2,628 players bought into Event #15 $1,500 NL Hold'em. Only nine remain. Phil Hellmuth will try to make history on Monday when he goes for World Series of Poker bracelet #11.
Final Table Seating Assignments:
Seat 1: Rick Fuller - 1,779,000
Seat 2: Scott Clements - 1,232,000
Seat 3: Morgan Machina - 834,000
Seat 4: Fabrice Soulier - 344,000
Seat 5: Ut Nguyen - 624,000
Seat 6: David Simon - 880,000
Seat 7: Andy Philachack - 446,000
Seat 8: Phil Hellmuth - 1,482,000
Seat 9: Taylor Douglas - 259,000
Rick Fuller ended Day 2 as the chipleader, but Phil Hellmuth is not far behind in second place.
The final table will start at 2pm PDT. Don't forget to stop by PokerNews.com for live updates and chip counts as Phil Hellmuth attempts to become the first player to ever win 11 bracelets at the WSOP.
On the first hand of ten-handed play, Kiet Tran busted out in 10th place. Tran pushed all in with and was called by Rick Fuller in the small blind with . The flop was and Fuller took the lead. The turn was the and the river . Tran headed to the rail in 10th place.
The final ten players are redrawing for seats. We are one more elimination away before play is suspended for the night.
Seat 1: Rick Fuller
Seat 2: Scott Clements
Seat 3: Morgan Machina
Seat 4: Fabrice Soulier
Seat 5: Ut Nguyen
Seat 6: David Simon
Seat 7: Kiet Tran
Seat 8: Andy Philachack
Seat 9: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 10: Taylor Douglas
With a super-short stack, Jay Royer moved all in with . He was called by Ut Nguyen's . The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Royer busted out in 11th place.
There are 11 players remaining. Rick Fuller is the chip leader with about 1.4M after busting two players on the same hand. Phil Hellmuth has over 1M while Scott Clements has been hovering around 1M over the last hour.
We are two more eliminations away from a final table. Action will end when two more players bust out.
In the largest pot of the tournament, there was a three-way all in.
Rick Fuller:
Matthew LaGarde:
Ulises Roman:
Fuller took the lead on the flop of . The turn was the and the river was the . The tournament director came over to count out all of the stacks. Fuller had both players covered. He increased his stack to 1.4M.
Roman finished in 13th place and won $27,980. Matthew LaGarde finished in 12th place and won $31,568.
Jay Royer pushed all in with and was called by David Simon's . The flop was the . The turn was the and the river was the . Royer's trips were good enough to double up.
Mich Dumas moved all in with a short stack and was called by David Simon. Dumas showed and Simon flipped over . The flop was and Simon flopped a straight. The turn was the and the river was the . Dumas busted out in 14th place.