We caught up with the action on a board. Matt Affleck fired a 700 bet and was called by his lone opponent from the cutoff.
The river completed the board and Affleck bet 2,500, which was enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent immediately called. Affleck tabled for a flopped set, but was a little shocked to hear his opponent announce, "Straight," and flip over the for the rivered straight.
Phil Hellmuth has finally taken his seat behind his 4,000 stack. He is seated in the Black section and so far he's been very quiet with his headphones on. We'll be sure to update should anything change.
Tom Dwan rushed back to his seat from the other tournament in the Amazon room just in time for his blinds. A player under the gun raised to 400. Dwan called from the button and the player from the big blind called.
The flop ran out and the player under the gun bet 625. Dwan made the call and the player in the big blind folded. The fell on the river and Dwan's opponent made it 1,500. Dwan made the call. The hit on the river and the player under the gun bet out 1,500 again. Dwan made the call and waited for his opponent to turn over his cards.
His opponent turned over and Dwan turned over to take down the pot. He now sits with around 13,200 in chips and has already left the table to go to the other tournament.
We noticed Tim West exiting the Pavilion and he was nice enough to let us know what had happened.
West has been nursing a 1,500 short stack and open-shoved from under-the-gun with . He was called by a lone opponent who had the statistically worse hand West could be against - . West's hand failed to improve on the board and he was eliminated.
Registration has been closed and the prizepool has been counted. A total of 2,173 players started today's event creating a $3,662,550 prizepool that will pay the top 270 finishers. First place will take home $650,223, making the final table guarantees a payday of $47,272 and a min cash will be worth $2,966.
A player in middle position opened for 450 and found one customer in Randal Flowers from the big.
The flop came and both players checked.
When the fell on the turn, Flowers check-called a 500 bet from his opponent. Flowers again check-called on the river - this time for 1,500. His opponent revealed the for trip jacks and Flowers mucked.
Randal Flowers raised to 450 from early position and Joe Sebok made the call preflop. The flop ran out . Flowers bet 600 and Sebok called.
The fell on the turn and both players checked. The river brought the and Flowers bet 2,150. After tanking for a moment Sebok folded his cards into the muck.
Tom Dwan has returned to his seat in our event. We heard from our colleagues over in the Amazon Room that Dwan has busted from Event #47. Thus ending out Durrrr Stack Watch series. It was fun while it lasted.