There are 16 players left in Event #40 of the 2014 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, a $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up tournament. The winner of the Heads-Up event, who will be determined on Saturday, will make $335,000.

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On Friday, the tournament will continue until the Final Four or championship match and the tournament restarts at 1:00pm Pacific Time. Here are the match-ups:

Erik Seidel vs. Scott Baumstein
Max Silver vs. Sam KingKobeMVP Stein
Jason JAKoon1985 Koon vs. Dee Tiller
Alberto Gomez vs. Scott Davies
Tommy Chen vs. Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Colman vs. Taylor taypaur Paur (pictured above)
Davide Suriano vs. Serkan Kurnaz
John Smith vs. Ankush pistons87 Mandavia

It took three, or in some cases four, wins to get to the Sweet 16 after 136 players entered. Taylor taypaurPaur’s road included wins over Idris Ambraisse, Sergey Rybachenko, and Michael Pickett. Paur, who won his first WSOP bracelet last year in a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event, will break $1 million in career WSOP cashes with this score and will record his fifth in the money finish this year. He wrote on Twitter following his match with Pickett, “Marathon match. Lasted almost 3 hrs, but I won. Itm and round of 16 tomorrow.”

Daniel Negreanu (pictured), who is still trying to capitalize on a well-publicized bracelet bet, beat Max Steinberg, Brice Lin, and 2013 November Niner Sylvain Loosli en route to the round of 16. Negreanu is the holder of six WSOP bracelets and finished second in a $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament earlier this month to give his bettors a sweat. Negreanu Tweeted, “Winner! My 5th cash, tough opponent, but I played really well. Back tomorrow for final 16! Exciting stuff woot.”

Jason JAKoon1985Koon navigated rough seas on Thursday, beating Brian Roberts, John Juanda, and Sam Trickett heads-up to set up a date with Dee Tiller in the Sweet 16. This is the former sprinter’s deepest run in the 2014 WSOP and will mark his third in the money finish this year. Meanwhile, Ankush pistons87Mandavia also had a tough draw and squared off against Vanessa Selbst, Faraz The-Toilet Jaka, and Chris Whitcomb.

Elsewhere at the Rio, George Danzer became the second player to win two WSOP bracelets this year, joining fellow German pro Dominik bounatirouIMONitsche. Danzer took down the $10,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Championship and, as for whether you’ll see him be crowned the Player of the Year, Danzer said, “I’m already busy enough playing in the events I schedule for myself. So, I’m not going to overload myself too much. I’m going to grind that way I intended, just as I did before.”

Danzer started the final day of play as the chip leader and busted Calvin cal42688Anderson (pictured) in third place. Anderson, a former #1 player here on PocketFives, won a gold bracelet five days ago and has three final tables at this year’s WSOP. He Tweeted to his 5,700 followers, “I got 3rd… Thanks for the support!” Here’s how the final table paid out:

1st Place: George Danzer – $352,696
2nd Place: John $JMONEY$ Racener – $217,935
3rd Place: Calvin cal42688Anderson – $98,828
4th Place: Brian Stinger885 Hastings – $77,238
5th Place: Jeffrey Lisandro – $61,594
6th Place: Chris George – $50,018
7th Place: David Singer – $41,277
8th Place: Richard Sklar – $34,550

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