The $2.5K NLHE final table wrapped up earlier this evening with Duncan “Pumper” Bell taking down the title after he eliminated Steve Merrifield with pocket aces to Merrifield’s pocket tens.  Bell takes home the bracelet and the first place prize of $666,777.  Shawn Buchanan finished 4th, earning $218,491.

Nearly 8.5 hours after play in the $1.5K shootout began, we are still not done with Round One.  A lone table with two players remain and they continue to trade chips back and forth.  Round Two is scheduled to kcik off at 9pm, but it remains to be seen if these players will cause the start time to be delayed.  Meanwhile, the remaining players in the shootout are doing everything they can to pass the time.  We spotted Casey “ccmuney” Coleman and Dan “Slowroll Me with Aces” Adams watching the triple draw and when we asked Casey if he was trying to pick up some tips on how to play the game, he told us that he had just gotten bored sitting at an empty table waiting for his event to start.  Check back in later tonight for updates on Casey, Chris “sooooted” Vaughn, Craig “Cash At Will” Gray, Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach, David “nutstr84444″ Redlin, Brian Lamanna, and others.

The $2K Omaha 8OB is nearing the money bubble, which will burst after 4 of the remaining 58 players are eliminated.  Aaron “NDGrinder59″ Steury busted earlier today, but Scott “BigRiskky” Clements and Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke remain towards the top of the chip counts. 

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