Dylan Ellis is having a pretty good weekend here at WSOP-C Deerfoot. Last night he bagged second place in the Mystery Bounty game, but tonight he went one spot better, taking down the 4-Flight game after about 13 hours of play on Day 2.

The chip lead during the final table moved around between the three players who ended up three-ways at the end with Derk Dufour, Lee Clark, and Ellis all holding the lead for various points. Clark and Ellis were roughly even stacked when they got heads-up, but after chipping up in a a few small pots, it all kicked off in a hand that Ellis three-bet pre.

Clark opened to 1 million, then called when Ellis raised it to 4.25 million. Ellis fired 1.75 million on the flop and Clark smooth-called to the turn. Ellis bet again, this time for 2.3 million, then called it off with the big stack when Clark shoved.

Ellis was way ahead with the best ace and the nut heart draw, and a heart on the river secured the win for him. This was his third live win according to Hendon Mob and his first Circuit ring.

The 4-Flight is now over after 13 hours of Day 2 play and Lee Clark had to settle for 2nd place. The final hand was a big cooler that started with Clark raising to 1 million, then called when Dylan Ellis raised it to 4.25 million. 

Ellis fired 1.75 million on the flop and Clark flatted to the turn. Ellis put out 2.3 million after getting a count of Clark's stack. Clark shoved over top and Ellis made a quick call.

Lee Clark:
Dylan Ellis:

Ellis was way ahead with the best ace and the nut heart draw and the river sealed the deal for Ellis and sent Clark to the cage for 2nd place money.

They are heads up in the 4-Flight now after the exit of Derek Dufour in 3rd place. Dufour got it in with ace-four but couldn't find a card against pocket eights.

The final three players are on a break with the end of Level 32. They'll be back in about 12 minutes to finish it out.

They are down to three players left in Event #3 now after the exit of Kevin Kammavong in 4th place for a score of $28,757. I missed the action as the Seniors FT just finished up and I was tidying that event.

Lee Clark is spinning his stack back up again after doubling through Dylan Ellis. Ellis was in tough with but he flopped a straight draw on but then bricked the turn and river to send the double to Clark.

Lee Clark was looking for a double-up when he shoved blind on blind against Derek Dufour. Dufour called him off from the big but was behind with against . The flop came and Clark stayed ahead on the turn. It looked like he had it locked up as Dylan Ellis called for an ace. Sure enough, the river was to counterfeit Clark's king and turn it into a chop.

Abe Shawile was the 5th place finisher tonight in Event #3, though I missed the action. He pocketed $21,683 for his work today.

The money went in before the flop and Kevin Kammavong just doubled through Dylan Ellis with both players holding diamond draws.

Abe Shawile shoved under the gun and it folded around to the blinds. Lee Clark tanked for a bit from the small before he ultimately folded, then said "Thank you" when big blind Derek Dufour called it off quickly.

Abe Shawile:
Derek Dufour:

Shawile flopped a set of treys on but Dufour turned a wheel draw with . The river was the brick that Shawile needed though and he doubled up.

It's cooler time at the E3 final table tonight. Tom Lobas just hit the rail after a brutal beat in the final hand of the last level at the hands of Derek Dufour. Dufour raised the small blind to 400k and Lobas called the big. Both players checked the flop, and Dufour fired 400k again on the turn. Lobas shoved and Dufour snapped him off.

Tom Lobas:
Derek Dufour:

Dufour flopped a set of aces, but Lobas turned the queen-high straight for a big lead. That all changed on the river though when the paired board gave Dufour the boat and the win.

Dale "Dake" Andre tried to shove from the cutoff, but didn't verbalize his action, and ended up string-betting to 1 million instead. Derek Dufour came back over the top from the small blind with the big-stack shove and Andre got his money in anyway.

Dale Andre:
Derek Dufour:

Neither player hit the board and Andre hit the cage for his payout. Meanwhile, Derek Dufour has more than a third of the chips in play now.

Kyle Ronnes just got his second final table score of the series. He bagged 7th place in PLO game earlier in the series for $3,574 and has now just added another $10,026 for 8th place here in E3.

I missed the action, but Andrew Van Graans was the 9th-place finisher tonight for $7,955. Most of the damage happened in a recent hand where he sent a double across the table to Tom Lobas.

It was a classic race when Tom Lobas shoved early for 875k and Andrew Van Graans called from big blind.

Tom Lobas:
Andrew Van Graans:

Lobas flopped a set with a seven in the window but Van Graans flopped a straight draw on . The Broadway draw bricked on for the rest of the board and Lobas' set held.

Abe Shawile raised to 325k from the cutoff, and Dylan Ellis defended his big blind with a call. Ellis check-called for 225k on the flop of and both players checked the turn, and Ellis checked again on the river.'

Shawile fired 450k and Ellis called pretty quickly. Shawile was no good with against for Ellis. Ellis has the chip lead at the break.

Dylan Ellis opened the middle to 325k and Alex Allison came over the top with a shove. Ellis checked his cards and quickly put in the call.

