Right before players headed off on a 20-minute break Ben Sabrin doubled up.

His last $300k went all-in on the flop with the board reading 8 7 4 and he got the call from Giovanni Marcacci with A 8. With pocket jacks, Sabrin would need to dodge an eight, ace or any spade and managed to double up when the 7 turn and K river did not improve Marcacci's hand.

Sabrin's now got over $600k and Marcacci will be crippled when they come back from break.

Tom Schneider is out eighth after a stellar play by Ryan Young checking a straight twice. The action was a battle of the blinds as Young limped from the small blind and Schneider checked his option.

The flop came 10 4 9 and both players checked. The J hit on the turn and Young checked, as did Schneider. It turned out the river was a great card for Young as the 9 fell and he checked again. Schneider made it $40k and Young came over the top, putting Tom all-in for his tournament life. He made the call felting K-9 for the rivered trips, but was done in by Young's slyly played Q-8 for the turned straight.

Schneider cashes $38,928.

John Devia just called a $36,000 pre-flop raise from Don Nicholson. He also just called a $50k raise from Nicholson on the A 10 J flop. The turn came the A and once again, Devia flat-called a $50k raise from Nicholson.

On the river, the story changed as the 5 fell and Nicholson led out $50,000. Instead of calling, Devia raised another $100k, forcing Nicholson to a tough decision.

Nicholson called and was surprised to see his pocket kings beat not by an ace, but by Devia's boxcars making him tens-full.

Add another $250k to the massive mountain of chips Devia has been building since Day 1.

Giovanni Marcacci just made his most aggressive play of the final table so far. After Ben Sabrin made it $32k to go and John Devia limped, Marcacci popped it to $132k.

Just enough to force folds from Sabrin and Devia.

After Donald Nicholson made it $35,000 to go before the flop Ryan Young re-popped to $105,000 total. After it folded back to Nicholson he tanked it for a while before pushing all-in for his remaining $300k.

It didn't take very long before Young made the call showing his monster K K. Unfortunately for him, Nicholson's bigger, badder monster was the A A and it got even worse when the flop brought the A 3 7.

Drawing to running kings, Young was done when the J and 3 filled Nicholson up. While Don doubles up to around the $700k mark, Young is now under $200,000.

Here's the updated chip counts from the break:

John Devia $929,000

Ryan Young $703,000

Giovanni Marcacci $477,000

Ben Sabrin $354,000

Donald Nicholson $317,000

Tom Schneider $306,000

Bart Tichelman $297,000

Mark Garner $231,000

 

Blindage upage folks and we're back from the short break.

The players have headed off on a five-minute break and the blinds go up when we return!

Mark Garner shoved his last $130k in the pot following a Tom Schneider open raise of $30,000.

The 2007 WSOP POY quickly called hoping his nines were the best hand. They were not. Garner held jacks and the jacks held when the final board read A 5 4 10 5.

Garner doubles and Schneider takes a hit he can hardly afford.

John Devia is holding a big stack and wielding it like a big stick.

After a Don Nicholson $30k raise and a call from Tom Schneider, Devia wasted little time measuring out an additional $75k to pump in the pot.

The big raise was enough to scare off both Nicholson and Schneider!