Paul Phua raised to 50,000 from the hijack before Daniel Dvoress reraised to 200,000 in the small blind. Phua then shoved all in for 320,000 and Dvoress called.
Paul Phua:
Daniel Dvoress:
The board ran out and Phua's aces held up to rocket him to a double up.
As most of the players had already left for dinner break, Mike Watson and Ben Heath were still involved in a big hand. The pot was roughly 600,000 on a board showing .
Heath moved all in, covering the 650,000 stack of Watson. Without much thought, Watson flicked in a chip for his tournament life and Heath rolled over for trips, but was no good when Watson revealed for a better kicker. Watson scooped in the massive pot to put him over the two million mark and new chip leader.
A few hands earlier Kevin Paque busted Artur Martirosian with tens against threes and he was at it again when he raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Christoph Vogelsang moved all in from the button for 311,000, which Paque quickly called.
Christoph Vogelsang:
Kevin Paque:
The same scenario that just took place happened again. The board ran out and the tens for Paque held once more to send Vogelsang to the exit.