Nick Schulman entered heads up play against Filippo Candio down about 4-to-1 in chips, but he has just taken the chip lead after a great call on the river. We caught the action on the turn with the board reading . Schulman bet out around 3,000 and Candio called. The river brought the and Candio bet out 6,400, about 2/3 of Schulman's remaining stack. Schulman thought for about a minute before flinging the chips in for the call. Candio hit the table a few times to signify good call, and flipped up . Schulman showed for a rivered pair of aces. Schulman now has a 2-to-1 chip lead over Candio.
Eric Baldwin and David Pham are also heads up at their respective tables. Both players look to be about even with their opponents.
Marc Inizan and Dan O'Brien are locked in a big heads up duel, with a lot of preflop aggression.
O'Brien raised to 700 and Inizan snap-reraised to 2,300 to win the pot. The next and saw Inizan limp, O'Brien raise to 1,100 before Inizan make it 3,500 - the Frenchman then instantly folding when O'Brien slid out 10,000 more. It's a brutal looking battle
Steve Barshak, Dan Kelly, and Blair Hinkle have all won their first tables and are now in the money as well. Joe Tehan and Matthew Jarvis are also big chip leaders heads up at their tables.
We didn't catch the hand, but Daniel Negreanu was kind enough to relay what happened in the final hand. Negreanu minraised with and his opponent shoved with . The flop came out and the turn came another and he shipped the pot for his first cash of the series.
Filippo Candio has a big lead over Nick Schulman in their heads up duel. Blair Hinkle is also heads up with a big lead, while Daniel Alaei has also made it to the final two, but he has a tall mountain to climb against his opponent.
Players are back from their second break of the day. With many tables down to two or three players there is sure to be a lot of exciting action as the blinds continue to increase!
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. Schulman bet out around 3,000 and Candio called. The river brought the 
and Candio bet out 6,400, about 2/3 of Schulman's remaining stack. Schulman thought for about a minute before flinging the chips in for the call. Candio hit the table a few times to signify good call, and flipped up 
. Schulman showed 
for a rivered pair of aces. Schulman now has a 2-to-1 chip lead over Candio.
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