A short stacked Maria Ho was just eliminated during an orbit of Pot-Limit Omaha.
As Ho packed up her belongings, three-time WSOP bracelet winner John Monnette took a seat at Ho's table that featured Alex Foxen, Schuyler Thornton, Jyri Merivirta, and Lawrence Berg.
Down to just a few big bets, Andrew Brown found himself all in against Jyri Merivirta.
Catching the action on the second draw, Merivirta stood pat from the big blind as Brown drew two.
On the final draw, Merivirta stood pat with his as Brown drew two to his .
Brown squeezed his first card and it was the . Brown didn't bother looking at his second card as he was drawing dead, and he exited the tournament area.
With about 17,000 already in the middle, Andrew Brown bet and Alex Foxen called heading into the final draw. Brown patted and Foxen drew one. Brown checked as the card was heading Foxen's way. He peeked at it and bet. Brown called.
"Eight-seven," Foxen said.
"Keep going."
"Eight-seven-five," Foxen splashed onto the felt and it was a winner.
On a board of with roughly 9,000 in the pot, Gary Benson bet out 5,500 only to have Mikko Hirvonen slid out a stack of chips to effectively put Benson all in.
Benson tossed in his final 7,300, and the cards were revealed.
Benson:
Hirvonen:
The river landed the , and Benson was eliminated from the tournament.
With the board reading , James Obst faced a bet of 6,800 from Robert Campbell, who was under the gun. Obst had the button and he put in 18,400. Campbell thought awhile and then conceded the pot.