Phil Galfond raised on the button to about 44,000 effective and Stewart Newman called all in from the big blind.
Galfond:
Newman:
The flop didn't change much, though the turn gave Newman a flush draw while pairing Galfond. The river was of no consequence to Newman, clinching the match and a seat at the final table for Galfond.
Alex Bolotin raised to 8,000 on the button, Narendra Banwari three-bet to 19,000 from the big blind and Bolotin four-bet all in for about 110,000. Banwari called.
Bolotin:
Banwari:
The flop fell to keep Banwari ahead, but Bolotin caught the on the turn to take the lead.
"Goddamnit," muttered Banwari.
River:
"Yes!" said an excited Banwari as he rivered a queen to make a set of queens to reserve his seat at the final table.
Bolotin's valiant attempt at winning back-to-back shootouts came up just a little bit short.
In the first hand after doubling, Michael Stonehill moved all in from the button and Daniel Alaei folded.
In the next hand, Alaei was the one shoving from the button and Stonehill asked for a count. It was 35,000 total, and he made the call.
Stonehill:
Alaei:
Alaei was in need of some help, and besides a gutshot straight draw he didn't really get it on the flop. The turn give him a double belly-buster straight draw, but the river failed to complete it.
With that, the last match of the night has come to a close.
Event #20 of the 2014 World Series of Poker, a $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em shootout, originally began with 389 runners, which created a prize pool of $1,061,970. The first day saw each table player down to a winner, which left 40 at the start of play today. That meant ten tables of four players with the winner of each advancing to the final table of ten.
Speaking of Mizzi, he was the brother of Sorel Mizzi, who was also in the field. Sorel managed to make it to heads-up play at his table, but was ultimately defeated by Jack Duong when the two got it in on a flop. Mizzi held the for flush and straight draws, while Duong had top pair with the . Neither the turn nor river was what Mizzi needed, and he exited in 18th place for $7,805.
Others who fell throughout the day were Humberto Brenes (38th), Faraz Jaka (35th), Erik Seidel (31st), Jake Cody (23rd), Josh Brikis (20th), Erich Froehlich (17th), Sylvain Loosli (16th), and Alex Bolotin (12th), all of who took home $7,805.
In regards to Bolotin, who won the Event #6 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout for $259,211 a week ago, he made it to heads-up play at his table but fell to Narendra Banwari. It happened when Bolotin got his last 110,000 all in preflop holding the and was up against the of Banwari. The flop kept Banwari in the lead, but then Bolotin spiked an ace after the dealer burned and turned the .
“Goddamnit,” Banwari muttered. Little did he know his anger would turn to pure joy when the spiked on the river. With that, Bolotin’s attempt at winning back-to-back shootouts came to an end.
Joining Banwari, Duong, and Bell at the final table are some accomplished players including online superstar and WSOP bracelet winner Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond; Taylor Paur, who won a gold bracelet last summer in Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $340,260; Dylan Linde, who will earn his third cash of the summer; and Eric Wasserson, who had to forgo playing the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event after advancing. Toss Kory Kilpatrick, Noah Bronstein, and Michael Stonehill into the mix and it’s shaping up to be quite the final table.
Here is how the final table stacks up:
Seat
Name
Chip Count
1
Chris Bell
346,000
2
Taylor Paur
339,000
3
Kory Kilpatrick
344,000
4
Jack Duong
338,000
5
Noah Bronstein
354,000
6
Michael Stonehill
346,000
7
Dylan Linde
346,000
8
Eric Wasserson
345,000
9
Narendra Banwari
346,000
10
Phil Galfond
347,000
The third and final day will begin at 2 p.m. local time on Monday. Everyone is guaranteed a $16,609 payday, but all ten have their eyes set on the $254,891 first-place prize and WSOP gold bracelet. Who will walk away the victor? Be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team then to find out the answer.
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flop didn't change much, though the 
turn gave Newman a flush draw while pairing Galfond. The 
river was of no consequence to Newman, clinching the match and a seat at the final table for Galfond.
to keep Banwari ahead, but Bolotin caught the 
flop. The 
turn give him a double belly-buster straight draw, but the 
flop. Mizzi held the 
for flush and straight draws, while Duong had top pair with the 
turn nor