Nasr El Nasr glad to finally end his heads-up match with Barney Boatman.

The World Series of Poker $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event 41) entered Day 2 with only 30 players spread across five tables. Every player that returned for Day 2 was in the money with a guaranteed $16,740. Moving on to Day 3 to play for a bracelet are Andrew Lichtenberger, Peter Traply, Maxim Lykov, Danny Wong and Nasr El Nasr. Starting stacks for the final table will be at 900,000, allowing for deep post-flop play.

Many of the big pros fell during Day 2 including; Phil Ivey, David “The Dragon” Pham and Jennifer Harman. 

Ivey’s day was a roller coaster ride. The beginning of the end came after his 8 8 was counterfeited on a board of 4 9 T T 9 and El Nasr held A K. Then a short-stacked Ivey raised from the big blind after Barny Boatman limped from the small blind. Boatman then moved all-in and Ivey called holding A 4. Boatman rivered a set on a board of 6 7 9 K 8 and ended Ivey’s push for a third bracelet.

El Nasr finally bested Boatman after nearly two hours of heads-up play. After a standard button raise and call, the flop came K K 8 and El Nasr check-raised all-in after a Boatman bet. El Nasr held A 8 and Boatman was drawing thin with 7 7. The turn and river came 3 T and El Nasr jumped up from the table with a fist pump as he will return to fight for a bracelet.

Pham’s day ended with an ugly flop and an even uglier river. Lichtenberger called Pham’s big blind raise of 40,000 to see a flop of 5 J Q. Pham led out and Lichtenberger raised to 200,000 and Pham moved in. Lichtenberger called with Q 5 hitting two pair and Pham needed help holding K K. The turn and river came Q 7 and Pham’s day was done.

Wong won his table in coin flip situation. Peter Feldman moved all-in with 4 4 and Wong called holding A Q. The flop came 9 7 J and the turn came T, giving Wong even more outs. The river K made Wong a broadway straight and a ticket to the final table.

Traply bested his table when his and Davidi Kitai’s chips were in the middle after a flop of 8 2 6. Traply was ahead holding T T and Kitai was drawing with A 3. The turn and river came 4 9 completely missing Kitai and Traply punched his ticket to the final table.

Lykov was the first player to win his table after winning preflop raise war with Lex Veldhuis. Veldhuis opened with a raise, Lykov reraised to 29,000, Veldhuis raised again to 78,000, then Lykove moved all-in and Veldhuis called. Lykov tabled A J and Veldhuis showed A 4. The board came K K 7 T 9 and Lykov’s hand held up and he advanced to the bracelet round.

The final table is set to begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow PST in the green section of the Amazon Room.

Final Table Players and Chipcounts

1. Andrew Lichtenberger - 900,000
2. Peter Traply - 900,000
3. Maxim Traply - 900,000
4. Danny Wong - 900,000
5. Nasr El Nasr - 900,000

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