Day 3: The Final Eleven...?
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And so the last 11 players were sent to bed last night without knowing which eight would be seated at the final table. They'll return today on two tables, ready to play all the way down to a champion.
When Rule 96 was invoked to suspend play last night, Eric Drache was the chip leader at 785,000 chips and Tim Phan was the short stack at 53,000 chips. But fortunes can change fast enough in poker; just ask Daniel Negreanu, who took a depleted stack of 9,000 chips four hours into the day yesterday and rode it all the way into the money. Or maybe Ray Dehkharghani, who was down to 3,000 chips at the end of the night and climbed back to 141,000.
Play kicks off at 1pm local time. At some point before the night is over, another bracelet will have an owner. Stick around!
. Dehkharghani raised the 
and it was just those two players to fourth street. Each caught a small suited card -- 
for Pescatori, 
for Dehkharghani. Pescatori checked, then raised after Dehkharghani bet. Dehkharghani called.
for Pescatori and 
for Dehkharghani. Dehkharghani had first action. He checked and called a bet to pair fives on sixth street. Pescatori drew a third club, the 
. All the rest of the chips went in there, with Dehkharghani leading out, then re-raising all in after a raise from Pescatori. Pescatori opened 
for a made flush. Dehkharghani showed 
for a pair of fives and a flush draw. He needed a heart on the river and didn't get it. He's out.
. His board ran out 
