We came upon this hand with about 6,000 already in the center and the board reading . Looking at calling 3,500 to stay in the hand, Ryan Fair made the choice to do so. The turn then came the , prompting Fair's opponent to push all in. Fair, who was covered, quickly called with the 25,350 he had left.
Fair's opponent tabled for turned trips, but Fair held for a full house. The river was the , and Fair took the pot, pushing his stack up to 63,000.
With 1,600 in the pot and a flop of , Ben Lamb bet 1,000 and was called by none other than Maria Ho. It was heads up as the dealer burned and turned the , which Lamb checked. Ho was deliberate in her bet of 2,100, Lamb called, and the spiked on the river.
Again Lamb checked, but this time Ho checked right behind. A good thing too, as Lamb rolled over for the nuts.
With registration having closed, the big board is showing we have a total of 474 entrants for this event, a larger than anticipated field. Just counting on our fingers here, but that sounds like we're looking at a prize of over $1.1 million for the winner -- the biggest first prize thus far in this year's WSOP.
Jennifer Tilly more than doubled her starting stack in the early going today, pushing up over 60,000. But she lost about half that rather quickly, and has found herself enduring short-stacked status here in Level 5.
Just now a player in the cutoff opened for 700, and Tilly reraised all in for her last 4,150 from the button. Praz Bansi called from the big blind, and the original raiser folded. Cards on their backs...
Tilly
Bansi
The flop came , pairing Bansi but giving Tilly a set. The turn was the , meaning Bansi could still catch up. But the river was the and Tilly survived.
She has 9,150 at the moment, while Bansi is sitting with 31,000.
A player in the hijack raised to 800 preflop and Daniel Negreanu defended from the big blind. Negreanu then checked the flop, the cutoff bet 1,500, and Negreanu check-raised to 3,700. The cutoff thought for around 90 second before three-betting to 7,400.
"Kid Poker" insta-mucked, collected his change, and continued to enjoy his massage.
The numbers are in. The field of 474 has built a handsome prize pool of $4,455,600 for Event No. 46, with more than $1.158 million due the winner. The top 48 finishers will get paid, with all of those making the six-handed final table enjoying six-figure paydays.
Click the "Payouts" tab for more. Here's what those final six will be getting: