PATRICK TAKES THE LEAD

BJ McBrayer opens to 180,000 and Joshua Patrick makes the call. Both players check the    flop, then McBrayer bets 160,000 on the  turn and Patrick 3-bets to 380,000, with McBrayer quickly calling.

The river is  and Patrick leads out for a 675,000 bet, sending McBrayer deep, deep, deep in to the tank.

Nearly five minutes runs off before Patrick calls the clock.

HPT Tournament Director Jeremy Smith gives the instructions about the 30-second countdown, and runs the clock all the way down to 2 seconds before McBrayer calls, snapping down a stack of blue 25k chips.

Patrick shows   for a flopped two pair that went Boat on the River.

From more than a 7-1 chip deficit to start heads-up play, some 55 minutes later Patrick has fought all the way back to gain the chiplead.

Patrick is at 3.4 million
McBrayer is at 2.6 million.

There's a LevelUp mow, action moving to

SB Ante - 50k
Blinds - 50k/100k
Remaining - /199

-- Dan Ross, Hold'em Live Updates