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Hiren Patel is looking for his second final table of this WSOP.
It's the last leg of the race here in Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and the aim is to hit the finish line today. The man who bagged up the most chip last night was Cy Williams, who after making a mincash in an earlier event this summer, is taking a shot at a much bigger prize. That prize is $609,017 along with a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
There are plenty of players still in the hunt though. Hiren "Sunny" Patel is looking for his second final table of the summer and Loni Hardwood is looking for her third. Also in the field still is circuit grinder and former Chicago Poker Classic winner Ryan Julius who is looking for his first ever World Series of Poker final table.
Action is set to begin in a little less under and hour and we'll be here for the entire day with all the updates from the final 15 players. We'll also be bringing you hand for hand coverage of the entire final table which is sure to be exciting as well. Players will begin today in level 23 with the blinds at 10,000/20,000 with an ante of 3,000. We'll be kicking off right around 1 p.m. local time so make sure you stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates and more.
Mika Paasonen began the action with a raise to 42,000. Action folded to Yongshuo Zheng in the eight seat and he reraised to 92,000. Action folded all the way back to Paasonen who tried to made a call, but threw in too many chips to the pot.
The tournament floor was called over and it was determined that since Paasonen threw in more than half of Zheng's raise, it would be counted as a reraise and he would have to put in the full raise amount. His call ended up being a raise to 142,000 instead. This put action back on Zheng and since he still had an option to raise, call, or fold, he decided to make it an even 200,000.
Paasonen didn't take long at all to muck his hand. Because of that accidental reraise, Paasonen is now much shorter than he could've been.
Action had folded around to Yongjun Lu who moved all in for a total of 221,000. After a fold, Ryan Julius moved all in with his covering stack as well. Action folded to Hiren Patel on the button and he shoved all in with a covering stack on both players. Both blinds folded and the three went to a showdown.
Patel:
Lu:
Julius:
Lu was well in the lead and looked like he would be earning a triple up. "No ace!" he begged to the dealer as the flop came out, but his wishes were not granted when it fell down . The flop put Patel way out in the lead and left Lu looking for the last remaining king in the deck. The turn was the not improving any hands, but giving Patel a flush draw. It was the that hit the river and though it looked like Julius would scoop the pot by making two pair, Patel was holding the and that gave him the winning nut flush allowing him to scoop the entire huge pot, eliminating two players in the process.
Jason Reynolds raised it up in early position to 43,000, and action folded around to Daniel Cascado in the small blind. He put out a reraised to 97,000, and when it got back to Reynolds, he slid out a few green T25,000 chips, a four bet to 218,000. Back to Cascado, who only thought for about 10 or 15 seconds before he announced all in, having Reynolds covered. Reynolds let got a big sigh, grabbed a green chip, and flung it into the air and into the pot, signifying a call.
Reynolds:
Cascado:
As is often the case, it was a simple coin flip to decide a huge pot at the end of a tournament, and Reynolds couldn't bear to watch, as he walked away from the table. The flop kept him safe, coming . The turn was the , giving Reynolds a flush draw, meaning that Cascado could only win with a non-club ace or king.
River:
Several players at the table let out a groaned as Reynolds returned to the table to see the rough river. A dissapointed look came across his face as he put his hands on his head. Cascado took down the pot, upping his stack to 1.66 million, while Reynolds is left to wonder what could have been.
Action began on Ashwin Sarin who opened with a raise to 44,000 from the hijack seat. Next to go, Asi Moshe raised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Action folded around back to Sarin who moved all in for a total of 427,000. Moshe tanked a bit before finally making the call.
"You have the best hand," Moshe said before turning up the cards.
Moshe:
Sarin:
It was looking good for Sarin to double but one of the worst possible flops fell for him when it came giving Moshe straight and flush draws. The on the turn ended all matters as it gave Moshe the unbeatable flush, but the was still dropped on the river anyways.
With that, Sarin was eliminated in 12th place while Moshe surpassed the 1,000,000 chip mark.
We missed the preflop action from the hand, but we know that three players took to a flop of . A bet from Maksim Tyurin drew a call from Yngve Steen and a fold from the other player.
