Dan Kelly just raised the button to 24,000 and Joe Cassidy defended his big blind. The flop came down 
and Cassidy check-raised it to 24,000. Kelly called.
The turn was the 
and Kelly folded to the 24,000 chip bet Cassidy put out. Kelly is now down to just 54,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
From the button Brendan Taylor just raised and Gregory Jamison decided to defend his big blind. The flop came down 
and Jamison check-called a bet.
The turn was the 
and Jamison check-raised after which Taylor put his last chips into the pot. The call was made and we got to see the following showdown.
Taylor turned over 
and was up against Jamison who showed 
. The river was the 
giving Jamison trips and Taylor was done in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Mike Wattel and Dan Kelly were both very short and just got all their chips into the middle against Joe Cassidy. Wattel started off by raising to 24,000 under the gun and Kelly, who was to his direct left, made it 36,000 right away. Cassidy was on the button and put in a four-bet making it 48,000 to go.
Both blinds folded and Wattel moved all in for 56,000 after which Kelly called all in for a total of 52,000.
| Joe Cassidy |   |
| Mike Wattel |    |
| Dan Kelly |     |
The board ran out 
, and with just a pair of kings Cassidy made sure we got down to just ten players.
"Everything okay Joe," Phil Ivey sarcastically asked Cassidy who was stacking his chips after this double knock out.
Ivey reenacted how Cassidy casually put in the extra chips to call both all ins and Cassidy said, "Is that how I did it?"
"Pretty much," Ivey said laughing as all players got handed racks. We are moving to the final table!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
We are down to 10 players and there will be a full redraw before we move on. Play will go down on the main feature table for anyone interested in watching this epic battle unfold!
We will be right back after this short break.
The cards are back in the air at the main feature tabel.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meng La | 570,000 |
| 2 | Elie Doft | 345,000 |
| 3 | Joe Cassidy | 900,000 |
| 4 | Phil Ivey | 930,000 |
| 5 | Scotty Nguyen | 330,000 |
| 6 | Bart Hanson | 90,000 |
| 7 | Andreas Krause | 85,000 |
| 8 | Mike Matusow | 115,000 |
| 9 | Ryan Lenaghan | 255,000 |
| 10 | Gregory Jamison | 405,000 |
From middle position Joe Cassidy raised and Andreas Krause, the short stack at the final table, defended his big blind.
The flop came down 
and Krause check-called a bet. On the turn the 
showed up and Krause lead out for 24,000. Cassidy raised the German all in and the call was made.
Krause turned over 
and was up against 
. The river was the and that was it for Krause. We are now down to just nine players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
940,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
As we got down to nine the remaining players were send out on a 20-minute break. We will be right back with official chip counts.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meng La | 518,000 |
| 2 | Elie Doft | 311,000 |
| 3 | Joe Cassidy | 940,000 |
| 4 | Phil Ivey | 890,000 |
| 5 | Scotty Nguyen | 324,000 |
| 6 | Bart Hanson | 96,000 |
| 7 | Mike Matusow | 133,000 |
| 8 | Ryan Lenaghan | 254,000 |
| 9 | Gregory Jamison | 376,000 |
The cards are in the air for another exciting World Series of Poker final table! There are 12 minutes left in the current level and the dinner break will start after the next level.
