In a limped pot, Felipe Ramos began betting on fourth street with an ace on board and was called by Brian Hastings. Ramos continued betting until all his chips were in on sixth street.
Hastings only had a pair on eights, but they were in the lead against Ramos' overcards and low draw.
The Brazilian star drew a nine on the end though, making no pair, no low to send him to the rail.
This summer, Golden Nugget Las Vegas will play host to the 14th Annual Grand Poker Series, which features 81 events and offers over $3 million in guaranteed prize money from May 31-July 3. One of those events is the $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 Guaranteed PokerNews Cup that will run from June 24-28.
The tournament will feature three starting flights beginning with Day 1a at 11 a.m. PT on Friday, June 24. Days 1b and 1c will take place at the same time on Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26 respectively. The surviving players from each flight will return at Noon on Monday, June 27 to play down to the final table, which will play out at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28. PokerNews will be on-site throughout the duration to offer live updates, videos, social media content, and more.
Steven Loube: /
Felipe Ramos: /
Brian Hastings: / - folded fourth street
John Monnette: / -folded bring-in
Brian Hastings completed John Monnette's bring-in and was called by Steven Loube and Felipe Ramos. Monnette folded.
After Hastings checked on fourth street, Loube bet and was only called by Ramos.
On fifth street, after making open sevens, Loube bet and was raised by Ramos. Loube made the call, and with each player picking up a four on sixth street they both checked.
Loube then bet again on seventh street and was called by Ramos.
Loube showed another four in the hole for a full house, and Ramos flashed for the losing nut flush, but he mucked his cards with no low, sending a scoop over to Loube.
With two days of play in the books, Chad Eveslage is on top of the leaderboard in Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Play is set to resume today at 3 p.m. local time.
Evelsage already has one bracelet to his name this summer here at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. He won Event #8: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em to secure his maiden bracelet and now he has put himself in great position to make a run at a second one.
Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Full Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Chip Count
1
Chad Eveslage
1,131,000
2
Shaun Deeb
1,017,000
3
Eric Kurtzman
873,000
4
David Funkhouser
805,000
5
Long Tran
720,000
6
Daniel Zack
568,000
7
Todd Brunson
540,000
8
Felipe Ramos
530,000
9
Brian Hastings
483,000
10
Eric Wasserson
428,000
11
Ziya Rahim
408,000
12
John Monnette
271,000
13
Steven Loube
198,000
14
Pj Cha
188,000
15
Daniel Negreanu
162,000
Shaun Deeb is just behind Eveslage as the only other player with more than one million chips. Deeb has had good results in mixed game events this series, running deep in Omahe 8/B, 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, and Limit Hold'em events. Now, he looks to add his first bracelet of the summer to his accolades.
Brian Hastings is also on the short list of bracelet winners this year. He took down the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship , and looks to make a run at a second championship win in this event. Hastings is the defending champion of this event from 2021.
Daniel Negreanu comes into Day 3 as the short stack, but with just over four big bets, he will certainly look to run up a stack in search of a seat at the final table.
Remaining bracelet hopefuls will play 90-minute levels today with 10-minute breaks after each level. The tournament is scheduled to play to a winner today, but with extended play yesterday, there were talks of a possible fourth day. Nothing has been made official, so tune in right here to PokerNews for updates as they become available.