Michael Zowie raised to 5,000 from middle position, and Steven "Cornell Fiji" Ware reraised pot behind him. It folded back around to Zowie, who asked for a count of Ware's remaining chips. Ware had just 8,000 left. Zowie made the call.
The flop came . Zowie checked, and Ware put his remaining chips in the middle. Zowie thought a moment, then folded.
Ware is up to 55,000, while Zowie has now slipped to 15,000.
Steven Ware is back down to 25,000 after losing a pot to Tracy Scala. Steven stayed in to the hand until the river but mucked upon seeing Scala's full house.
Nathan Hagens opened with a pot-sized raise to 7,000 in middle position. Clonie Gowen reraised to 24,000 from the cutoff, and Hagens called with his remaining chips.
Hagens
Gowen
As often happens in these aces-vs.-aces confrontations, the players' other two cards determine how the hand goes. The flop came , giving Hagens a set of sixes, and Gowen couldn't come back.
Hagens bumps up to 80,000, while Gowen slips to 70,000.
After some preflop betting, Michael Schwartz led out for 15,000 from the small blind on a flop of . Jared Hamby, on the button, thought a bit and let it go. Hamby has dipped under 50,000. Schwartz is up to 118,500.
Hamby is one of several players with below-average stacks who will need to tread carefully here as we approach the money bubble.
48 players return today and their first aim is to get into the top 36, as this is where the money starts. We have a fair few short stacks so they will have to gamble a bit to make it.
After the bubble bursts, the remaining players will hope to make it through to tomorrow and therefore make a WSOP final table.