Mike Sowers started the day near the top of the leaderboard and hasn't shown any sign of slowing down. Sowers and one other player check-called a bet of 4,000 from Neal Wang on a board of . When the river fell a seeming blank, , Sowers led out for 13,000. Neither of his opponents put up the chips to see Sowers' cards.
At a table on the other side of the room, Todd Brunson bet 25,000 into a pot of 32,000 on a board of . His lone opponent, Steven Rosen, had about 20,000 chips left in his stack. Rosen hemmed and hawed for a minute before releasing his hand.