Matt Waxman, winner of Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, is among the 14 captains in Daniel Negreanu's $25,000 Fantasy League, and thanks to David Chiu's win in Event #23: $2,500 Seven Card Stud, his team is just a few points out of first place.
One of the members of his team is Jeremy Ausmus, who has been crushing today.
"Looks like OCrowe is chipping up," Waxman said to his table a few moments ago, referring to Canadian Owen Crowe. "So he can give them all to Ausmus."
The table laughed.
A few moments, later, at Ausmus' table, the Octo-Niner and Crowe were heads up on a flop of 
. Ausmus fired out 8,000, Crowe called, and the turn brought a repeat five - the 
. Ausmus bet another 16,000, Crowe called, and the 
completed the board.
Ausmus moved all in for effectively 57,000 or so, and Crowe tanked for quite some time before calling. Ausmus showed 
for kings and fives, and Crowe mucked his hand before exiting.
Back at Waxman's table, Matt Salsberg smacked the 2013 bracelet winner on the shoulder, to show him that his proclamation came true.
A few hands later, Ausmus added to his stack. He three-bet to 5,200 on the button after Sean Jazayeri opened to 2,200 in the cutoff. Jazayeri called, and the pair checked on a flop of 
. Jazayeri led out for 4,500 when the 
turned, Ausmus called, and the 
completed the board. Jazayeri checked, Ausmus moved all in for effectively 23,000, and Jazayeri folded.
Ausmus now sits with 275,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
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23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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Busted | |
, doubling to 50,000 chips. Moorman slipped to 27,500.
. He was dominated by Ognjen Sekularac's 
, and Kerr was eliminated.
. He would need to catch a five to stay alive. The flop came 
. That gave Blair a five but his opponent a nine. The turn 
gave no help and the river 
gave the pot to Blair's opponent. After the stacks were counted Blair still had 200 in chips.
on the turn, Oleksandr called. The river was the 
and Nitsche bet 8,800. Oleksandr made the call and Nitsche said "You probably win" as he showed his 
.
, and Waxman thought for a minute before making the call. Mercier insta-mucked, and Waxman showed 
for the win. Waxman and Mercier continue to battle as their table is currently four-handed.
, and Mercier raked in the pot.
