Matthew Vengrin raised from the button and called a three-bet from Sigurd Eskeland in the small blind. The flop was and Eskeland bet with Vengrin raising and Eskeland re-raising all in. Vengrin made the call and it was time to see some cards.
Eskeland:
Vengrin:
Eskeland's aces were ahead and he was drawing to a lower low. The turn was the the , giving Vengrin two pair and Eskeland a better low, but the on the river gave Eskeland a higher two pair to go with his low, leading him to scoop the pot.
Eskeland now has 250,000 chips while Vengrin is at 575,000.
Action folded to Jared Jaffee in the small blind and he raised it to make it to bets. Matt Vengrin was in the big blind and made the call. The flop came down and Jaffee bet. Vengrin raised and Jaffee called.
The turn card brought the and both players checked. They also checked after the fell on the river.
Jaffee tabled the for sevens and deuce with an ace and a live ace for the low. He beat Vengrin's and scooped the pot.
Vengrin dropped to 470,000 in chips and Jaffee moved back up to 240,000.
Scott Seiver raised, Jared Jaffee called from the button, Matt Vengrin called from the small blind and Sigurd Eskeland called from the big blind. The four of them took a flop of and Vengrin led out with a bet. Eskeland raised and Seiver folded. Jaffee made the call and Vengrin folded, leaving the action heads up to the turn.
The turn brought the and the river the . Eskeland and Jaffee checked both the turn and the river. Eskeland tabled the to beat Jaffee's and won the pot. He moved up to 400,000 while Jaffee was knocked back down to 185,000.
Stud
Todd Brunson: (X) /
Nikolai Yakovenko: /
Steve Sung: (X)(X) / (X)
Steve Sung was the first to act in what would be Todd Brunson's last hand when he completed with both Brunson and Nikolai Yakovenko calling.
Brunson bet all in on fourth street with Sung raising and Yakovenko calling. Sung also check-called a bet from Yakovenko on fifth street and sixth street, but folded to a bet on the river.
Yakovenko tabled a full house and Brunson was unable to beat him.
We're now down to nine players, which means it's time to move to our unofficial final table.
Here's the redraw for the final table. There's still nine players remaining, which means this isn't an official WSOP final table. Once we lose one more it will be official. Here are the seating assignments.
Seat 1: Alexander Wice
Seat 2: Steve Sung
Seat 3: Scott Seiver
Seat 4: Matt Vengrin
Seat 5: Kirill Rabtsov
Seat 6: Jared Jaffee
Seat 7: Stephen Su
Seat 8: Nikolai Yakovenko
Seat 9: Sigured Eskeland
Kirill Rabtsov was all in from middle position holding the . Nikolai Yakovenko called from the cutoff seat with the . The board ran out and Rabtsov faded elimination to double back over 165,000.
Stephen Su raised from middle position to 28,000. Matt Vengrin called out of the big blind and the flop came down . Vengrin check-called a bet of 31,000 from Su on the flop before moving to the turn.
Fourth street brought the and Vengrin check-called another bet. This one was worth 56,000 from Su.
The river completed the board with the and Vengrin checked. Su fired 111,000, not showing any signs of slowing down. Vengrin finally gave it up and folded.
Three players saw the flop come . Those three were Jared Jaffee, Steve Sung and Matt Vengrin. Jaffee was up first and checked. Sung fired 25,000 and Vengrin made the call. Jaffee got out of the way.
The turn brought the and Sung fired 62,000. Vengrin raised all in for 226,000 total. Sung went into the tank for quite some time before making the call.
Vengrin tabled the , but was out-kicked by Sung's .
The river landed with the and Sung's kicked held up, giving him the best hand and the elimination of Vengrin in ninth place. Vengrin took home over $18,000 for his finish.
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and Eskeland bet with Vengrin raising and Eskeland re-raising all in. Vengrin made the call and it was time to see some cards.
, giving Vengrin two pair and Eskeland a better low, but the 
on the river gave Eskeland a higher two pair to go with his low, leading him to scoop the pot.
and Jaffee bet. Vengrin raised and Jaffee called.
and both players checked. They also checked after the 
for sevens and deuce with an ace and a live ace for the low. He beat Vengrin's 
and scooped the pot.
and Vengrin led out with a bet. Eskeland raised and Seiver folded. Jaffee made the call and Vengrin folded, leaving the action heads up to the turn.
and the river the 
to beat Jaffee's 
and won the pot. He moved up to 400,000 while Jaffee was knocked back down to 185,000.
(X) / 
/ 
. Those three were Jared Jaffee, Steve Sung and Matt Vengrin. Jaffee was up first and checked. Sung fired 25,000 and Vengrin made the call. Jaffee got out of the way.
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and both players checked.