Blinds: 25,000-50,000, Limits 50,000-100,000

Players Remaining: 1 out of 476

Notable Eliminations:

Brent Courson – $125,737

Big Hands:

Brent Courson Eliminated in Second Place, Eric Buchman Wins Event No. 18

Eric Buchman raised from the button and Brent Courson three-bet from the big blind. Buchman called and saw the flop of 2Q2. Courson bet and Buchman called.

The turn was the 7 and Courson bet the last of his chips and was called by Buchman. Buchman showed the 107 and Courson showed the AK. The river card was the 8 and Courson was eliminated one spot short of the bracelet.

Courson earned $125,737 for his efforts and Buchman takes home $203,607 and the gold bracelet.

Blinds: 15,000-30,000, Limits 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 476

Average Chip Count: 571,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Eric Buchman – 1,300,000
2. Steven Hustoft – 700,000
3. Brent Courson – 650,000
4. Flavio Ferrari – 440,000

Notable Eliminations:

William Jensen – $36,619

Big Hands:

William Jensen Another Buchman Casualty, Finishes Sixth ($36,619)

Eric Buchman raised under-the-gun and William Jensen three-bet from the big blind. Buchman called and the flop came A8J and Buchman called a bet from Jensen.

The turn was the 3 and the rest of Jensen’s chips got into the middle.

Buchman had A7 and Jensen was in need of some help holding QQ. The river bricked out and Jensen was eliminated in sixth place, while Buchman increases his chip lead and now has 1,300,000.

Hansu Chu Eliminated in Fifth Place ($49,068)

Hansu Chu three-bet all-in after a raise from Steven Hustoft. Hustoft made the call and the cards were turned on their backs.

Chu showed the 109, but was dominated by Hustoft’s Q9. The flop was KJ9 and both players needed their opponent’s kicker to make a straight. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 5, filling neither straight and Hustoft took the pot and is up to 700,000 in chips.

Blinds: 8,000-15,000 Limits 15,000-30,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 476

Average Chip Count: 408,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Flavio Ferrari – 800,000
2. Eric Buchman – 630,000
3. Steven Hustoft – 440,000
4. William Jensen – 350,000
5. Matt Grapenthien – 300,000
6. Hansu Chu – 300,000
7. Brent Courson – 50,000

Notable Eliminations:

Matt Matros – $16,174
Gary Bogdanski – $21,025

Big Hands:

Matt Matros Eliminated in Ninth Place ($16,174)

Action folded to Matt Grapenthien raised and was met with a reraise from Matt Matros on the button. Grapenthien made the call and the two saw a flop of 952.

Grapenthien bet and Matros called with his only 29,000 left after the call. The turn was the 9 and Grapenthien bet again. Matros called and showed AJ and was well behind Grapenthien’s QQ. The river bricked off with the 6 and Matros, who won a bracelet in a limit hold’em event earlier this series, was the first casualty of the final table.

Gary Bogdanski Eliminated in Eighth Place ($21,025)

With only 21,000 in chips left, Gary Bogdanski moved all in from under-the gun and as called by Stevn Hustoft ohe button, Matt Grapenthien from the small blind and William Jensen came along from the big blind.

The flop was 1074 and Grapthien checked and called a bet from Jensen and Hustoft got out of the way.

The turn was the 4 and Grapenthien checked and folded to a bet from Jensen. Jensen showed 74, for a full house, which meant that although Bogdanski had the nut flush with his AJ, he was drawing dead when the river card was dealt.

The final 10 players in event no. 18 ($2,000 limit hold’em) are hours away from playing down to a winner. The blinds will be 6,000-12,000.

The remaining 10 players are guaranteed at least $12,561 with everyone gunning for the top prize of $203,607 and the WSOP bracelet.

Card Player columnist Matt Matros will need to overcome one of the shorter stacks at the table if he wants to pick up his second WSOP bracelet in less than a week. He won event no. 12 ($1,500 limit hold’em), good for $189,870.

Here are the official chip counts and final table seating assignments:

Seat 1: Matt Matros – 224,000
Seat 2: William Jensen – 326,000
Seat 3: Gary Bogdanski – 115,000
Seat 4: Eric Buchman – 453,000
Seat 5: Hansu Chu – 447,000
Seat 6: Falvio Ferrari – 373,000
Seat 7: Brent Courson – 240,000
Seat 8: Daniel Quach – 55,000
Seat 9: Steven Hustoft – 383,000
Seat 10: Matt Grapenthien – 254,000

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the elimination hands from the final table.