Dave Fox began today as one of four players of the final 19 with more than a million chips, but a series of unfortunate hands during the first one-hour level has ended his Main Event run in 15th place.
Fox's final hand began with a raise to 30,000 from under the gun. It folded to Hend Matthews on the button who called, and Gregory Masters called as well from the big blind.
The flop came monotone — 
— and Masters checked. Fox bet 60,000, and after pausing for about a half-minute Matthews pushed forward two columns of chips to raise to 260,000. Masters quickly folded, and when Fox announced he was reraising all in, Matthews called right away.
Fox tabled 
for the overpair plus a nut flush draw while Matthews showed she'd flopped the flush with 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Fox is out.
"Whew... jack-seven," said Matthews afterwards as she was gathering the chips. "That was a pretty good flop for that hand," deadpanned Joseph McKeehen from across the table.
Speaking of McKeehen, that hand nudges Matthews up into second behind him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,270,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
Busted |
, and Wang led right out with 90,000. Matthews gave her hand up, and McKeehen checked out how much Wang had left, then announced all in. Wang spent about 45 seconds in the tank before kicking his hand in, giving the pot to McKeehen.
, but he was in dire straits, as Sheets held 
versus Fox's 
, and Dobrilovic grabbed a chunk more from Fox.
gave Sinishtaj a set but left Cosagrande with some flush outs. The river was the 
, though, and Cosagrande is out.
. Walker responded by shoving all in for about 440,000, and Fox called the bet.
for a flush draw while Fox had 
turn meant Fox was still ahead, but the 
binked on the river for Walker and he survives.
caught up with the 
of Joseph McKeehen. However, he went out on the next hand.
Steur was eliminated.
