Mike Leah's tournament is over after his opponent's high hand held to scoop the full pot.
The chips went in on a flop, Leah holding for a low draw, while his opponent held for top set. The turn was the and the river the , making no low possible and busting Leah.
"Have fun everyone," said Leah as he gathered his belongings and headed to the exits.
Jeff Lisandro, fresh from finishing fourth in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event this evening, has flicked in the $3,000 required to participate in this event and is vying for another WSOP final table appearance.
Lisandro is seated three seats away from Mel Judah, a player he will know extremely well. Although Lisandro prefers to be known as Italian, he is Australian-born and will have clashed with Judah on numerous occasions in Australia and around the world.
Things have taken an interesting turn at Jeff Madsen and Gavin Smith's table. Now almost everyone at the table is betting on one person at the tables weight, with the winner collecting $20 from each person involved in the bet. One gentleman, who's name we did not catch, managed to guess two of the last questions in a row, netting himself close to $240.
"We've gotta stop letting this kid get in here," Smith said after the bet.
A trio of talented players have exchanged $3,000 for 9,000 tournament chips and the chance to become a WSOP champion. Ari Engel, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and Chad Brown are all seated and riffling chips.
Before the flop there was a raise to 2,000 and four callers, one of those callers was Allyn Jaffrey Shulman.
On the flop of Shulman found herself all in against two other players. She was holding and was behind one opponent who had flopped two pair. The board ran out putting no low on the board and scooping the huge pot for Shulman without having to chop.
"Scooopy doopy dooo," Shulman sung to her opponents after the hand.
Mike Matusow has doubled to 11,350 after scooping both the high and low of a hand that went down moments ago.
Matusow was all-in and at risk of elimination on a flop, where he held to the fo his opponent. The turn improved Matusow's opponent to a set of aces, but also Matusow to the wheel straight. Matusow needed to avoid the board pair or an ace in order to win both parts of the pot, and he did just that as the river was the .
"It's such a crazy game, " said Matusow as he stacked his new chips.