Ray Henson has caught fire following the break and continues to rake in pot after pot. Henson is now sitting behind a mountain of about 180,000 and he has moved into the Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship chip lead.
Daniel Negreanu was nursing a short stack and now has lost all of his chips. JC Tran made it two bets and saw his neighbor Kevin Song raise to three bets. The player in the two-seat called and Negreanu pushed all-in. Tran made it four bets and Song and the two-seat both called.
The flop was and Tran checked to Song who put out a bet. Both players called and the turn was dealt. Tran checked to Song again and after he put out a bet the two-seat and Tran both folded.
Song opened up and Negreanu said "I have queen-eight. I swear I have a queen-eight straight!" After ten seconds he opened up and the dealer completed the board by putting down the river.
One table over, Kahle Burns also stood up from his seat and walked away from the tournament with no more chips on the table.
Shaun Deeb has been on fire this Summer already racking up 10 WSOP cashes and another WSOP bracelet. Deeb took down the stacked Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller field earning over $1,400,000 along with his third WSOP bracelet.
Deeb now sits atop the 2018 WSOP POY LEADERBOARD with 2,662.25 points and will look to continue his WSOP heater here in Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.
JC Tran raised from early position and Joao Vieira three-bet from the cutoff. It folded back to Tran who called and they saw a flop of . Tran check-called a bet from Vieira and the dealer burned and turned the .
Tran once again check-called a bet and the river was the . Tran led out with a bet and Vieira raised. Tran called and Vieira turned over his . Tran looked back at his hole cards one last time before throwing them away and Vieira scooped the pot.
It folded around to Ray Henson on the button and he put in two bets. Anthony Zinno made it three bets from the small blind and the player in the big blind was out of there. Henson put an extra bet in to call and they went to the flop.
The flop was and Zinno put in another bet. Henson called again to see the turn. Zinno put out another bet and this time Henson threw his cards towards the dealer to fold.
It folded around to Erik Seidel on the button who raised and the small blind three-bet. The big blind folded and Seidel made the call. They went heads-up to the flop and the small blind led out with a bet.
Seidel called and the dealer burned and turned the . The small blind led again and Seidel slid out a raise. His opponent quickly folded and Seidel took the pot.