...And, We're Done
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Overall, it was another fairly quiet day at Caesars, though many players showed more emotion than they did on Day 1. Early on, Phil Gordon looked down-right pained when Phil Laak caught a miracle 10 on the river to make a match-winning straight. The table turned on Laak in the Round of 16 though when Jason Mercier caught a river two-outer to send Laak crashing out of the tournament.
Jen Harman was bounced in the Round of 32, but didn't leave until she gave a piece of her mind to an over-exuberant Jerry Yang supporter in the gallery. Shockingly enough, the player most would have expected an outburst from -- Phil Hellmuth -- left quietly after calling all in against Annette Obrestad with a hand that Hellmuth claimed "could only beat a pure bluff." Obrestad wasn't bluffing.
What started as a quiet match between Annie Duke and Paul Wasicka provided the most drama of the day as each player took turns doubling up their short stacks. The hand of the day came near the end of the match when Duke moved all in with ace-10 against Wasicka's pocket aces and proceeded to suck out a running Broadway straight with a miracle king on the river. "That was just the sickest thing ever," Duke said at the end of the hand and no one in the crowd disagreed.
The marquee match of the Elite Eight looks to be the Prince of Poker, Scotty Nguyen vs. the always unpredictable Jason Mercier in the Spades Bracket final. Former WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate will take on a former WSOP Main Event runner-up, Erik Seidel, in the Clubs Bracket final.
In the Hearts Bracket final, Doyle Brunson will face off against Dennis Phillips. And in what may be the most shocking pairing of the day, 2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang will try to continue his winning ways against Annie Duke in the Diamonds Bracket final.
Play will start early tomorrow morning, with cards aiming to be in the air somewhere around 11am. From there the cards will keep flying until only one player remains. Join us here at PokerNews to find out who that player will be.
Until then, you can find us at the bar.