Dan Heimiller had a short stack at risk with against and his outs increased dramatically with the flop. Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Heimiller lost another 9,900 on top of his raise.
The past 10 minutes we have seen at least six raises, all in moves and tank-folds. Yes, we are getting really close to the money. There are 58 players left and 54 will get cash and a flag on the Hendon Mob.
Uros Brkic already took a lot of chips from Joachim Chia and he just knocked out Andrew Roberts in a battle of the blinds. It was a flip with the for Brkic in the small blind and the for Roberts one seat over.
The flop was already quite scary and Roberts tapped the table when the appeared on the turn. Only a deuce could save Roberts but the river sent him to the rail just shy of the money.
There was not even any hand-for-hand play activated yet as two players busted at almost the same time. While the floor announced to hold the action after their current hand was completed, Paul Sharbanee moved all in on table 26. Zane Ly was in the blinds and made the call with out of the big blind.
It was a flip against the of Sharbanee and two queens appeared on the flop. Neither turn nor the river delivered one of the two remaining jacks in the deck and suddenly everyone was in the money.
The money bubble burst a few minutes ago and it didn't take long for the first player to join the rail. Brandon Shack-Harris would be next after losing a race versus fellow short stack Mace Turco with versus . The American improved on the flop, but Turco binked the on the river.
That hand left Shack-Harris with only a few big blinds and he busted shortly after against Jeff Madsen.
From middle position, George Danzer raised to 2,000. Dan Heimiller called from the hijack seat, and then Jamie Pickering called on the button. The three players saw the flop come down , and Danzer led with a bet of 2,700. After Heimiller folded, Pickering made the call.
The turn was the , and Danzer checked. Pickering bet 4,700, and Danzer called to see the complete the board on the river. Both players checked.
Pickering showed the , and Danzer mucked his hand.
With the elimination of Brandon Shack-Harris in 53rd place, he earned 8.5 additional points for World Series of Poker Player of the Year. Shack-Harris now leads with 760.5 points, but second place George Danzer is still alive. According to BLUFF Magazine's Kevin Mathers, Danzer now needs to finish 27th or better to overtake Shack-Harris. Danzer currently has 745.2 points.
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From middle position, Stephen Lindeblad raised to 2,200. Julius Colman called on the button, and everyone else folded before the dealer fanned out the flop. Lindeblad checked, and Colman checked.
The turn was the , and Lindeblad led with a bet of 2,700. Colman called, and the landed on the river. Lindeblad and Colman both checked.
Lindeblad revealed the , but that was no good against Colman's slow-played and he won the pot.
"If I shove, you call," said Colman in a somewhat regretting tone as if to convey that he missed out on an opportunity to double up.
"What?!?!" blurted out Lindeblad. "No way! What am I beating? A pair of sevens? At worst you've got ace-king and I'm flipping. The bottom of your range is ace-king."
We spotted Scott Clements in the $2,200 Event 2 and the start-of-the-day chip leader has indeed been eliminated just before the money after pretty much losing every single hand he played. The one to have benefited the most from this losing streak was Didier Guerin, who got moved into the seat next to Clements after the elimination of Ismael Bojang.