$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 805
Sokccheka Pho opened to 90,000 from middle position and Brandon Duvdivani three-bet to 290,000 from the big blind. Pho responded with a shove and Duvdivani called all in for his 960,000 stack.
Pho: Duvdivani:
Duvdivani needed to connect with his big suited cards but the dealer kept it low on the board to send him out in 10th place.
Sokccheka Pho – 3,085,000 (77 bb) Brandon Duvdivani – Eliminated in 10th place ($18,513)
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 805
The WSOP Circuit Main Event is down to the last table with ten players remaining and Jason Young still at the top of the counts. Jessica Dawley began the day with six big blind and 15 players remaining but she doubled and still in contention.
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 805
With the board reading , Warren Sheaves checked and Dennis Brand moved all in for 560,000. After a few minutes in the tank, Sheaves called to put Brand at risk.
Sheaves: Brand:
Sheaves was ahead with ace-high and a gutshot draw against Brand’s open-ended straight draw. The turn did not help Brand and he was eliminated in 11th place after the river.
Tournament staff paused the clock and the last ten players are redrawing for new seats at the final table.
Warren Sheaves – 1,900,000 (47 bb) Dennis Brand – Eliminated in 11th place ($18,513)
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 805
Stuart Elkin was eliminated in 14th place on the heels of Matthew Smith and Paul Freedman took his shot soon after. He three-bet shoved from the small blind for 490,000 after Hamid Izadi opened from the cutoff. Izadi called and Freedman needed help.
Freedman: Izadi:
His help came immediately on the and his full house looked good for the double until the turn gave Izadi the bigger boat. The river finished the board and Freedman was sent ou in 13th place.
Hamid Izadi – 3,980,000 (99 bb) Paul Freedman – Eliminated in 13th place ($15,062)
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 805
Warren Sheaves opened to 85,000 and Matthew Smith reshipped for 740,000 from the cutoff. Hamid Izadi moved all in over the top from the big blind and Sheaves folded.
Smith: Izadi:
“I knew you meant business the way you shoved,” Sheaves joked after the cards were flipped up.
Smith needed a lot of help to stay in the Main Event but his hand whiffed the board to send him out early on Day 3.
Hamid Izadi – 3,000,000 (75 bb) Matthew Smith – Eliminated in 15th place ($15,062)
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 805
Young, who’s already secured the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points lead, sits with 4,115,000 chips and is the only player above 4,000,000. Other still around include Warren Sheaves, Chad Eveslage and Jessica Dawley.
$1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 of 805
Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Main Event came to an end with 15 players remaining and they will return on Monday at noon. Jason Young took the lead earlier in the day, gave it up for a bit, then stormed back to return for the final day with the lead.
The really big money will be handed out on Monday with $243,916 waiting for the Main Event champion.