Earlier today, Byron Kaverman won a huge pot off of Robert Panitch (who would bust a little later) to move above the 300,000 chip mark. Since then Kaverman has continued to add to his stack and is sitting on top of the chip counts at this time.
Kaverman is no stranger to success with nearly two million dollars in live tournament winnings including an impressive six scores of $100,000 or more including a 34th place finish at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event for $229,281.
With approximately 30,000 in the pot and the board showing , Miles Austin check-called a 18,500 bet from Matt Waxman. The river was the and after Austin checked again, Waxman moved all in.
Austin leaned back and placed a bottle of water on the ground next to his chair. He shuffled chips in his right hand as if he were a touring poker professional. He looked the part with a hoodie pulled low over the brim of his hat, his eyes locked in on Waxman.
Waxman, was literally that. Not moving. Looking straight down. Austin stacked the rest of his chips into one large stack and then unstacked them. Deciding he didn't want to risk his tournament life with the hand he held, he folded, and Waxman took the pot down.
We caught the tail end of a collision between World Series of Poker bracelet winners, and after consulting with a fellow member of the esteemed press corps, we can fill you in on the identity of the tournament's new hero.
Matt Waxman opened to 4,000 to start the action and Matt Glantz flatted from the button. Athanasios Polychronopoulos then three-bet to 14,000 from the small blind, with both of his fellow pros coming along to take the flop three ways.
Waxman led out for 18,700 to fold Glantz, but Polychronopoulos stuck around to take the on the turn. Polychronopoulos siezed the initiative with a 40,000 wager on fourth street, prompting a tank-call from Waxman. The river card came to
complete the board and Waxman made a 41,500 wager after deliberating for a long moment.
A long tank later saw Polychronopoulos look Waxman up, with the latter tabling for a busted bluff. Polychronopoulos - who his friends know as "Tommy" - tabled for bottom pair (and a huge pair when you really think about it).
It was folded to the player in the small blind who moved all in. A short-stacked Greg Merson felt he was committed and made the call for his last 12,600 with . The player in the small blind had .
The flop came .
That's how world champs roll.
Merson wasn't out of the water yet though as the turn was the giving the player in the small blind a ton of outs.
The river was the , however, and Merson scores the double up.