Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
Down to his last 14,200 chips, a short-stacked Philip Long got them in holding 
against an opponent with a little more than 16,000 behind. His opponent held 
and was in great shape to score the knockout and almost double up. A miracle would intervene as the eight hit the flop to save Long’s tournament, allowing him to earn slightly more than his original stack when he took his seat on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
||
. With about 13,000 already in the middle, Griffin checked over to his opponent who fired 7,000.
for two pair. It was no good, however, as Griffin's opponent rolled over 
for a flopped set of nines. Griffin watched as the pot was pushed to his opponent and he now has about 44,000 in chips.
. The Italian fired out another bet - this one worth 14,400 - and Olshan thought better of it, folding.
flopped. Michael Gathy called from middle position before checking the 
turn, seeing Tepen check back. Gathy came out firing with 11,625 on the 
river, and Tepen thought for a bit before folding.
flop and was at risk against Marcia Topp.
turn was a blank for Shuptrine, and so was the 
. Topp's set held and Shuptrine found himself heading back to Bentonville, Arkansas.
and the player in the big blind defended with 
. The 
on the river officially put an end to Sexton's 2014 WSOP.
which was in good shape to double-up against the 
of McLellan.
and McLellan conceded, “Nice hand.”
