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Marco Traniello is no more for this bracelet.
He got his last few chips in with 
on an 
flop but found himself thoroughly out-kicked by Ilya Sheyn holding 
. The turn and river came down the blank 
and 
respectively, and Mr. Jennifer Harman headed for the payout desk.
There was a raise and a reraise preflop and so it was that Matthew Matros and Jason Potter saw a flop, Potter in position.
The action went check-bet-call down every street of the 
board, at the end of which Potter turned over 
for top two pair. Matros couldn't beat it and dropped to 120,000. Potter meanwhile increased his stack to 175,000.
We arrived when the flop had been laid out to see Jason Potter check-call a bet from Kirk Banks on a flop reading 
. Both players checked when the came on the turn, with Banks betting the on the river. Potter called and Banks said "Ace high", mucking his cards when Potter showed 
.
Kirk Banks was on the button and raised preflop with Ilya Sheyn re-raising from the small blind. Banks called and they got to see a flop.
The flop came 
. Sheyn bet, Banks raised, and Sheyn called. When the 
came on the turn, Sheyn elected to check-call a bet from Banks. However, betting increased when the came on the river. Shayne bet and called a raise from Banks, but mucked his cards when Banks turned up 
for a queen-high straight.
Kurt Maier, short-stacked for a very long time, raised preflop and called the reraise from Ahmad Abghari. The rest of Maier's chips went in on the flop.
Maier:
Abghari:
Board: 
"I had it I had it I had it I had it ace deuce of hearts," was the commentary from Patti Gallagher as the board rolled out. Either way, though, Maier busted out and Abghari took the pot to put him up to 260,000.
Tran Dean was all in preflop and found himself in a classic race situation against his opponent Mark Burford.
Dean: 
Burford: 
It didn't take Dean long to pull ahead. The flop came 
and Burford was unable in improve through the 
on the turn or the on the river.
Hope Williams raised in mid position and Terrence Chan reraised from the button. Williams called, and they saw a flop.
Flop: 
Williams check-raised; Chan bet-called.
Turn:
Williams bet out again and Chan raised. Williams called all in and they flipped their cards.
Williams: for nothing more than a gutshot
Chan: for top two pair
River: a completely blank
Kirk Banks check-called a bet from Ilya Sheyn on the 
flop before both players checked the 
turn. All good so far. They saw the river.
The river came down the and Banks checked again. Sheyn banged his fist on the table. "You got it?" he asked. Sheyn nodded. "Good answer," said Banks, and tanked for a while. The he called.
Banks turned over 
and Sheyn immediately mucked. One mgiht infer from this that he did not, indeed, have it.
Commented tablemate Ben Lamb, "Limit hold'em is a joke. You know you're calling no matter what."
Banks is up to 253,000.
Level: 18
Blinds: /
Ante:
It has been a long, long day and the current plan is to quit after this level, whether or not we manage to make it to a final. Poker players need their beauty sleep, too.
