Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Brandon Shack-Harris' run at extended his lead in the WSOP Player of the Year has fallen short in this event after just being eliminated in a preflop clash against two players. It began when Tony Hachem opened to 800 from the cutoff. Shack-Harris made it 1,900 on button, the small blind four-bet to 4,500, and Hachem folded. Shack-Harris called and then called off when the small blind jammed the 
flop.
Shack-Harris: 
Opponent: 
Neither the 
turn nor 
river connected with Shack-Harris' pocket jacks and he was sent to the rail just a few minutes shy of reaching level eight.
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on the river. After Kurita checked, Hinrichsen fired 7,500. Wilkerson called the bet, but Kurita folded her hand to let the boys battle for the turf.
for a pair of tens, but that was no good against Wilkerson's 
for an overpair of kings. Wilkerson collected the pot and moved to over 40,000 in chips.
and Riess doubled through to over 17,000.
flop paired Tran's ten, but he didn't take the lead as his opponent also flopped a pair. The 
turn meant Tran needed either a queen or ten to eliminate the small blind, and he managed to catch the latter when the 
spiked on the river.
holding up against 
. On the next hand, it was Andrew Hinrichsen falling with the 
against Brendon Rubie's 
.
board to see Duhamel unable to connect and consequently be sent to the rail as Rubie motored his stack up to 44,000 and change.
for a bluff, Misaghian tabled his 