Alex Allison:
Dylan Ellis:

It was a cooler that sent Alex Allison to the rail. He couldn't find the cards he needed to crack the aces of Ellis, who is on his second final table in as many days after coming second in the Mystery Bounty last night. It's worth adding that Kyle Rosnes is also at his second FT of the series after he made the final table of the PLO game the other night.

The ten-handed final table is now set with Lee Clark leading the way with 8.2 million chips, and Dylan Ellis following with about 5.4 million.

Jeff Saunders was the most recent player to hit the rail and he pocketed the first cash of $6,395 for his couple ofdays of work. That puts them on the bubble to the ten-handed final table and there are two more payouts of $6,395 before the final nine spots.

After some technical problems with the website, it is back up and running again now. I've updated the payouts list under the Payouts tab, and hope to finish out the coverage here tonight.

Skylar Edgar was the most recent player to hit the rail after his jacks lost out to the ace-ten of Tom Lobas. That left Edgar very short, and he was forced in on his next big blind. His ten-six of hearts couldn't find cards against ace-jack for Kevin Kammavong and he took the final payout of $5,210.

They are down to 24 players left now. Payouts are listed under the Payouts tab, but we are still waiting for 27th place to check in.

Level 24 is now underway with blinds at 25k/50k/50k and 26 players left in the game.

The players are still on a break for about 9 minutes, but when they return, the final 26 players will be in action in Level 24 with blinds at 25k/50k/50k. 27th place still hasn't reported in so I'm not sure who it was yet, the field is down to 26.

The three-table redraw has just happened with the field down to 27 now. Greg "Greg Goes All In" Liow, who was railing David Ko for his recent win, and Jordan Johnstone were the busts to get to 27.

Liow got his money in with pocket sixes, but ran into pocket kings and couldn't find any help.

The field is down to 30 players left now, nearing the three-table redraw at 27. Full payouts to 31st place are listed under the payouts tab.

They are down to the final four tables in the 4-Flight now. Dale Foyle, Caleb Simmons, Fraser "Big Papi" Short, Bash Ramahi, and Mohsen Shafizadeh were among the recent busts. I am still waiting for 39th place to report in, but otherwise, the full payouts are under the payouts tab.

There are just under 10 minutes left in Level 22.

Level 22 has just begun and there are 45 players left in the game on five tables now. Trent Hopper, who is a regular in the cash here at WSOP-C Calgary, was among the recent busts to bring it down to the final five tables.

There are just over 10 minutes left in Level 21 and the field is now down to 50 players remaining. Peter Griffin, Ian "Tang Jooce" Tang. and Shane Brotherwood were among the recent busts to get them to 50 left.

They've played a bit more than 10 minutes of Level 21 and the field is now down to 55 players left. Among the recent players to hit the cage for some money were Hari Aujla, Michael Baldwin, Jeff "Ironman" Charlebois, and Mal Hagan. Full details of today's payouts so far can be found under the Payouts tab.

They are down to 60 players left in the game to start Level 21 and the official Day 2 levels. The players are still on their break but will be back in action in about 4 minutes. Deven Lane is among the players to chip up today - he started the day second in chips with just over a million and he's up to about 1.2 million now.

They are down to 64 players left with five minutes to play until the first break of the day and the start of Day 2 levels of 45 minutes. See the Payouts tab for a look at cashing players so far.

They are down to 71 players now with about half of Level 20 to play. There will be a break at the end of this level, and then they'll be back for 45 minute levels starting in Level 21.

Level 20 has just begun and this will be the final hand at the 30-minute Day 1 blind structures. They'll take a break following this level, then return for official Day 2 play at the start of Level 21. See the payouts tab for a nearly complete look at payouts so far.

They are down to 85 players left now after the exits of King Wang, winner of the PLO game earlier this week, as well as Ron Lauzon and Kyle Turner and Chi Chan.

There are still two more levels to play in the Day 1 structure at 30 minutes before they hit the official Day 2 45-minute levels at the start of Level 21. Fred Werezak and C)">Jeremy Harper were the most recent players to collect cash.

Things have been relatively slow so far today but three players have already finished their Day 2 action. Cory Hauser was the first player to bust on Day 2, followed by Diogenes Forbes and Daniel Lefebvre. Full details on payouts as they happen will be under the payouts tab,

The final 93 players for Event #3 are now in their seats for Day 2. Action kicked off with 24 minutes remaining in Level 18, where Day 1a ended and they'll proceed today until the top prize has been won.

Day 2 Players by Chips

Day 2 Players by Seat

Day 2 Players by Name

Event #3: $400 4-Flight
Jan 11-14
Day 2: Jan 14, 1 pm
Entries: 1,715
Returning: 93
Day 2 Prizes: $450,691
Blinds: 30/45 Minutes

The 4-Flight was another record field with 1,715 entries across the four flights and $565,950 in total prizes. $450,691 of that is still waiting to be won on Day 2 with $273,775 for the final nine players.

Derek Dufour and Deven Lane are the chip leaders going into Day 2 with both players bagging a bit more than 1 million chips in their respective Day 1 flights. Starting Day chip counts are under the Chip Counts tab and I'll be posting the Day 2 seat assignments shortly, though with the caveat that one player's seats aren't listed due to an error on my part.