Event 28, No-Limit Hold'em - Live Updates

Heads up time!

Shankar Pillai is leading with $2,550,000, and Beth has $2,410,000. It's pretty even so this might take a while. Stay tuned!

 

Jason got all-in with Q♠ 5♥, and Shankar called with - what else? Pocket aces.

Jason was in for his tournament life. The flop came out 8♣ J♥ J♠, and Shankar held the lead with his aces.

The turn was another jack - the J♣, and the tiver was the K♣, and Jason was eliminated!

Jason is the third place finisher and will take home $212,274.

We're taking a quick break before heads-up play and moving up to Level 22 now and blinds are at $40,000/$80,000.

Beth Shak raised it to $220K pre-flop, and Shankar re-raised it to an additional $515K - all-in.

Beth called, flippiing over 8♥ 8♣. Shankar had - pocket aces! The A♦ A♥.

The flop was J♠ K♣ J♦, and Shankar was still ahead with the aces.

The turn and river the 9♥ and the 6♠, and Beth missed her full house. Shankar doubled up with aces and jacks. 

Jason Song got all-in from the small blind for $505,000 and Shankar Pillai called.

Jason flipped over 9♥ 9♣, and Shankar had K♠ Q♥.

The flop was 3♣ 3♠ A♠, and Jason was still in the lead with his nines.

He dodged a king and queen on the turn and river - 6♣ 4♠, and doubled up his stack to over a million.

Here are some updated chip counts:

1. Beth Shak - $3,000,000

2. Jason Song - $1,100,000

3. Shankar Pillai - $505,000 

Jason's was all-in for an additional $200K, pre-flop. Shankar called.

Jason had J♦ T♦ and Shankar had A♥ T♣, and Jason was in for his tournament life.

Jason stood up, perched on the table awaiting the flop: 6♦ J♠ 5♠ - Jason flopped a pair of jacks!

The turn was the 3♣, and Jason's jacks were still in the lead. The river was the 2♦.

He's dodged an elimination and doubled his stack to $535,000.

The players have returned from dinner break and we are playing 3-handed Hold'em.

We've played the first few hands and seen little action. Shankar has picked up some blinds and Beth seems to be playing tight, folding pre-flop.

Here are the current WSOP chip counts:

1. Beth Shak - $2,450,000

2. Shankar Pillai - $1,885,000

3. Jason Song - $655,000

We are resuming play at Level 21 with blinds at $30,000/$60,000 and a $5,000 ante.

 

 

Dustin Holmes raises to $115,000 from the button and Shankar Pillai makes the call in the big blind. The flop comes Q♦ 4♠ 3♣ and both players check to see the turn, which is the 5♣. Pillai checks and Holmes bets out $150,000 and Pillai raises to $320,000 and Holmes moves all-in, getting a quick call from Pillai, who shows A♠ 2♦ for the wheel straight to Holmes' A♦ 4♥ for a pair of fours and a gutshot. The river is the J♥ and Dustin Holmes has been eliminated in fourth place. Dusty takes home $141,516 for his efforts.

Meanwhile, the final three players will take a dinner break until 9 p.m. PDT. Here are the updated chip counts:

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Chip counts courtesy www.worldseriesofpoker.com

Updates, etc courtesy www.pokerlistings.com

 

Ben Fineman moves all-in for his last $225,000 from the button and is called by a Song (Jason, that is), who shows pocket nines to Big Ben's Q♥ 3♥. The board comes T♦ 6♣ 4♦ A♣ J♣ and Ben is not so fine, man, busting out in fifth place and earning $100,431 for his finish.

Chip counts:

The remaining field is comprised of the following poker-playing units:

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Chip counts courtesy www.worldseriesofpoker.com

Hilarity courtesy www.pokerlistings.com

Phil Hellmuth limps-in and Ben Fineman checks in the big blind. The flop comes A♠ J♦ 6♣ and Hellmuth bets out $20,000. Fineman makes it $50,000, and Hellmuth moves all-in for $140,000. Fineman makes the call with J♠ 9♦ to Hellmuth's A♣ 8♥ and the board finishes out 7♣ 3♠, doubling Hellmuth up again and making those ESPN wet themselves like excited puppies.

Daniel Corbin open-shoves from early position for a little over $100,000 and Shankar Pillai comes over the top all-in for about $260,000. In late position, Beth Shak comes over the over the top all-in, having both players covered and showing A♠ Q♣ to Pillai's pocket eights and Corbin's K♦ 9♦.

The board comes J♣ 7♣ 6♦ 3♣ 3♥ and Pillai earns the check mark with octos and crabs, while Corbin is consigned to the rail and a $30,814 payday for his 9th place finish. Shak remains riding dirty with $740,000.

 

The cards are in the air from the ESPN Final Table + 1, with ten survivors returning to give ESPN its requisite Hellmuth footage at the expense of running a normal, uniform tournament. The World Series of Capitalism must go on, however, and PokerListings.com will be providing comprehensive coverage of this final table as the Poker Brat goes for his twelfth bracelet (that's assuming Harrah's/ESPN doesn't cancel the final table upon Hellmuth's elimination to feature stock footage of the Great One in lieu of...um, well, actual poker).

Here are the chip counts as the day get underway:

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Chip counts courtesy www.worldseriesofpoker.com

Cynical editorial comments courtesy www.pokerlistings.com

 

It's Final Table Time! In a move that smacks of TV-rating-bred desperation, the staff at Harrah's quit play yesterday with ten players remaining - just to ensure that a short-stacked Phil Hellmuth makes it to Day 3. Consequently, we'll start the day with ten survivors and play down to the $527,829 first prize and gold bracelet by the end of it - although in the pursuit of the almighty dollar, the WSOP might just cancel the event and give to allotted time to the Poker Brat if he busts out early. Stay tuned for all of the action, starting at 2 p.m. PDT on PokerListings.com.