With six eliminations needed until the players hit the money, here are just a few of the short-stacks that will be looking either to survive or find a much needed double, triple or quadruple-up so that they are a chance of collecting (at a minimum) a $21,905 payday.
2011 World Series of Poker
Omaha-8
In the last four hands of Omaha-8 at table 277, Erik Sagstrom and Frankie O'Dell have been getting into it with each other pretty hard. All but one quarter of one of those pots have gone to Sagstrom who is up 150,000 in those hands almost solely on O'Dell.
O'Dell now has 270,000 and Sagstrom is up to 390,000
Stud
By the time we got there, Tom Dwan and Robert Williamson III had put in enough bets on sixth street to have Williamson all in. They flipped over their hands before the river to find that Dwan had a wheel and a flush draw. Williamson already had the nut straight and needed to fade a spade.
Robert Williamson III: 





Tom Dwan: 





Dwan flipped his
, and Williams was safe before he showed the irrelevant
. He is up to 210,000. Dwan still has over 300,000.
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
| Player | Points | Cashes | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Hellmuth | 393.75 | 2 | 0 | $500,140 |
| Sam Stein | 385.75 | 3 | 1 | $690,451 |
| John Juanda | 336 | 2 | 1 | $410,067 |
| Amir Lehavot | 330.75 | 2 | 1 | $578,454 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 325 | 2 | 1 | $647,854 |
| Steve Landfish | 317.70 | 2 | 0 | $330,044 |
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 315 | 1 | 1 | $465,216 |
| Jake Cody | 313.13 | 2 | 1 | $856,427 |
| Eric Rodawig | 311.50 | 2 | 1 | $446,954 |
| Daniel Idema | 309.50 | 2 | 1 | $384,738 |
| Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 299.25 | 3 | 1 | $364,565 |
| Allen Bari | 292.63 | 3 | 1 | $883,469 |
*Standings through Event #33
Razz
John Monnette completed and Tommy Hang made the call. Monnette led fourth with Hang making the call before Hang led fifth and sixth with Monnette making the call. Hang checked seventh dark and then proceeded to call Monnette's 16,000-chip bet.
Monnette: (X)(X) / 


/ (X)
Hang: (X)(X) / 


/ (X)
Monnette tabled his 

to scoop the pot with his nine-seven low as he moved to 315,000 while Hang took a dip to 225,000.
Razz
Max Pescatori got it all in versus Matthew Ashton on fifth street and by the end his hand showed 





His eight-four low was enough to take down the pot and double up to 110,000
Omaha-8
With the board reading 



, Michael Binger fired out a bet of 16,000 and Jason Stern called all in.
Binger tabled his 


to take the high with two-pair and send Stern to the rail while moving to 430,000 in chips.
Omaha-8
Fabrice Soulier has been on an absolute tear lately and just knocked out Huck Seed in Omaha-8.
The two got it all in on the turn with the board reading 


and Soulier showed 


for trip fours. Seed was drawing dead and mucked, but his hand had to be turned up per the rules and he showed, 


the river was the
and Soulier now has 470,000 and is our chip leader.
Hold'em
"It's ok to fold Chau!" stated Daniel Alaei after raising the button to 16,000 into Chau Giang's big blind.
"Ok, ok, I will" responded Giang as he flashed his 
.
Alaei was pushed the pot and tabled his 
.
"Oh my god I had two overs. Two overs!" added Giang.
Two players made a quick trip to the rail to reduce our field to just thirty-three players.