We passed by the table to catch the tail end of a confrontation between Matt Glantz and Matthew Waxman, with the latter coming up on the short end of the stick.
The final board and there was a sizable pot already built, one that appeared to contain around 30,000 or so. Glantz held the button and a bet of 17,000 was pushed up near it, as Waxman had checked the river. After finishing up his nutritious breakfast of a banana (paging Harry Kaczka), Waxman made the call to see Glantz roll over the for a turned set.
"Ahh..." said Waxman when he saw the bad news. "If I had to guess a hand there, that's the one. Nice hand sir."
Andy Philachack opened to 2,700 and a short-stacked Matt Waxman moved all in for 19,100 total. Philachack decided to make the call with and was slightly behind Waxman's .
The flop came to give Waxman a huge lead. The on the turn gave Philachack some outs to deliver the knockout blow to Waxman but the river would change nothing other than the chips changing hands.
The prize pool information has just been passed to the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, and the top 36 players will earn a minimum of $30,085 from the $4,852,400 in prize money.
Each member of the official six-handed final table will take home at least $235,341, and the winner will bank a whopping $1,310,146.
Final Table Payouts
Finish
Prize
1
$1,310,116
2
$727,860
3
$452,729
4
$363,930
5
$286,292
6
$235,341
For a full list of information, click the Payouts tab above.
Miles Austin, who spent all of his NFL career on the Dallas Cowboys, probably doesn't know that Matt Glantz is a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan. Glantz, more than likely knows who Austin is though. The two recently battled in a small pot that saw Glantz check-fold to Austin's 8,000 river bet on a board. There was 24,000 in the pot at the time so Austin adds a bit to his stack and is slightly above where he was to start the day. Glantz is also on the upward tick with nearly 20,000 more than he started the day with.
After two recent casualties took to Twitter for a quick postmortem of their respective bustout hands, we learned that Loni Harwood just chipped up in a major way by busting fellow pros Chris Moorman and Alex Rocha.
According to Harwood, she opened to 2,800 from under the gun and called when Alex Rocha three-bet jammed for his last 16,000. Harwood found herself dominated with against Rocha's , but "Luscious Lon" found the lady she needed on the turn.
Soon afterward, Harwood went toe-to-toe with the best player to ever grind the virtual felt, opening to 3,000 before engaging in a raising war with Moorman. He popped it to 6,800, Harwood four-bet to 19,000 and Moorman five-bet shipped for his last 75,000 or so with Harwood making the call to put him at risk.
Harwood:
Moorman:
The board ran out clean for Harwood's tens and with that she sent two players to the rail while building a big stack early on in the day.
We get to the table with She Lok Wong and Jordan Cristos staring down a board of . Both players checked and the dealer put out the on the river. Cristos checked and Wong grabbed three chips and made a bet of 11,000, leading to a quick Cristos fold.
Wong showed the table and Cristos said "Queen huh?" as Wong added to his already impressive stack.
After three-bet shoving and getting it through, Todd Terry re-raised all in one more - this time over an opening raise from Will Failla. The action folded back to Failla, who called, and Terry had him dominated.
Terry:
Failla:
The flop changed very little, but the on the turn gave Failla flush and straight draws. The on the river was a big red brick, however, and Terry doubled through.
We unfortunately missed the action, but Dani Stern was just all in and at risk with on a flop of . David Paredes, his opponent, held , and Stern held as the turn and river came , respectively.