Hands #50-56: David Eldridge Ends the Level on Top

Hand #50 – Jean-Christophe Ferreira limps in on the button, Andrew Chen completes the small blind, and Darren Elias checks his option in the big blind. The players all check the  flop and check again when the turn brings the .

The river is the . Chen checks, Elias bets 225,000, Ferreira calls, and Chen folds. Elias has  for a rivered two pair, but Ferreira has him out-kicked with  and takes the pot.

Jean-Christophe Ferreira – 2,750,000 (28 bb)
Darren Elias – 2,900,000 (29 bb)

Hand #51 – Dave Eldridge gets a walk.

Hand #52 – Darren Elias raises to 210,000 on the button and Jean-Christophe Ferreira calls in the big blind. The two check down the  board. Elias has  and Ferreira has . It is a chopped pot.

Hand #53 – Darren Elias raises to 210,000 from under the gun and David Eldridge reraises to 500,000 on the button. Elias folds and Eldridge takes the pot.

David Eldridge – 7,800,000 (78 bb)
Darren Elias – 2,700,000 (27 bb)

Hand #54 – David Eldridge raises to 250,000 from under the gun and Andrew Chen reraises all in from the small blind for his last 1.3 million. Eldridge folds and Chen takes the pot.

Hand #55 – David Eldridge gets a walk.

Hand #56 – Andrew Chen raises to 230,000 from under the gun and Darren Elias moves all in for around 2.6 million on the button. Chen folds and Elias takes the last hand of the level.