Shawn Buchanan was absolutely destroying the money bubble, building his chip lead up to 240k before losing a three-way all in for a pot worth 280k.  He held KhKc versus Craig Marquis JdJh and Matt Gianetti's AsKs.  The board fell 10h8s3dQsAd.  Gianetti moved up to 280k and Buchanan dropped to 119k.

Buchanan's friends claim his greatest strength lies in his ability to steam-control and not go on tilt.  Losing a pot that would have given him a crushing chip lead when he had his opponents dominated will put this patience and discipline to the test.

FBT got it all in with two overcards and a straight draw against Jason Lester's 22 but didn't improve, doubling up Lester.  He then got coolered in a blind-against-blind hand when he held KQ versus AQ on a Q high flop before finally going bust with AQ versus 1010.  The door card was an A but a 10 quickly followed it. 

Allen Cunningham has slowly chipped up today to 120k after starting out at 49k.  Other notable pros include chip leader Gavin Griffin at 310k, Humberto Brenes, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Jeff Lisandro, Scott Fischman, Farzad Bonyadi, Michael Binger, Joe Sebok, and Chris Ferguson.