto and Cameron Leibfried in the blinds.
The flop was checked to Buckley and he made it 200,000. Carodenuto shipped it in for a little more and after a Leibfried fold, Buckley called with the .
Carodenuto had the and aces miraculously held on the run out.
Kirby Rogers continues to slide here after just doubling up Vladimir Revniaga.
Rogers opened the button for 50,000 and Revniaga shoved the big blind for a little under 200,000. Roger's snapped with the and Revniaga was racing with the .
Jeremy Dresch three-bet preflop and Saad Ghanem four-bet. Dresch called, setting up a massive heads-up confrontation.
Ghanem checked the flop, but when Dresch bet, he jammed all in. Dresch folded and Ghanem showed two aces, moving up to two million in chips.
In the meantime, Kirby Rogers busted both Justin Thurlow and John Hayes, making a straight to best Thurlow's ace-high and holding with king's against Hayes'.
He's now got 1.7 million and it's these two that hold the lead.
Matt Vaughan shipped it in huge with big slick over a Saad Ghanem three-bet. Ghaneem called with two kings, held and he vaulted into the chip lead with just 18 remaining.