We are now climbing towards 400 entries at the WCC Event #8 Day 1G. There have been 82 players who have fired a second bullet, and with an hour left before late registration closes, today’s Day 1 flight already marks the largest number of entries of all the live Day 1 flights.
As the action continues to heat up, with players battling to qualify for Day 2, at table 22, Denis Leftakis was sent packing by Ben Chen.
After Denis limped into the hand, Ben called.
When the flop came down 
, both competitors checked.
When the dealer revealed the turn, the 
, Ben spashed three 5,000-chips into the pot. Denis looked at his cards, and pushed all of his remaining chips towards the dealer. Ben didn’t waste any time calling.
When Denis turned his hole cards over, he showed, 
. But Ben’s cards were 
, 
.
Denis immediately stood up. He wasn’t helped when the dealer revealed the river, a 
. The straight he was pulling for didn’t materialize. Denis congratulated Ben before slowly navigating away from the table.
