Shant Marashlian opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Daniyal Gheba in the big blind. Gheba shoved all-in, covering his opponent's remaining stack and Marashlian eventually called for his tournament life.
Shant Marashlian: A♦J♣
Daniyal Gheba: 8♥8♣
The board ran out 9♠A♥2♥7♥K♦ allowing Marashlian's pair of aces to beat Gheba's pair of eights for a double up just moments after Gheba had doubled in chips.
Daniyal Gheba raised 400,000 with K♥9♥. Action folded to Brent Hart in the big blind, and he defended with Q♣9♣.
Then, the situation became rather spicy.
The dealer fanned K♣6♣9♦ on the flop, giving Hart middle pair and four to the flush. Gheba had flopped top two pair.
Hart checked, Gheba bet 550,000, and Hart called.
The turn produced Q♦, giving Hart two pair, which was inferior to Gheba’s hand. Hart once again checked, and Gheba fired out a 700,000 bet. Hart almost beat Gheba into the pot by announcing an all-in bet, which covered Gheba’s stack.
Gheba went in the tank, contemplating his next move. After moments elapsed, Gheba put his tournament life on the life with a call.
Hart needed any queen or a club to show up, but the 2♦ on the river sent the massive 8,850,000 pot to Gheba and placed a large dent in Hart’s chip stack.
Taylor Black opened all-in to 1,475,000 with A♠8♠ in late position and the action folded around to Shant Marashlian in the small blind. Marashlian looked down at A♦9♠ and opted to reshove to isolate his opponent. The big blind folded.
The board came 4♣Q♥9♥6♠5♣ improving Marashlian to a pair and eliminating Black in 7th place with ace-high.
Eddie Ochana raised in early position to 320,000 with A♠7♦, and was called by Alexander Queen, who held A♦3♦. Action folded to Daniyal Gheba in the big blind.
Gheba, who began the day with 2,900,000, peeked down at A♣K♣. With the pot at 1,040,000 million, Gheba announced an all-in bet, which quickly forced folds from Ochana and Queen.
Seven men enter the arena. One man leaves. This is Day 4 of the World Series of Poker, Event #16: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play resumes today at 4 p.m. in the Horseshoe Events Center under the bright lights and the chips will fly.
Our chip leader Eddie Ochana knocked out Krasimir Yankov in 8th place at the end of last night's play to cushion his chip lead to 14,135,000.
Alexander Queen
Second in chips with 8,865,000 is Alexander Queen, who gained a large portion of those from Brent Hart in a big 5,700,000 pot earlier in the day. Later, he cracked the aces of Adam Saven to send Saven home in a 9th place elimination.
Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Eddie Ochana
United States
14,135,000
71
2
Alexander Queen
United States
8,865,000
44
3
Brent Hart
United States
8,345,000
42
4
Daniyal Gheba
United States
2,900,000
15
5
Shant Marashlian
United States
2,665,000
13
6
Kartik Ved
India
2,610,000
13
7
Taylor Black
United States
1,635,000
8
Yesterday saw plenty of wild action, but one hand in particular sent the internet into a frenzy: the elimination of Poker Hall of Fame legendErik Seidel, who turned a queen-high flushed but lost to a one-out straight flush on the river.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout
1
$660,284
2
$440,202
3
$309,128
4
$220,373
5
$159,517
6
$117,271
7
$87,582
Play resumes today with 13 minutes and 30 seconds left in Level 29, with blinds set at 80,000-160,000 and a 160,000 big blind ante. The remaining seven players are guaranteed at least $87,582. However, the coveted gold bracelet for first place comes with the top prize of $660,284.
Today's final table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on PokerGO. Our coverage will be delayed 30 minutes to match.
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