With about 5,500 in the pot and the board reading , the small blind checked. A player in the big blind bet out 3,500. The hijack called and Danny Wong in the cutoff raised all in. The small blind folded and the big blind put all of his chips in, totalling roughly 7,000. The hijack tanked for a minute and folded.
Wong tabled for a set of tens. The big blind showed for a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.
The turn was the and the river the , giving Wong a full house and a massive stack at this stage of the tournament.
Players are now on dinner break and play will resume in 90 minutes. Late registration will remain open until the end of the dinner break. There are 1,692 confirmed unique entries at this point.
The registration period has come to an end and, according to the board, there were 1,748 unique entries. Final numbers will be tabulated and, when the prizepool becomes available, it will be posted.
The final numbers are in and there were 1,763 total unique entries with 612 players remaining as of this moment. The top 265 players will be paid out of the $2,380,050 prize pool. First place is worth $395,918 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. A min-cash in 265th place will receive $2,249. Full payouts will be posted shortly.
Peter Columbe was in late position and moved all in for 3,400. Bruce Buffer was in the hijack and called.
Columbe tabled and Buffer showed .
The flop was , looking good for Buffer. The hit the turn and, barring a ten, Buffer had the pot locked up. The river was flipped over and, low and behold, it was the , giving Columbe the straight and keeping him alive.