Dan Kelly just scooped Scott Clements up and out of the tournament by making a Broadway straight against him in the round of Seven Card Stud at their table. Clements finished in 12th place and earned $28,862 for his finish.
Phil Ivey and Brandon Shack-Harris have just played two back-to-back hands of Limit Hold'em, with both hands going to Ivey. The second one played out like this.
Ivey opened from middle position and Shack-Harris three-bet out of the small blind. Ivey made the call and the two took to a flop. On the flop, Shack-Harris bet and Ivey called. The turn would see Shack-Harris check and then tank when Ivey bet. After quite some time, Shack-Harris opted to let his hand go and send another pot to Ivey.
Andrew Brown was short stacked and all in on third street against opponents Paul Sokoloff and Mori Eskandani. Sokoloff and Eskandani checked on fourth before Sokoloff check-called bets from Eskandani on fifth, sixth and seventh.
Eskandani showed a flush with the in the hole and Sokoloff mucked. Brown also mucked and was eliminated in 11th place.
The remaining 10 players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day. One more elimination and we will head to an unofficial final table of nine.
The players are back from their break and at the tables again. When one player is eliminated, the nine remaining players will head to the ESPN feature table.
From the cutoff seat, Dan Kelly raised. Matt Waxman called from the big blind and the flop came down . Waxman checked and Kelly bet. Waxman raised and then Kelly made it three bets. Waxman folded and Kelly took the pot.
Phil Ivey raised in first position, and the action folded to John Monnette who defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , and Monnette led out. Ivey called.
The turn was the , and Monnette slowed down, check-calling a bet. The completed the board, and Monnette check-called one more bet. Ivey tabled for a set of queens and the second-nut low, and scooped the pot.
Brandon Shack-Harris has just been eliminated shortly after the break. It was during a hand of Omaha Eight-or-Better and it was against Phil Ivey.
Shak-Harris got the remainder of his short-stack in on a flop showing and this is how the cards looked at this point.
Shack-Harris:
Ivey:
Shack-Harris flopped the full-house, but the on the turn gave Ivey a better full house and with no qualifying low to show for, the river changed nothing and Shack-Harris was sent home in 10th place. With that, we head to our unofficial final table.