From the hijack, Brandon Shack-Harris opened for 360,000. His neighbor, Jerry Wong in the cutoff, potted for 1,320,000. The button and both blinds got out of the way and Shack-Harris called.
The tournament chipleader checked on . Wong didn't hesitate moving in for 1,080,000. Shack-Harris tanked for some time before releasing his cards to the muck.
In the very first hand of play, Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 360,000 first to act and was called by Rep Porter in the big blind. The flop of was checked through and Porter checked the turn. Shack-Harris bet 300,000 and Porter called.
After the river, Porter checked and Shack-Harris gave it some thought before betting 1,000,000, half of what Porter had left in his stack. The call of Porter followed after some consideration and Shack-Harris rolled over for a full house Porter mucked.
Shack-Harris is sporting the "Cocaine Piss" shirt, a band from Belgium, which was also worn by music producer Steven Albini on his way to win his first bracelet on this very feature table in Event #31: $1,500 Seven Card Stud.
The dealer has started the shuffle, and the action on the extra fourth day of play is underway. Blinds are still 80,000 and 160,000 with 27 minutes left in the level.
A star-studded field returns to the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino today for the extra fourth day of Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship. From a field of 476, Five bracelet winners and a November Niner have made the final six in this prestigious event.
Each player is guaranteed $157,097 for sixth place right now, with a top prize of $1,018,336 up for grabs for the one who can outlast his five opponents.
After a dramatic last few hours on Day 3, Brandon Shack-Harris shot towards the top of the leaderboard and bagged up 7,730,000 to end the day as the chip leader. Shack-Harris already has 30 WSOP results, two bracelets, and more than $2.8 million in WSOP cashes to his name. Can he add bracelet number three and another million to his résumé?
There are 27 minutes remaining in Level 30 at blinds of 80,000/160,000 with play being live streamed on a 30-minute delay on PokerCentral's Twitch channel. PokerNews will provide all the action as it happens as of 2 p.m. local time.