Chou Chou is up 160,000 to 80,000 against Michael Drummond after forcing Drummond to use one of his lammers.
Down about 4:1 in chips, Drummond got it in with against the of Chou. The flop and turn changed nothing, but Chou caught the on the river to score the first blow.
"I would probably be better if I just didn't talk," Eevert Kokkonen just said with a big smile after winning a nice pot on the river off of Max Steinberg. The board read when Kokkonen checked to Steinberg who bet 15,000 into a 22,000 chip pot. The young Finnish player put out a raise to 53,100 and after quite some time Steinberg folded.
Steinberg has 84,000 chips and two lammers behind while Kokkonen has already cashed in both his rebuy bullets. He has 236,000 chips and is slightly trailing even though he has a chip lead due to cashing in his lammers. The two remaining lammers are worth 80,000 each.
We caught the action on a flop when Douglas Polk bet 14,500 into Andrew Lichtenberger who called from the button. The turn was the and Polk bet 28,600. Lichtenberger tanked and called giving us river action. The river was the and Polk shoved all in. Lichtenberger snap-called and mucked when his opponent turned over .
Douglas Polk is up to 320,000 while Lichtenberger had to use his lammers to get back in this match. He has 160,000 chips and there are no more lammers left behind.
We are seeing lots of action between Brock Parker and Mark Radoja. Parker, a two time WSOP bracelet winner, just managed to double through his opponent giving him the chip lead. Radoja started off by raising to 4,800 and Parker opted to make it 14,400 from the button. Radoja moved all in and Parker made the call for 83,400 chips.
Parker showed against and he was looking for a lot of help. The board brought out giving Parker a straight and the double up. He is now up to 166,800 with one lammer left behind while Radoja has 73,200 with two lammers left behind.
Picking up the action on a board, Eric Froehlich's river bet of 10,000 was min-raised to 20,000 by Tommy Chen. Froehlich countered with a re-raise all in, holding the bigger stack. Chen didn't appear thrilled to call, but he did with . Froehlich tabled for quads to win the pot.
E-Fro has a 240,000 to 80,000 lead with each player possessing one 80,000-chip lammer behind.
On a flop Igor Yaroshevskyy got his final 45,000 chips into the pot with . He was trailing Amritraj Singh who turned over and after the and he has secured himself a spot in the final 16.
Yaroshevskyy takes home $10,966 while Singh already gets $20,674. In the next round Singh will face off against Brian Hastings or Tommy Vedes.
Brock Parker started off by raising the button to 6,500 and Mark Radoja called. The flop came down and Radoja check-called 6,500. The turn was the and both players checked. On the river the popped up and Radoja lead out for 13,000. Parker made the call and mucked when Radoja showed .
Parker leads the match with 185,000 chips and one lammer behind while Radoja has 135,000 and also a lammer left behind.
Picking up the action on a board, Jeffrey Gross called 17,000 from Darren Elias to see the river which Gross checked. Elias bet 42,000, sending Gross into the tank about 60 seconds before he raised all in for 135,800. It was Elias' turn in the tank, about two minutes worth before he folded.
Elias is is down to about 120,000 with one lammer behind, while Gross has roughly 280,000 with zero lammers.