Action picked up on the turn in a four-way pot. The board showed . Brian Rast bet 23,000 into a pot of about 65,000. Chris Brewer folded, Scott Smile called on the button.
Left of the button, Ben Lamb raised it up to 80,000. Brian Rast called and Smile let his cards go.
The river was the , completing the flush. Lamb checked to Rast, who assembled a bet of 220,000 and moved it into the pot.
Lamb thought for about 30 seconds before relinquishing his hand and Rast added the chips to his stack.
Action picked up on the flop in a heads-up pot between Carlos Leiva and Shota Nakanishi. The flop read
Nakanishi checked from out of position and Leiva bet 60,000 into a pot of about 100,000. Nakanishi made the call.
The hit the turn and Nakanishi checked again. Leiva moved all in for 191,000. Nakanishi hit the table in disgust at the spot. He thought for about 30 seconds before slamming down a stack of chips to make the call.
Carlos Leiva:
Shota Nakanishi:
Leiva flopped top pair and an open-ender, Nakanishi was ahead with his pair of kings. The river brought the , no help to the all-in Leiva. Nakanishi scooped the pot and Leiva hit the payout window.
Action began on the flop in a limped pot. The board read . Brian Rast bet 18,000 from middle position before Todd Ivens moved all in from the button for 39,000.
"How much is that?" asked Scott Smile. He then three-bet the flop to 107,000.
Rast also made the call, Ivens would have to beat them both to stay alive.
The turn was the . Smile slowed down and checked, Rast checked behind to go all three to the river.
The final card was the . Smile checked again. Rast thought for about a minute before betting 125,000. Smile frustratingly folded.
Ivens revealed for an open-ender on the flop that made top pair, but Rast showed for the made straight and the winner.
Elior Sion was down to just 27,000 and moved all in from under the gun. Robert Wilke called from the cutoff and the cards were tabled.
Elior Sion:
Robert Wilke:
The board ran out and Sion doubled up with a pair of aces.
Sion was still the shortest stack in the tournament and just two hands later was seen getting up from his seat. A completed board of was spread out and Stephen Chidwick held for a jack-high straight to eliminate Sion.
Chris Brewer put in 125,000 preflop, leaving himself with about one ante behind. Action folded to Robert Wilke as last to act, and after some thinking, he made the call.
The players got the last chips in on the flop.
Chris Brewer:
Robert Wilke:
Brewer was ahead, but Wilke had pair outs and flush outs.
The turn was the to give Wilke the lead. The river kept it that way and Brewer was eliminated.
"What just happened?" Brewer asked out loud as he headed away from the table.
There were four players that went to a flop of and Scott Smile led out with a bet of 35,000. Stephen Chidwick called and Robert Wilke ripped all in for 434,000 on the button. Smile laid his hand down and Chidwick asked for a count before making the call.
Robert Wilke:
Stephen Chidwick:
Wilke was ahead with two pair for the time being but the on the turn gave Chidwick a wealth of outs. It was the on the river for trip queens that gave Chidwick the best hand and Wilke was eliminated in seventh place.
Action picked up on the flop with three players looking at a connected board of and about 95,000 in the pot.
After Ben Lamb checked, Shota Nakanashi bet 60,000 from the cutoff. Scott Smile called on the button and Lamb called from the hijack.
The hit the turn and Lamb checked again. Nakanishi bet 265,000. Smile thought for some time. He assembled the bet in front of him, but before committing them, he let go of his cards. Lamb, on the other hand, made the call.
The river landed the and Lamb checked one final time. Nakanishi had a large third bullet in the chamber. He fired 1,060,000 into the game-changing pot. Lamb went into the tank.
"Did you flop a flush?" asked Lamb. He stared Nakanishi down, who tried to remain stoic. Lamb's stare eventually broke Nakanishi, who couldn't help but let out a laugh at the intense Lamb lookdown.
After thinking for about two minutes, Lamb made the fold and conceded the massive pot to Nakanishi.
Action started in a five-way limped pot on the flop. The flop came out . All five players checked through.
The turn was the . Action checked all the way to Ben Lamb on the button who bet 30,000. Scott Smile called two seats to his left, and Rast called in between the two.
The river hit the river and action checked to Lamb once again. He checked back. Smile showed for the straight, both Lamb and Rast mucked.
"You're supposed to bet there, you've got good instincts," said Smile.
"If he had good instincts, he would have saved 30," said Sean Winter.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 65,000 from early position. Action folded to Scott Smile in the cutoff who made the call, leaving himself with about 180,000 behind.
The flop came . Chidwick continued with a bet of 50,000. Smile moved all in fairly quickly and Chidwick immediately called.
Scott Smile:
Stephen Chidwick:
Smile was drawing thin against Chidwick's top two pair. The turn and river sealed the deal and ended Smile's run.
Only five players remain in Event #60: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em. Shota Nakanishi leads the remaining bracelet hopefuls in this only Short Deck event of the summer here at the World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Nakanishi (2,562,000) is a Short Deck specialist out of Japan who has played many hours of the variant online. He was also in this same event at last year's WSOP. He has already surpassed last year's result and looks to turn his chip lead into his maiden gold bracelet.
Final Day Seat Assignments
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Antes
1
Sean Winter
United States
553,000
69
2
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
1,423,000
178
3
Brian Rast
United States
855,000
107
4
Ben Lamb
United States
1,207,000
151
5
Shota Nakanishi
Japan
2,562,000
320
Action was fast and wild in the early parts of Day 2. The day started with 49 entries; eliminations came quickly at the beginning of the day. Some early casualties included Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Daniel Zack, David Williams, and Sam Soverel.
Players blew right past the bubble, only going to hand-for-hand play for a few hands. It was Michael Watson who left just shy of the money when he ran his ace-king into the pocket kings of Sean Winter.
One player that was happy to find a cash, albeit not as deep a run as he would have liked, was Daniel Negreanu. He placed 15th after his combo draw ran into the flopped trips of Nakanishi. He was in good spirits all night and showed off some Korean and Japanese language skills to the delight of his tablemates who spoke the languages.
Once play reached the final table, Robert Wilke was the first to bow out. He flopped top and bottom two pair against the pair and straight draw of Stephen Chidwick. Chidwick made running trips on the turn and river to send Wilke home.
The final elimination of the night was of Bristol, Tennesse native Scott Smile. A home game lover, Smile wore that namesake smile all night and enjoyed his deep run in the event. Family and friends were following along with his run. In addition to his poker playing, Smile mentioned that he's involved with music production and his son is in the band "The Buddz."
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1st
$277,212
2nd
$171,331
3rd
$121,718
4th
$88,168
5th
$65,143
6th
Scott Smile
United States
$49,113
7th
Robert Wilke
Germany
$37,800
The final five will return tomorrow to play down to a winner. Action will resume at 1 p.m. local time in Bally’s Event Center.
Tune in right here at PokerNews to get your fix of short deck action as we close out this event and crown a new champion.