Event #47: Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

It was a long day of action on the felt in Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em. There were 82 players who returned for Day 2, including some of the biggest names in poker. In the end, only five remain for their shot at WSOP gold.

Leading the way into the final day is Alexandre Reard (8,820,000) from France. Reard has more than $3 million in live tournament earnings, but he is still seeking his first WSOP bracelet.

Others to make the PokerGO live-streamed table include bracelet winner Daniel Strelitz (5,345,000), Qing Liu (3,375,000, Conrad Simpson (2,390,000), and Ren Lin (1,535,000)

It took eight hours of play to reach the unofficial final table. The first to go was Salim Admon in ninth, ($31,905), he shoved the river with a pair of kings with a ten-kicker, but Daniel Strelitz held king-queen for a better kicker.

Next out was Jamie Sequeira. He lost a few pots in a row, including a big flip to exit in eighth ($41,132). Diogo Veiga followed him out the door shortly in seventh ($53,913), when his ace-five couldn't connect against the pocket threes of Reard.

Darren Grant was the last one to miss out on the final day. Grant entered the official final table second in chips, but it was not to be as he went out in sixth ($71,827) at the hands of Reard.

There were 64 players who made the money for the guaranteed cash of $8,000. Some of those falling short of the bubble included Ben Heath, Craig Mason, and bubble boy, Andrew Kelsall.

Once the bubble was burst, players started dropping rapidly. Those who made the money but not the final table included, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, Scott Seiver, and Daniel Lazrus.

Players will return at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, October 26th, with the blinds at 60,000/120,000/120,000.

A winner will be crowned tomorrow in this brand new WSOP event. Keep your eyes on PokerNews for all the action in this event, and our continuing coverage of the World Series of Poker.

The remaining five players are now bagging their chips, and action will resume at 3 p.m Tuesday in the Amazon Room on the feature table. A full recap of the day's action will be posted shortly, complete with the chip counts.

Qing Liu opened to 260,000 and Darren Grant called all-in for less. Daniel Strelitz also called from the big blind.

Liu and Strelitz checked down the       board and each hand was tabled.

Darren Grant:   
Qing Liu:   
Daniel Strelitz:   

Grant held with his pocket fours and he got a full triple.

On the next hand, Grant shoved again but he found no takers as he moved back over one million in chips.

Daniel Strelitz	5,300,000	750,000
Qing Liu	3,300,000	-150,000
Darren Grant	1,150,000	900,000

Alexandre Reard opened in the cutoff and it folded to Conrad Simpson in the big blind. "Wow, I would like to see this hand!" declared Simspon with a smile while calling.

Conrad Simpson:   
Alexandre Reard:   

The board       brought no bad surprise to Simpson who doubled up.

Alexandre Reard	7,050,000	-700,000
Conrad Simpson	2,600,000	1,300,000

Conrad Simpson open-shoved a stack of 435,000 from early position and Qing Liu flat-called on the button. Jamie Sequeira then re-shoved his stack of 1,800,000 and Liu folded.

Conrad Simpson:   
Jamie Sequeira:   

It looked like an elimination for Simpson when the board came out      but the   peeled off on the river and Simpson tripled.

The Day 1 chip leader was eliminated shortly after that when he called off on a board of      when Alexandre Reard raised to put him all-in.

Jamie Sequeira:   
Alexandre Reard:   

Sequeira had a pair and a flush draw while Reard had top pair. The river brought a non-heart low card and Sequeira was sent to the rail in eighth place.

Alexandre Reard	7,000,000	1,500,000
Conrad Simpson	1,300,000	850,000
Jamie Sequeira	0	-1,630,000

Conrad Simpson opened to 250,000 in the cutoff and it folded to Alexandre Reard in the big blind who decided to shove for a total of 2,185,000. Simpson quickly called with a higher stack to see the following showdown:

Alexandre Reard:   
Conrad Simpson:   

It was a typical flip situation, and the cards went in favor of Reard with a board      , giving him a pair of kings on the turn for the double up while Simpson chipped down to 450,000.

Alexandre Reard	4,400,000	2,300,000
Conrad Simpson	450,000	-2,230,000

Ren Lin opened to 220,000 in early position and Jamie Sequeira flat-called on the button. Darren Grant then three-bet to 600,000 in the small blind and Lin folded, while Sequeira called.

"Canadian against Canadian," Sequeira said headed to the flop of    , which checked through.

Sequeira bet 200,000 on the   turn and Grant called. Sequeira fired a similar-sized bet on the   river and Grant mucked.

Sequeira showed    and called for a vodka soda and he raked in the pot.

"That is how you play poker at a final table!" he yelled.

Darren Grant	2,800,000	100,000
Jamie Sequeira	2,300,000	500,000

Salim Admon opened to 170,000 from under the gun and Ren Lin called in late position, while everyone else folded.

Lin then bet around 200,000 on the monotone flop of     and Admon quickly folded.

Ren Lin	3,000,000	25,000
Salim Admon	1,000,000	350,000