WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
How Would You Play It?
You (David Williams) have a short chat with no one in particular and make the call. The river is and Miami John pushes for his remaining 20,700, you have a Queen and a big kicker. What do you do?
David Williams had a long thought and a bit more conversation before calling and mucking when Miami John showed .
Jamie Gold Eliminates Adam Weinraub
"I could be lying," Gold said as he stood up. "I'm not going to tell you if I'm bluffing."
Weinraub moved all-in and Gold quickly called as he shouted, "Yes!"
He flipped over for the nuts as Weinraub showed for a set. That hand put Gold up to 100K. WPT Invitational winner Adam Weinraub headed to the rail. Weinraub had promised 20% of his winnings to charity.
Prop Bet: Gold vs. Hellmuth
After making the bet Hellmuth tossed Gold a $5K chip.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't some really excellent writer comment recently on the ever repeating pattern of bad behavior followed by a hollow apology.
290 Players Remain
Joe Sebok's Bad Beat
Unfortunately for Mr. Sebok, the new turn card gave Victor Ramdin trips, and with betting the rest of the way, Sebok ended up losing a large pot, dropping down to 41,000. Ramdin has about 53,000.
Updating the Table of Champions
Seat 2. Abe Mosseri
Seat 3: Hoyt Corkins (2003 WPT Foxwoods Champion)
Seat 4: Maureen Feduniak
Seat 4: Martin de Knijff
Seat 6: Tuan Le (2005 WPT World Champion)
Seat 7: Jamie Gold (2006 WSOP Champion)
Seat 8: Francois Safieddine
Seat 10: Scott Clements (2006 WSOP bracelet winner)
...and you thought the table was tough before