The action folded all the way around to Aaron Thomas in the small blind who shoved all in, and Erik Seidel called off his remaining stack of around 300,000.
Erik Seidel: A♥K♥
Aaron Thomas: Q♦5♣
The flop wasn't so great for Seidel but he turned Broadway to lock up the hand and earn himself a double-up on the J♣Q♠6♠10♥10♠ runout.
The next hand, Seidel three-bet shoved over the open of Brent Hart and took down another pot as Hart folded.
On a board of 5♣6♣2♥8♦, there were 200,000 chips in the pot when the action exploded between Sam Soverel and Brent Hart, which ultimately ended with the two players getting all in and Hart being at risk for his 965,000-chip stack.
Brent Hart: 2♦2♠
Sam Soverel: 7♣7♠
Hart had flopped a set and managed to fade the outs of Soverel, who had an open-ended straight draw as the A♠ completed the board.
Taylor Black opened the hijack to 50,000 and Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 180,000 out of the big blind. Black then shipped all in and Hallaert called off his stack of around 800,000.
Kenny Hallaert: A♠Q♣
Taylor Black: A♦K♥
Hallaert needed to find Lady Luck if he wanted to survive, but the board didn't offer any help as the runout of 5♣A♣5♥J♦2♠ kept Black's Big Slick in the lead throughout.
A total of 41 players return to the World Series of Poker, Event #16: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em to play down to a final five today at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play resumes at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe Events Center, and if yesterday's play is any indication, it is sure to be electrifying.
Leading the way is Shant Marashlian. You may remember Marashlian as the player who pulled the million-dollar bounty in last year’s $1,000 Mystery Millions bounty event. Fortune seems to smile on him as he currently sits with 2,785,000 in chips, about 20 big blinds ahead of second and third place stacks of the Frenchman Anthony Cierco and Mark Tarich from Florida.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Shant Marashlian
United States
2,785,000
111
2
Anthony Cierco
France
2,275,000
91
3
Mark Tarich
United States
2,255,000
90
4
Nate Silver
United States
1,885,000
75
5
Brent Hart
United States
1,750,000
70
6
Mitchell Halverson
United States
1,705,000
68
7
Taylor Black
United States
1,685,000
67
8
Adam Saven
United States
1,290,000
51
9
Alex Queen
United States
1,270,000
50
10
Corey Thompson
United States
1,220,000
49
Several $25K Fantasy players are still running in the tournament including Sam Soverel, Brian Rast, Punnat Punsri, Samuel Laskowitz, Erik Seidel, and reigning Player of the Year Ian Matakis.
Ian Matakis
Yesterday saw plenty of noteworthy moments, including a royal flush for Matthew Davis and the brutal bubble elimination of Martin Stausholm who flopped a flush and was sent packing when Alex Keating went runner-runner to river a full house.
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
8
$66,464
9
$51,265
10
$40,201
11
$40,201
12
$32,059
13
$32,059
14
$32,059
15
$32,059
16
$26,007
17
$26,007
18
$26,007
19
$26,007
20
$26,007
21
$26,007
22
$26,007
23
$26,007
24
$21,468
25
$21,468
26
$21,468
27
$21,468
28
$21,468
29
$21,468
30
$21,468
31
$21,468
32
$18,037
33
$18,037
34
$18,037
35
$18,037
36
$18,037
37
$18,037
38
$18,037
39
$18,037
40
$15,430
41
$15,430
Play resumes today at Level 21, with hour-long levels and blinds 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $15,430. However, each has his mind focused on the top prize of $660,284 and the gold bracelet which will be awarded to the winner in tomorrow’s play.
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