Joe Cassidy Eliminated in 5th Place ($86,461)
Cassidy: / /
Evdakov: / /
Joe Cassidy has been eliminated from the tournament in 5th place. Nikolay Evdakov brought it in on third street, then called Cassidy's completion. On fourth street the two players raised enough to get Cassidy's last 95,000 in the middle. Cassidy opened a pair of sevens; Evdakov had caught a pair of nines on fourth street. By the river, Cassidy got a good sweat. Evdakov had been unable to improve, and Cassidy had a double gutshot straight draw to go along with his draw at two pair or trip sevens. He bricked all the draws with a .
Cassidy leaves with $86,461 in prize money. Evdakov is still somewhat short, with just 465,000 in his stack.