The first elimination in the money has just occurred, with Nicholas Muraco our 18th-place finisher. The last hand of Muraco's night saw him commit the last of his chips on the turn with a board showing . The player he was up against was Samuel Golbuff who held . Muraco's would need to hit a ten to see him survive, but the on the river changed nothing and he was out the door with a $11,071 min-cash.
The clock has been stopped and the players have been told they will play six more hands before they bag and tag for the night. Tune in to see the end of night chip counts and wrap up of all the action.
There has been quite a bit of action during these last six hands of play, but nothing game changing. All 17 players are looking like making it through the night.
Well folks, after a long day of limit hold’em action, it has all finally come to an end. Leading the pack heading into the final day is Matthew Woodward as he managed to bag up 265,000 in chips.
It all started around 12 hours ago when 109 players returned to the felt with one thing on their mind; surviving the night. Some of those who couldn’t manage the task include Dwyte Pilgrim, Shawn Buchanan, George Lind, Jason Mericer, Daniel Negreanu, Humberto Brenes and Huck Seed.
For most of the day it seemed like it was Terrence Chan who was constantly raking in pots as he took a big lead over the field with a couple of levels to go. Chan, known as a limit hold’em specialist, bagged up the second largest stack and will be looking to see this event become his first WSOP gold bracelet win. You can get to know Terrence Chane a little better here in Sarah Grant's Seat Open with Terrence Chan.
With Muraco’s late elimination, there will be 15 players who join Chan and Woodward at the felt tomorrow and it is Raymond Dehkharghani and Ayman Qutami who are also up the top of the counts. Matt Glantz, Jeff Shulman and Jesse Martin are also still in contention with plenty of chips, so don’t rule them out either.
Below is how they will be lining up tomorrow:
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
446
1
Andrew Prock
105,500
446
2
Douglas Rutherford
32,000
446
3
Mike Schneider
44,000
446
4
Matt Szymaszek
134,500
446
5
Terrence Chan
238,000
446
6
Kenneth Shei
120,500
446
7
Ayman Qutami
224,500
446
8
Matt Glantz
166,500
446
9
Jeff Shulman
219,500
452
1
Matthew Woodward
265,000
452
2
Ron Burke
50,500
452
3
Chris Overgard
72,500
452
4
Nicholas Derke
75,500
452
5
Raymond Dehkharghani
210,000
452
6
Samuel Golbuff
231,500
452
7
Jesse Martin
200,500
452
8
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452
9
Brandon Scholl
105,500
While most of tonight’s attention may have been on Phil Hellmuth taking down his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet and the fact that Andy Frankenberger defeated Phil Ivey heads-up in Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em, it doesn’t mean that the Limit Holdem event wasn’t an exciting adventure from start to finish. The best players in the world began in this event and now only 17 remain and one of them is going to become the limit hold’em champion.
The final day of action is set to begin tomorrow at 2:00 PM and we will be here every step of the way to crowning a victor. Who will be the next gold bracelet winner in the format of limit hold’em? Make sure to return to tomorrow to find out!