Josh Weiss (picture) shoves his final 850k from early position and everyone folds until Michael Ruane and Gordon Vayo both call from the small and big blind. No action as the board comes J
7
35
4 and all players reveal their cards:
Weiss A
8
Vayo Q7
Ruane J5
Ruane takes down the pot with two pair and Weiss is eliminated in 10th place for $650,000. All remaining players (from USA, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain and Canada) are awarded a seat at the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table, which will take place in October.
Seat, Player, Country, Chips
1 Griffin Benger - Canada - 26,175,000
2 Vojtech Ruzicka - Czech Republic - 27,300,000
3 Fernando Pons - Spain - 6,150,000
4 Qui Nguyen - USA - 67,295,000
5 Cliff Josephy - USA - 74,600,000
6 Michael Ruane - USA - 31,600,000
7 Gordon Vayo - USA - 49,375,000
8 Kenny Hallaert - Belgium - 43,325,000
9 Jerry Wong - USA - 10,175,000
The 2016 Main Event started over a week ago and attracted 6,737 players, which makes it the largest field since 2011. In total, it's the fifth-largest Main Event in World Series of Poker history! The remaining 9 players of this year's Main Event will return in 3.5 month to battle it out on the final table, which will air live on ESPN from October 30 through November 1.
All the finalists are guaranteed at least $1,000,000 each, and the last man standing will get $8,000,000!
source: http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?rr=5&grid=1232&tid=14968&dayof=
