Chris Moneymaker opened to 1,200 and was facing an all-in bet of 6,350 from Alex Bolotin. Moneymake called and we had yet another coinflip scenario to witness.
Moneymaker:
Bolotin:
It was a race that was over rather quickly as the flop came down and those community cards were followed by the and , doubling Bolotin up.
Randy Lew has just busted a player when his own tournament was put in jeopardy.
After Lew and his opponent checked the flop, Lew checked again on the turn. His opponent did not check behind though, he bet 3,200. Lew, paused for around 40 seconds before moving all in. His opponent rocked back in hs chair and exhaled loudly.
"I call," said the now at risk player.
Lew:
Mr Unlucky:
Lew needed a king and only a king to prevent losing most of his stack and he got it as the river was the to send his opponent to the rail with a bad beat story to all of his friends.
Ironically, earlier today Lew spoke to Kristy Arnett about reverse implied odds, something that king-jack often suffers from.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
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Kevin MacPhee didn't get off the the greatest of starts but it appears his comeback is complete as he is sat with 30,000. Moments ago, MacPhee was moved to the table of Randy "nanonoko" Lew, but he has direct position on him so that will help matters.
Swedish veteran and legitimate poker star, Chris Bjorin has two WSOP bracelets to his name, but he will not be adding a third here in Event #30 because he has just crashed out.
Bjorin's tournament life was on the line with to Pete Sullivan's and although the board flirted with improving Bjorin to a straight, it ultimately didn't and he was eliminated.
In a recent episode of "Strategy With Kristy," it was discussed whether or not you should go broke with ace-king in a tournment. You can check out that particular episode here.
It appears the tournament has lost Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah judging by how there is new player in his seat. Leah had been nursing a short stack for most of today and it is even shorter now. In fact it's so short it no longer exists.
Trawling Twitter for WSOP Event #30 updates we discovered the dream of WSOP glory is over, for now, for Jim Coca.
The players are now on a 20 minute break. They will return, in 20 minutes, play one more level and have another break, before playing the final two levels of the night.
and those community cards were followed by the 
and 
, doubling Bolotin up.
flop, Lew checked again on the 
turn. His opponent did not check behind though, he bet 3,200. Lew, paused for around 40 seconds before moving all in. His opponent rocked back in hs chair and exhaled loudly.
to send his opponent to the rail with a bad beat story to all of his friends.
and although the 
board flirted with improving Bjorin to a straight, it ultimately didn't and he was eliminated.
