Mark Sandness, who won this very event two years ago, has been eliminated from the tournament after two back-to-back hands.

In the first, Nathan Baum open-shipped for 850,000 from under the gun and Sandness, who had him covered by 185,000, call from the button. Both blinds folded and it was off to the races.

Sandness:

Baum:

Sandness was looking to hold, and he did so through the flop and turn, though Baum picked up a gutshot to Broadway. Sandness just needed to dodge a queen, jack and ten on the river, but he couldn’t do it as the spiked to pair Baum.

In the very next hand, Sandness shoved with the only to run into the of Luke Arora. The board ran out a dry and that was all she wrote for Sandness, who notched his 10th MSPT cash after making his fifth MSPT final table (tied for third all time).

Mark Sandness - Eliminated in 4th Place