Human Rain Delay
Hoyt Corkins has been reraised numerous times and each time it has taken him a while to fold.  Corkins takes minutes to fold as he is posturing as if he has a big hand.  It has slowed play down, but clearly he thinks its necessary to keep his intimidating image.

Alan Sass Eliminated 4th ($132,471)
Sass raises from the button and Corkins pushes with A10.  Sass insta-calls with AK and the first four cards come 987A.  Corkins is open ended, but spikes his 10 on the river to take out Sass.  Sass is eliminated in 4th place for a $132,471 payday.

William Lin Eliminated 3rd ($196,758)
Lin raised to $60,000 and was called by Terence Chan.  The flop came AQ3, Chan checks and Lin bets.  Chan check raised all in and it  took Lin only a seconds to call with AJ.  He celebrates when Chan shows A6 but the turn comes 6 and Chan takes the lead in the hand.  Things got confusing during the webcast when commentator Howard David mistakenly called the action as if Chan had just lost the hand and had busted.   Once the confusion had been taken care of, Lin was taken from the tent in third place for a $196,758 payday.

Blinds
The blins are $8,000-$16,000 with a $2,000 ante.

Tight Play
Play in the six handed event has started slowly.  Only one flop so far and it was checked down to the river before any money went into the pot. 

Jim Pittman Eliminated 6th ($63,118)
Willam Lin raises from late position with 88 and Pittman moves all in for $143,000 with A9.  Lin makes the call and the board comes 742105, Pittman gets no help and is sent home in 6th place.

Hoyt Corkins Cowboy's Up
Alan Sass raises to $44,000 with AJ and Hoyt Corkins makes the call with A9.  The flop comes A97 and Sass is in trouble.  Corkins leads for $65,000 and Sass just calls.  The turn is the 3 and Corkins leads again, this time for $200,000.  Again Sass just calls and the river is the 9, filling up Corkins.  Corkins fires out a $400,000 bet and Sass makes the call.  Corkins has just taken a huge chip lead at the final table.

Kelly Vander-Mheen Eliminated 5th ($96,431)
Vander-Mheen raises with 76 and Corkins reraises with AA,  Vander-Mheen makes the call and the flop comes K72.  Vander-Mheen moves all in and Corkins insta-calls.  The next two cards blank and Vander-Mheen is send home in 5th place. 

Lucky Number Seven

With seven players remaining action was consolidated down to one table. Joe Tehan was busted along the way. Steve Wong moved all in on the first hand at the table and Kelly Vandemheen folded after making a $40,000 raise. Wong moved all in again on the next hand over the top of Hoyt Corkins. Corkins went into the tank for a while and asked for a count of Wong's raise. The all-in bet was $572,000 and Corkins had it covered. He counted out the chips required for the call and then stood up from the table. He removed his glasses, thought for a while longer, then made the call. Corkins flipped over 9 9 and Wong showed down A K. The board was dealt Q 5 3 2 J and Corkins jumped into the chip lead with the flush. Action ended for the night and the players will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow for the ESPN final table.

Final Table

The final table was then set:

Seat No. 1: Terrance Chan - $502,000
Seat No. 2: Alan Sass - $1,217,000
Seat No. 3: William Lin - $736,000
Seat No. 4: James Pittman - $127,000
Seat No. 5: Kelly Vandemheen - $307,000
Seat No. 6: Hoyt Corkins - $1,371,000