With late registration closed and eliminations coming at a lightning quick pace, the last few tables in Bally's have been broken and the remaining players transferred to Paris to combine with the rest of the field.
Jerry Wong registered right at the deadline but ran into aces on two consecutive hands to fall down to 3,000, less than one big blind.
He had rebuilt his stack significantly before he played his most recent pot. With the board showing 
and 90,000 in the pot, Wong moved all in for his last 50,000.
His opponent went into the tank for several minutes while Wong just covered his mouth with his shirt and looked up at a baseball game playing on one of the large screens around the Paris Ballroom.
"Two pair no good," his opponent asked Wong before eventually folding.
From that one big blind, Wong is now sitting on a comfortable stack of around 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Phil Hellmuth was all in for 4,000 from the big blind. A player in early position raised to 16,000 before Daniel Marcus shoved for 37,000 and was called.
Marcus showed 
, Hellmuth 
, and the early position raiser 
.
The 
in the window gave Marcus a set as the board ran out with 
. Marcus doubled up while also eliminating Hellmuth.
"He gets credit for the knockout, but I did the damage," Richard Stidham said following the hand, relating that he won a flip with two sevens against Hellmuth's ace-king a few hands earlier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | |
|
46,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
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A player moved all in for 37,500 from middle position and action folded around to Huy Nguyen in the big blind. Nguyen went into the tank, asking for an exact count of his opponent's stack. He did eventually make the call to put the middle position player at risk.
Middle Position Player: 
Huy Nguyen: 
Nguyen had his opponent dominated and looked set to scoop a decently large pot. Nothing changed on the 
flop or the turn. The 
river too was clean for Nguyen, eliminating the player in middle position short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 |
A player from under the gun found himself all in and at risk against Alexis Gilbard out of the big blind.
Under the Gun Player: 
Alexis Gilbard:
Though Gilbard had her opponent covered she was well behind. She was unable to find any help on the flop or the 
turn. The river, however, saw her hit one of her two outs, sending her opponent home in brutal fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
265,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
230,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
214,000
165,500
|
165,500 |
|
||
|
160,000 | |
|
|
||
|
155,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
80,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
With late registration closed, Event #43: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em has attracted 4,786 entrants, generating a prizepool of $2,010,120 that will be divided amongst the top 718 finishers. While everyone who makes the money is guaranteed a minimum payout of $801, all eyes will surely be on the top prize of $241,729 and the WSOP gold bracelet that accompanies it.
Brandon Cantu raised to 13,000 from the cutoff before Blaise Bourgeois three-bet to 40,000. Cantu then shoved for 125,000 and Bourgeois snap-called.
Brandon Cantu: 
Blaise Bourgeois: 
It was a classic flip, one the bracelet winner would not come out on the right side of. The came on the flop to give Bourgeois a pair of kings, and the rest of the board ran out 
.
Bourgeois got up from his seat and gave a big fist pump when the river was dealt. After Cantu had walked away, even the dealer gave Bourgeois a big "woo."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
309,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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