Brandon Cantu opened to 50,000, only to have Mathieu Jacqmin bump it to a further 130,000 on top.
Cantu asked for a count, and once notified that Jacqmin had a further 325,000 behind, he made the call.
The flop fell down and Cantu bet out 50,000 before Jacqmin pushed all in. Cantu called and the cards were tabled.
Cantu:
Jacqmin:
When the landed on the turn, it counterfeited Cantu's low draw to leave him drawing to only a queen or three to scoop the high.
The peeled on the river to see the pot chopped up as Cantu rivered a set to stay in contention. Jacqmin headed to his rail for support as he saw his near lock on the hand cut up on the river.
Twice so far this level, Lee Watkinson has re-potted a late position raiser to see his stack grow to 550,000.
Easily the most experienced player on the table with a record of fifteen WSOP cashes and one bracelet; Watkinson will be looking to draw his years on the felt to try and pick up his second gold bracelet.
It took a while to see our first flop, but after the action folded round to Ted Weinstock on the button, he opened to 60,000 with Mathieu Jacqmin calling from the small blind.
The flop fell down and Jacqmin checked-folded following the 115,000-chip bet from Weinstock.