With nearly 15,000 already in the pot, Cathy Dever called a 7,000 bet from her opponent on the board. The two checked the river and Dever patiently waited for her opponent to turn over his hand before revealing hers.
Reluctantly he turned over for no pair. With that, Dever turned over her hand of for flopped bottom pair with a flush draw that was good enough to win the pot.
Dever won her seat in a qualifier here at Borgata the other night and is thrilled to be taking part in this World Poker Tour Championship Event. She's at a tough table that includes Ryan Riess, seated directly to her right, and Nick Schulman.
Tied 6-6 in the top of the 13th inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Mets catcher Anthony Recker stepped to the plate. At the time, Recker had eight career home runs in a little over 200 at bats, and seconds later he hit number nine, crushing a ball off of Matt Shoemaker to propel the Mets to a 7-6 victory.
Little did he know, Recker also launched Jonathan Tamayo into the $15,400 buy-in WPT World Championship thanks to a satellite on DraftKings.
Less than one percent of DraftKings players picked Recker to represent their team, but Tamayo was one of them.
Tamayo already has over $1.1 million in career live tournament earnings and if he can parlay his fantasy baseball run into a deep run here, he has a chance to double that.
Emad Alabsi is in the house, with his good friend Elia Ahmadian sitting directly behind him at the next table... hope everybody's ready for some jammin'
Every local tournament series has its cast of characters, with local grinders making a splash on their home turf while turning heads in the process.
Alabsi has been accompanied by his good friend Elia Ahmadian during his romp through the series, and today both are in the house for the WPT World Championship, sitting next to one another at two separate tables. We'll be sure to let you know when Alabsi or Ahmadian start jammin', so stay tuned.
Among those who have taken their seat of late are the likes of Dan Kelly, Vanessa Rousso, Russell Thomas, Will Failla, and James Carroll. Here are some other chip counts from a few tables:
With the board showing and two other players in a pot that already had almost 15,000 in the middle, Ty Reiman was all in for his last 38,300. After tanking for a while, his first opponent announced that he was also all in. The player stuck in the middle got out of the way.
"I have a set," Reiman said, turning over .
His opponent shook his head, half expecting what Reiman turned over. He turned over his own monster for top two pair. Reiman was ahead but he still wasn't out of the woods yet.
The turn was the and the river was the and Reiman moves up to approximately 95,000 in chips.
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board. The two checked the 
river and Dever patiently waited for her opponent to turn over his hand before revealing hers.
for no pair. With that, Dever turned over her hand of 
for flopped bottom pair with a flush draw that was good enough to win the pot.
and two other players in a pot that already had almost 15,000 in the middle, Ty Reiman was all in for his last 38,300. After tanking for a while, his first opponent announced that he was also all in. The player stuck in the middle got out of the way.
for top two pair. Reiman was ahead but he still wasn't out of the woods yet.
and the river was the 
and Reiman moves up to approximately 95,000 in chips.