The turn came down the and after a check from Tyurin, Steen put out a bet of 59,000.With action back on Tyruin he announced a raise and put out a stack of green T25,000 chips worth roughly 300,000. Steen quickly announced an all in which drew an even quicker call from Tyurin.
Tyurin:
Steen:
Tyurin was in big trouble as he just had two outs to hit one of the last kings in the deck, and he couldn't do it on the river. That allowed Steen to collect all the chips, bringing the remaining 10 players down to an unofficial final table.
Cormac Ohiggins opened the action with a raise to 50,000. Only Ashe Moshe called in position.
The flop came down and Ohiggins put out a bet of 65,000 which Moshe called.
The turn was the and Ohiggins checked to Moshe who fired off 79,000. After a few second, Ohiggins moved all in. Moshe snap called and the hands were tabled.
Moshe:
Ohiggins:
The river was a sweat card for Moshe as it was paint, but it was the and with that Ohiggins was removed from the table, bring the final nine players down to an official final table.
When Loni Harwood started this hand, she was the short stack. Now, she is the chip leader.
Harwood raised it up in early position to 60,000, and Hiren Patel defended his big blind. The flop came down , and Patel checked to Harwood, who bet out 60,000 again. Patel thought for about 30 seconds before check raising to 165,000, and it was back to Harwood.
Harwood took her time with the decision, all the while sitting still as a statue. After about a minute, she grabbed raising chips, and put in a reraise to 335,000. Patel only took about 20 seconds to announce all in, and Harwood made the call.
Harwood:
Patel:
It was literally a coin flip at this point, according to the Pokernews Odds Calculator, as Harwood held a 50.20% to 49.80% lead. Harwood's rail called for a deuce, and the dealer obligded with a on the turn. Harwood was looking to dodge a nine or a diamond, and she did just that, as the hit the river.
Harwood scored the massive double up to 1.9 million, while Patel plummeted to 250,000.
After a raise of 60,000 from Yongshuo Zheng, Hiren "Sunny" Patel moved all in for his last 270,000. Action folded around to Zheng who called quickly after hearing the amount Patel was all in for.
Patel:
Zheng:
Patel had got it in with a coin flip for the last of his chips and he could double if he just faded Zheng's outs. Unfortunately for Patel, the flop came down giving Zheng the immediate lead in the hand and putting Patel in a deep hole. The turn was the giving Patel four additional outs but removing his two tens as outs. The river was not a king though as it fell the . That was all she wrote for Patel who was eliminated from the tournament in ninth place.
Action started with a raise from Yongshuo Zheng who opened to 90,000. In the very next seat over, Bijon Notash reraised all in for a total of 365,000. Action folded to Daniel Cascado who just called the all in raise. Action folded around to Zheng who tanked for a bit before eventually moving all in for a total of 755,000 or 390,000 more. Cascado thought about the decision for about a minute before announcing a call leading to a tabling of the hands.
Notash:
Zheng:
Cascado:
It was a classic three way cooler situation as all three of the players had monster preflop hands. The flop came safe for Zheng though when it came down . Cascado changed from having two outs to four outs on the turn tho. The river was the and that was good enough for Zheng to earn a double up while eliminated Bijon Notash in the process.
For his eighth place finish Notash will earn $59,036.
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. The flop put Patel way out in the lead and left Lu looking for the last remaining king in the deck. The turn was the 
not improving any hands, but giving Patel a flush draw. It was the 
that hit the river and though it looked like Julius would scoop the pot by making two pair, Patel was holding the 
. The turn was the 
, giving Reynolds a flush draw, meaning that Cascado could only win with a non-club ace or king.
giving Moshe straight and flush draws. The 
. A bet from Maksim Tyurin drew a call from Yngve Steen and a fold from the other player.
and after a check from Tyurin, Steen put out a bet of 59,000.With action back on Tyruin he announced a raise and put out a stack of green T25,000 chips worth roughly 300,000. Steen quickly announced an all in which drew an even quicker call from Tyurin.
river. That allowed Steen to collect all the chips, bringing the remaining 10 players down to an unofficial final table.
and Ohiggins checked to Moshe who fired off 79,000. After a few second, Ohiggins moved all in. Moshe snap called and the hands were tabled.
. Cascado changed from having two outs to four outs on the 
and that was good enough for Zheng to earn a double up while eliminated Bijon Notash in the process.