Sebastien Lepine was on the hunt for another double-up here on this final table of the WPT500, as he found himself at the tail end of the leaderboard. He moved his 3,200,000 stack in from early position, and Said El-Yousfi made the call from the button.
Sebastien: 
Said: 
Said took a huge lead on the flop, and ended up knocking out his opponent on the 
board to bring the field down to 6 players.
7th place: Sebastien Lepine – $31,000
Canadian poker player Xuan Liu , who has amassed more than $1.9 million in live earnings, battled it out with American, William Jennings, who has has also reached close to a million dollars in poker winnings.
Preflop, William raised to 4,000. Everyone else at the table folded except Xuan. After she called, the flop was dealt 
. William bet 1,200 and Xuan called. The turn card was a 
and William wagered 1,700. Xuan, regarded her opponent, then peeked at her cards before calling.
When the river card was revealed 
, both William and Xuan, who keeps herself entertained between hands with both her cell phone and tablet, checked.
When the players cards were revealed, William’s :1C :7C were not enough to better Xuan’s 
.
Miguel Goncalo opened to 2,000,000 from middle position, and Trevor Argue defended his big blind. Heads-up on a 
, Trevor checked, and Miguel moved all-in for 7,500,000. After a moment of thought, Trevor slid forward some calling chips and hands were tabled.
Miguel showed down 
and had only a ten to fade, as Trevor flipped over 
. The dealer rung out a 
on the turn, and a 
on the river, and Miguel’s rockets held for the win, sending him north of 20,000,000 chips and into the chip lead.
As today’s Main Event Day 1B continues, the list of players both entering and exiting the tournament continues to grow. The initial field has slowly quadrupled from where it started at noon, and now stands at 162.
This is one of the benefits of all-day registration: players can choose when they want to enter the action, and many have elected to do just that, enjoying the ability to arrive at their own pace. Even so, as the field grows, the list of busted players grows as well. Jonathan Bussieres recently added to that list, defeating his opponent Kurt Lichtman on table 17 in a showdown.
Jonathan opened utg with a bet of 800. Another player (in seat 5) raised to 2,800, and Kurt called, along with Jonathan. The flop was dealt 
.
Jonathan opened again with a pot-sized 9,000 chip bet, one that chased out the player in seat 5. Kurt wasn’t ready to give up on the hand, however, and decided to shove all in, quickly called by Jonathan. It was a classic showdown, with Jonathan’s Ace-King vs Kurt’s pocket Queens.
Turn:
River: 
Unfortunately for Kurt the math wasn’t in his favor today, with the coin flip going Jonathan’s way.
Said El-Yousfi moved all-in from late position in an unopened pot, and was called by Thomas Hall in the big blind, who instantly opened . Said tabled a trailing 
, but found a set on the 
board to score a key double-up.
Said was holding 8,425,000 chips to start the hand, and has climbed the leaderboard with that pot. Thomas saw his stack cut in half, and now holds around 8,000,000 chips.
Shawn Buchanan, a Canadian poker player who won the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007, grabbed a pot at the WPT Main Event Day 1B.
Preflop, Nabil Karrass raised to 900. Shawn, Heath Day, Richard Kirsch and Romans Voitovs all called. When the flop came down 
, Nabil bet 1,200. Shawn and Romans both called, and Heath and Richard folded.
When the dealer revealed the turn 
, Nabil wagered 2,000. Shawn called and Romans folded. The dealer flipped the river 
. Nabil pushed harder, betting 3,000. Shawn paused. The fingers of his left hand moved musically along his right bicep like the digits of a trumpet players hitting notes with a horn. After a few minutes of reflection, Shawn, whose career poker winnings exceed some 4 million dollars, called.
Nabil, who was holding ace queen, shook his head when Shawn threw down a pair of nines.
