We just caught the tail end of the pot, but we watched Matt Waxman call a 120,000-chip river bet on a board. We never got to see Waxman's cards; Doug Lang tabled to win the pot and knock Waxman down to about 680,000.
We walked to the other table for a second, but when we returned, Waxman was involved in another pot. The flop showed when we joined, and Jonathon Poche checked. Waxman bet 34,000, then called a shove for about 150,000 total. Poche showed up for the up-and-down draw, and Waxman's was in front.
Until the turn. The dropped, and Waxman was drawing dead. The river was nothing more than a dig, and granting that double slides Waxman down even further. He's lost almost half his stack in those last two hands, down now to about 520,000.
With the frenzy of action in the last level, Matt Waxman has fallen out of the chip lead without really losing any chips at all. He's doing his best to keep pace with the leaders, though, and he's just kocked William Moorer out of the tournament.
The pot began with Waxman opening to 26,000, and he called a 105,000-chip shove from Moorer. Waxman's was dominated by Moorer's , but he found some help on board. The dealer provided him some help by the time the river rolled around though, running out a board to give Waxman the come-from-behind knockout.
That's the end of Moorer's day in 15th place, and Waxman is back up to 915,000 -- still good for third place overall.
From middle position, Kake Bazeley opened to 22,000, and Doug Lang three-bet to 35,000 in position. Next door to him, Mario Silvestri squeezed all in for what looked like 423,000, and Bazeley reshoved over the top. That sent the message to Lang, and he ducked out to let Silvestri fight heads-up for his tournament life. He was not in good shape.
Showdown
Bazeley:
Silvestri:
There was nothing much for Silvestri to sweat as the board ran out dry. It came , and his day is done in 16th place. The knockout moves "Bazeman" up to 1.1 million and comfortably into second place
From the cutoff seat, Jared Ingles put the last 45,000 of his chips into the pot with , and Todd Wood (still stacking chips from that last pot) called with .
The board came out , and the short stack has been cut down to the felt. Ingles is out in 17th place, and Wood has another pile of chips to stack up.
Allie Prescott has been a man on a mission here at this Main Event, keeping his stack at or near the chip lead for nearly the entire tournament thus far. That's not exactly the case anymore.
The fateful pot began with Todd Wood opening to 26,000 and Prescott three-betting to 65,000 straight. Wood four-bet to 150,000, and Prescott went ahead and shoved in for about 730,000 total. He was only covered by Wood, and the call came to put about 1.5 million chips in the middle of the table. Not surprisingly, the two big stacks had the two big hands.
Showdown
Wood:
Prescott:
It was some kind of cooler for Prescott, and the dealer would not provide him any help. The board ran out , and it might be several more levels before we see another pot that big. All 1.5 million chips go to Wood, vaulting him into a monstrous chip lead.
For Prescott, there's not much to say. It's never fun to run kings into aces, let alone for 20% of the chips in play at a WSOP-C Main Event. He's out in 18th place, and he's likely going to need to find a strong drink in a tall plastic novelty cup.
Brian Heptinstall got his the last of his chips in on a flop, three-bet shoving with . Robert Toye raised the flop, then called the shove with his . Hepinstall needed runners to stay alive, and the turn was a good start. The river was a miss, though, and Hepinstall is out of chips and out of the tournament in 19th place.
In a battle of the blinds, Jake Bazeley limped in from the small, and Corrie Wunstel knocked the table for a free flop from the big. It came out , and Bazeley's 12,000-chip continuation bet was quickly called. That led them to the turn, and Bazeley fired another 27,000. Wunstel bumped it up to 78,000, Bazeley shoved over the top, and Wunstel called all in for about 220,000 total.
Showdown
Bazeley:
Wunstel:
Wunstel had two pair, but he was going to need to find one of four outs to stay alive. Bazeley's straight held fast on the river, though, and Wunstel is out in 20th place.
Bazeley is on the rise here during the after-dinner session, and he's moved his stack up to about 620,000.
In early position, Mstr Lynch open-shoved for his last 66,000, and Jake Bazeley made the call all the way around in the big blind. It was his racing for the knockout against Lynch's .
The board came , and Lynch's pair could not hold. He's out in 21st place, and Bazeley is back up to about 350,000 with that pot.
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board. We never got to see Waxman's cards; Doug Lang tabled 
to win the pot and knock Waxman down to about 680,000.
when we joined, and Jonathon Poche checked. Waxman bet 34,000, then called a shove for about 150,000 total. Poche showed up 
for the up-and-down draw, and Waxman's 
was in front.
dropped, and Waxman was drawing dead. The river 
was nothing more than a dig, and granting that double slides Waxman down even further. He's lost almost half his stack in those last two hands, down now to about 520,000.
was dominated by Moorer's 
, but he found some help on board. The dealer provided him some help by the time the river rolled around though, running out a 
, and his day is done in 16th place. The knockout moves "Bazeman" up to 1.1 million and comfortably into second place
.
, and the short stack has been cut down to the felt. Ingles is out in 17th place, and Wood has another pile of chips to stack up.
. Robert Toye raised the flop, then called the shove with his 
turn was a good start. The river 
was a miss, though, and Hepinstall is out of chips and out of the tournament in 19th place.
turn, and Bazeley fired another 27,000. Wunstel bumped it up to 78,000, Bazeley shoved over the top, and Wunstel called all in for about 220,000 total.
