In a blind-versus-blind hand, action folded to Pavan Bhatia in the small and he raised to 95,000. Not to be outdone, Daniel Weinman three-bet to 260,000 from the big and Bhatia came back with a four-bet to 595,000, leaving himself 1.14 million behind.
Weinman waited about 40 seconds before announcing that he was all in, and Bhatia tanked. About three minutes passed before he tossed his cards to the dealer and told Weiman, "Nice hand."
Weinman responded by tabling the for queen high. Bhatia smiled a little and simply said, "You'd have won." Whether or not that's true will never be known, but one thing is for sure, Weiman isn't afraid to make a move when the feelings right.
In the first hand back from the break, action folded to Bhatia in the small blind and he opted to limp. Daniel Weinman exercised his option in the big with a raise to 175,000, and then snap-called when Bhatia moved all in for 1 million.
Bhatia:
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It was a race, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Bhatia had a 50.33% chance of winning the hand while Weinman wasn't far behind at 49.12%. The flop ultimately determined the hand when it came down to pair Weinman's king, making him an 86.67% favorite. The turn further increased that to 95.45%, which meant Bhatia needed a three on the river to stay alive.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the , sending Bhatia to the rail in ninth place for $21,591.
Joseph Hebert opened to 100,000 in the hijack seat, Ben Mintz three-bet jammed for 680,000 in the small blind, and Hebert made the call.
Hebert:
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Mintz was in good shape to double, until the dealer fanned , giving Hebert a set of threes. Mintz now needed a six or running straight cards to survive, and the on the turn left him with just two outs.
It was not to be as the completed the board, and the NOLA native was eliminated in 8th place. Gracious as ever, he extended his hand to Hebert and wished the rest of the table good luck.
"I was lucky enough to get it in good," he said with a smile after the hand. "I take our beats like a man."
Kasra Khodayarkhani opened to 105,000 from early position, and Tripp Kirk three-bet shoved for 600,000 from the big blind. Khodayarkhani quickly called.
Khodayarkhani:
Kirk:
Kirk's large rail started calling for a jack, but the flop produced nothing but a backdoor straight draw. The on the turn kept that straight draw alive, and now any queen or seven would keep Kirk alive.
The river was paint, but the didn't do it for Kirk, and he was eliminated in seventh place.
A monster pot just went down that saw Rogen Chhabra double through Daniel Weinman in a 5.1 million pot.
It began when Joseph Hebert opened for 100,000 from the hijack and Weinman and Chhabra called from the button and big blind respectively. Chhabra checked the flop, Hebert continued for 165,000 and Weinman called. Chhabra then woke up with a check-raise to 375,000, only Weinman called and the dealer burned and turned the .
Chhabra proceeded to led out for 675,000 and then snap-called off for 1.835 million when Weinman moved all in.
Chhabra:
Weinman:
"Two outed for all of it," a dejected Weinman yelled over to his rail. Indeed he had, but to make matters worse another player said he had folded the case jack, meaning Weiman was drawing dead. The meaningless was run out on the river as Weiman sent a huge part of his stack to Chhabra.
The Main Event is not the only event taking place here in the Harrah's New Orleans theater. Both Event #11 $365 No-Limit Hold'em and Event #12 $365 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo are being played out, with the former currently at the final table.
Both Jason Mayfield and David Pecaski are at that final table, while both Joseph McKeehen and Marla Byram just missed it after being eliminated in tenth and twelfth place respectively.
McKeehen will more than likely finish as the Harrah's New Orleans Casino Champ thanks to that performance and a win and runner-up finish earlier in the stop. Meanwhile, Byram, the wife of WSOP Circuit Tunica Event #11 winner Bobby Byram, notched her first-ever WSOP Circuit cash.
Both of these events are the last chances for players to capture points toward the National Championship, so it's a safe bet that those in contention aren't going to participate in any tomfoolery.
for queen high. Bhatia smiled a little and simply said, "You'd have won." Whether or not that's true will never be known, but one thing is for sure, Weiman isn't afraid to make a move when the feelings right.
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to pair Weinman's king, making him an 86.67% favorite. The 
turn further increased that to 95.45%, which meant Bhatia needed a three on the river to stay alive.
, sending Bhatia to the rail in ninth place for $21,591.
, giving Hebert a set of threes. Mintz now needed a six or running straight cards to survive, and the 
completed the board, and the NOLA native was eliminated in 8th place. Gracious as ever, he extended his hand to Hebert and wished the rest of the table good luck.
flop, Hebert continued for 165,000 and Weinman called. Chhabra then woke up with a check-raise to 375,000, only Weinman called and the dealer burned and turned the 
