$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship (Event #73)

TK Miles was tanking in a battle of the blinds with       on the felt. Preston McEwen had bet large with 50,000 into about 55,000 and Miles was lost in thought when someone called a clock. The supervisor arrived but Miles didn't need much longer before calling. He placed the chips in front of McEwen as if conceding them, and he was right to do so since McEwen had    for queens full.

Timothy Miles	516,000	-34,000
Preston McEwen	200,000	48,400

With action picked up on the      turn, John Hashem bet 60,000 out of the small blind and Faraz Jaka called in middle position.

The river was the   and Hashem announced a huge wager of 250,000, equaling roughly the size of the pot. Jaka quickly called, but he learned that Hashem had him beat with    for a rivered full house.

Jaka flipped    for a flush and he conceded a big pot, allowing Hashem to vault over 1.4 million.

John Hashem	1,415,000	1,097,900
Faraz Jaka	350,000	-430,000

Mike Holm has added some much-needed chips to his stack after moving all in over a 9,000 open. His opponent asked for a count and thought about it for a minute or so before decided that fold was the best option.

Michael Holm

113,000

19,000

Big blind Christian Stratmeyer was facing either a bet or a raise to 52,000 with only 40,000 in the middle. Jiang Qian had made the wager with       on the felt and Stratmeyer responded with a raise to 110,000. Qian peeled his cards several times and then released.

"Nice hand," he said.

Christian Stratmeyer	600,000	-70,000
Jiang Qian	210,000	145,000

Andrew Brokos appears to be the chip leader in the Main Event currently, and his table was about to break. With a lull in proceedings as Brokos waited for the final hand to finish out, he kindly answered a few of our questions.

"I got aces versus kings and that's been my day so far!" he said. "This was a pretty tough table so I'm happy to see what fate has in store for me...spin the wheel."

And how much does he want to bag now he's reached the heady heights of severe-figure stack territory?

"I would be happy to finish the day with half this!"

Andrew Brokos

1,200,000

-60,000

Jake Schindler raised pre-flop and was re-raised all in which Schindler called quickly. He was well ahead with    against the    of his opponent. The board was queenless as it ran out       and secured Schindler the double up and continue to build his stack up from his earlier day short stack.

Also, a few other selected chip counts around pavilion green.

Anton Morgenstern	840,000	-65,000
Ricky Guan	740,000	459,200
Jake Schindler	450,000	390,000
Scott Eskenazi	365,000	136,100
Cory Albertson	180,000	-39,500
Kenny Hallaert	162,000	-48,000
Noah Schwartz	160,000	23,900
Andrey Zaichenko	92,000	18,000

A few minutes ago, Scotty Nguyen moved tables and was caught by the ESPN crew. "I am moving to table 407, baby," he said. A few minutes later, however, Nguyen was no longer to be featured on said table.

According to the ESPN camera crew, he was all in preflop and Marios Savvides, as well as Clayton Fletcher, called. On a     flop, Savvides bet and that forced out Fletcher.

Nguyen turned over kings and Savvides had    to remain ahead on a   turn and   river run out.

Marios Savvides	320,000	169,800
Clayton Fletcher	260,000	20,000
Scotty Nguyen	0	-64,000

The flop read     and the player in the middle position checked. Eric Baldwin bet 18,000 which his opponent called.

The turn was the   and Baldwin's opponent checked once more. Baldwin now fired a bet of 36,000 over the line which was enough for him to pick up the pot.

Eric Baldwin	562,000	62,000
Soren Vohrs	352,000	185,900
Max Steinberg	135,000	-3,000