Eliminated in 7th place at tonight’s final table for Event #16, Scott “BigRiskky” Clements took home $36,232 in his second final table appearance in this year’s World Series of Poker. From under the gun, Scott opened with a raise, only to be met by a reraise from chipleader Ted Forrest. The big blind also got in on the action, inspiring him to jam it all in when the action returned to him. Both players called and the board came 4J5Q5. Scott mucked his hand and exited the tournament, making his third cash of the series and second final table elimination.

The $1.5K shootout has finally reached heads up play after nine and a half hours of play today and a marathon session of poker yesterday.  After playing one of the longest sessions of poker on Day One, John “Ihave3pair” Strzemp was eliminated in 3rd place when he moved all-in on the river as a bluff and was called by Mike Schwartz, who held top pair.  He will earn $129,675 for his efforts.

Both of the remaining players, Jason Young and Mike Schwartz, had an extremely long Day One as well, with their second tables not concluding until after 5am this morning.  With less than seven hours off in between, fatigue is becoming a major factor in this final stage of play.

The $5K No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys also neared completion for the evening as the players duked it out for spots at the final table. Tom “durrrr” Dwan continued to push around his opponents with his big stack; he remained near the top of the count with 510K.

• June 10, 2008 -- AK Good
• June 11, 2008 -- Nothing But Net
• June 30, 2008 -- Daut Busted in 10k PLO
• June 27, 2008 -- Stud Players Wanting Tang