Ted Ely moved all in first to act for slightly more than 130,000 and Ryan Franklin, one to his left, moved all in as well. The rest of the table folded and Ely turned over and was up against Franklin's .
The flop came to give both players a pair with Franklin's aces in the lead. The turn was the and the river was the and Ely is the first player eliminated today. He finishes in 10th place for $5,283.
Aftab Shakoor moved all in on the first hand with and would double up against Joe Ebanks when an ace would hit the turn. The very next hand, Ryan Franklin would move all in first to act from the small blind to apply pressure on the short-stacked Steve Karp but it was bad timing as Karp woke up with . Franklin's was unable to put a beat on Karp and just like that two of the shorter stacks have doubled up.
It's the final day of the 2014 PPC Aruba World Championship $2,200 Main Event and the final ten players will be starting play in just a little over an hour here. They are playing for the $72,163 first place prize and PPC Main Event trophy as well as a $5,000 package to next years Main Event. It's sure to be an exciting, action-packed day of poker here on the beautiful island of Aruba.
Aristoteles Neto comes into the final day with the chip lead with 763,000 in chips. That's 244,000 more than his nearest competitor, Josh Kay. Rounding out the top three is World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Joe Ebanks, who took second in this very event last year.
Ebanks is perhaps the most recognizable name at the final table but there are plenty of familiar faces sitting nearby. South Florida poker pro Steve Karp comes in with a short stack at 155,000 but if anyone has the experience to mount a comeback it would be him. Karp has nearly $900,000 in career tournament earnings and has numerous final tables to his credit. Young online pro Ryan Franklin is looking to add to his live tournament resume and John Ott needs to finish 8th or better to move into the lead on the PPC Player of the Year leaderboard. Winning that would give him a return ticket to this event next year.
Final Table Chip Counts
Seat
Name
Chips
1
Joe Ebanks
461,000
2
Aftab Shakoor
73,000
3
Aristoteles Neto
763,000
4
John Ott
373,000
5
Ted Ely
147,000
6
Ryan Franklin
325,000
7
Steve Karp
155,000
8
Richard Bowers
253,000
9
Josh Kay
519,000
10
Jimmy Pashaj
390,000
Play is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. local time at the beautiful Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa and won't end until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews for live coverage in just a bit.
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and was up against Franklin's 
.
to give both players a pair with Franklin's aces in the lead. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Ely is the first player eliminated today. He finishes in 10th place for $5,283.
and would double up against Joe Ebanks 
. Franklin's 
was unable to put a beat on Karp and just like that two of the shorter stacks have doubled up.
