Joe Cada has the button. With the rest of the table folding around, Antoine Saout completes from the small blind. Jeff Shulman is in the big blind, and he makes a raise to 1,625,000 total. Saout wastes little time calling.
The flop comes out , and both men check. On the turn, the draws a leading bet from Saout as he drops 1,150,000 chips into the pot. Shulman stares at the Frenchman from the corner of his dark glasses as he contemplates his move. After a minute or so, he slides his cards out from under his capper and sends them back to the dealer, and the pot goes to Saout.
Donnie Peters
Ivey before play began today
Phil Ivey currently sits in third place for all-time tournament earnings with $12,096,302. Daniel Negreanu is the top dog with $12,427,047 and Jamie Gold is in second with $12,198,041. That number for Ivey already includes the 9th-place money he received upon making the November Nine. Therefore, Ivey needs to earn $330,745 in order to eclipse Negreanu and take over the number one spot.
As of right now, Ivey's guaranteed 7th-place money and that puts him in second place ahead of Gold. In order for Ivey to pass Negreanu, he'll need to finish in 5th place or better. Finishing in 6th won't quite do it, as he'll be a few thousand dollars short of Negreanu.
Phil Ivey has the button. Jeff Shulman is the first player into the pot, raising to 1.5 million from middle position. He takes down the blinds and the antes with that raise.
Joe Cada has the button. Eric Buchman opens from the cutoff to 1,050,000. Antoine Saout, the small blind, is the only caller. Saout checks a flop of to Buchman. He bets 1,550,000 and takes down the pot without further resistance.
Eric Buchman has the button. In middle position, Kevin Schaffel makes a raise to 1,250,000, and Steve Begleiter puts in the call from the cutoff seat. With position working for him, Eric Buchman squeezes in a re-raise to 5,750,000. When it comes back around to Schaffel, he drops the hammer and moves all in for about 17,200,000. Begs gets the message and quickly runs for cover, but Buchman is not so quickly pacified. He stands from his chair and leans over the table to get a better look. A short chat follows, and it ends with Buchman making the call to put Schaffel at risk.
Showdown
Schaffel:
Buchman:
For the second time in less than 5 hours, we've got aces versus kings at the final table of the Main Event. The crowd again presses in toward the table as the dealer runs out an astounding flop: ! Schaffel looks absolutely gutshot as Buchman finds his king to take a huge lead with two to come.
"Still two cards, still two cards," Schaffel's fans reassure themselves. "He's got a straight draw."
If the flop was crushing, the turn card is soul shattering for Schaffel. The spikes the board to improve Buchman to quad kings and leave Schaffel stone dead, his eighth-place fate already sealed before the river is even out on board. The crowd once again explodes in shock and awe as Schaffel shakes hands with the table and bows out gracefully.
That's all she wrote for Kevin Shaffel today. After a fine performance in front of a huge crowd of his friends and family, he has been relegated to the rail in 8th place.
Just seven players are still in contention for this Main Event title.
, and both men check. On the turn, the 
draws a leading bet from Saout as he drops 1,150,000 chips into the pot. Shulman stares at the Frenchman from the corner of his dark glasses as he contemplates his move. After a minute or so, he slides his cards out from under his capper and sends them back to the dealer, and the pot goes to Saout.
to Buchman. He bets 1,550,000 and takes down the pot without further resistance.
! Schaffel looks absolutely gutshot as Buchman finds his king to take a huge lead with two to come.
spikes the board to improve Buchman to quad kings and leave Schaffel stone dead, his eighth-place fate already sealed before the river is even out on board. The crowd once again explodes in shock and awe as Schaffel shakes hands with the table and bows out gracefully.
