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Scott Clements was all in after the flop of 
against three other players. Charles Vargas bet out which induced two others to fold to leave him heads up against Clements.
Clements flipped up 
and Vargas flipped up 
. The turn came the 
and the river the 
. Clements shipped the pott with a pair of nines and now sits with a little under 10,000 in chips.
There has been another steady stream of players heading out the Amazon Room as quickly as they had come back in from the dinner break. We're now able to confirm the following players have each picked up $2,961 for their efforts today:
| Place | Name | Country |
| 57 | Chris Tryba | United States |
| 58 | Cyriel Dohman | Netherlands |
| 59 | Mark Sykes | United States |
| 60 | Maxime Dubois | France |
| 61 | Jonathan Aguiar | United States |
| 62 | Noah Bronstein | United States |
| 63 | Zackary Koerper | United States |
The cards are back in the air! The new blinds are now 1,300-2,500 and the limits are now 2,500-5,000 with 58 players remaining.
Level: 15
Limits: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
The remaining 62 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8pm PST (GMT -7) - see you then!
Here are some quick chip counts from those who are still with us in this year's $1,500 Limit Hold'em Event. All of these players are guaranteed at least
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
79,000 | |
|
77,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
|
||
|
71,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
58,000
34,600
|
34,600 |
|
|
53,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
51,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
47,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
||
|
39,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
|
30,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
24,000
-31,500
|
-31,500 |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
20,000
-31,300
|
-31,300 |
|
20,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
18,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
16,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
15,000
-32,600
|
-32,600 |
|
|
14,000
-18,500
|
-18,500 |
|
13,000
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
|
5,000 | |
Melanie Banfield has scored a massive double KO claiming the scalps of Las Vegas legend Archie Karas and former Day 1 chip leader Jerrod Ankenman to put herself and the other 62 players in the field into the money!
Karas came in with a raise from under the gun and the action folded around to Ankenman who reraised from the hijack. Banfield four-bet it from the button and both blinds folded before Karas five-bet himself all-in. Both Ankenman and Banfield called, so it was heads-up into a sidepot on a flop that read 
.
Ankenman led out and Banfield called, before Ankenman opened for the last of his chips on the turn of the 
. Banfield snap-called:
Banfield: 
Karas: 
Ankenman: 
"Ten of diamonds!" cried Domenico Denotaristefani. "Come on Melanie!"
Want to know what 2.27% feels like? You could ask Chase Berger from The Micros, but he's a fictional character. In this case, you should ask Ms. Banfield, for lo and behold, the 
spiked on the river! BOOOOOOM!!
Ankenman and Karas could only look on dejectedly as the dealer pushed the pot in Banfield's direction. Karas took one last look to make sure that his set wasn't good, then calmly walked away as the hugs and high-fives began.
Jim Meehan has been nursing a short stack for a majority of this tournament and it seemed to be a strategy that was working for him. Every time we checked up on his stack he was never sitting on much, but he was still alive in the tournament and happy to be here. However, on the eve of making the money, the following hand occurred:
We caught up to see Meehan get it all in preflop against Darin Thomas.
Meehan: 
Thomas: 
The board ran out dry for Meehan, coming up 
. Meehan gathered his cowboy hat and unlit cigarette and took to the rail, unable to capture his 20th WSOP cash.
Barry Shulman was eliminated on his first hand after changing tables. The action folded around to Tom Brownscombe who raised from the small blind; Shulman called from the big blind and the dealer spread a flop of 
.
Brownscombe bet, Shulman raised and Brownscombe reraised Shulman all-in. Shulman called and flipped over 
for a pair of fives. Brownscombe showed a flush draw with 
.
The turn came the 
giving Brownscombe the nut flush. No help came on the river for Shulman when the came.
Brownstone now has 79,000 chips in front of him.
Level: 14
Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
