WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$3,970,415
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Entries
639
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000

Tuan Le Wins a Pot Against Jamie Gold

After a flop of {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, Tuan Le bet 3,000 from late position, Jamie Gold called from the cutoff, and Francois Safieddine folded from the button. The turn card was the {7-Spades}, Le checked, and Gold tossed five blue chips (50,000) into the pot to put Le all in. As Le called, Gold said, "I've got a ton of outs" as he showed {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, which gave him a pair of sevens, a gutshot straight draw, and a flush draw. But when Tuan Le showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} for top pair and a higher flush draw, Gold amended his statement with "No, I don't."

The river card was the {J-Hearts}, and Tuan Le took the pot with a higher two pair, improving his stack to 37,000. Jamie Gold dropped to about 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Jamie GoldTuan Le

Six Pots Over 25K

What if I told you that in two rounds at one table there were six pots over 25,000 and two of those were over 40,000. How many players would you guess busted out of that table?

Answer: none.

When you start with 50K there is a LOT of play, a lot.

Of course, it did take one player getting his Aces cracked, then flopping a straight all-in. And another player making a double gut-buster after having this stack crippled in a boat-over-boat hand.

And the gang plays on.

270 Players Remain

We have lost only 35 players thus far today and the over/under bets are beginning to fly.

235 seems the number to beat with 140 minutes of playing time remaining today.

Mike Woo Wins a Pot Against Ram Vaswani

With the board showing {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} on the turn, Doug Lee, Ram Vaswani, and Mike Woo all checked. The river card was the {K-Diamonds}. Lee checked, Vaswani bet 8K, Woo called, and Lee folded. Vaswani, who seems to be playing every single hand today, showed his bluff of {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, while Woo rivered a Broadway straight with A-Q.

After the hand, Woo improved to 69K in chips, Vaswani dropped to 79K, and Lee dropped to 14K.

Tags: Doug LeeMike WooRam Vaswani