Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
You can chalk this one up in the "never seen that before" poker category. Pierre Kauert busted in sixth place in the WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's Casino on...get this...a heads-up chop pot.
Yes, that's right, he became the first player ever, at least on a live stream, to be eliminated from a tournament in a hand he didn't actually lose. No one, not even the announcers, caught the mistake, and by the time it was discovered the pot should have been chopped, it was too late.
"It does fall under player and dealer responsibility and cannot really do anything about it at this point. If it wasn’t live streamed it would never have been realized and so we just move on," World Poker Tour's Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, who was not associated with the event, explained to PokerNews when asked how he would have proceeded.
Maria Konnikova opened the action from early position to 100,000 and only Christian Rudolph made the call in the big blind.
The flop fanned out and Rudolph check-called a bet of 85,000 from Konnikova. On the turn Rudolph checked again and Konnikova sized up to 350,000, which Rudolph called.
The completed the board and Rudolph checked a third time. Konnikova took a moment before moving all in for just over 1,000,000, and without any hesitation, Rudolph tossed in a chip for the call.
Konnikova rolled over for a missed straight draw while Rudolph collected the pot with for two pair. After the dealer counted the chips, Konnikova was left with 40,000 and was all in on the next hand but her cards could not find improvement and she was sent to the rail in seventh place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christian Rudolph |
3,000,000
1,520,000
|
1,520,000 |
Maria Konnikova | Busted | |
Steven Fandozzi raised to 150,000 from the small blind and Vicente Delgado came along from the big blind. The flop was .
Fandozzi continued for 165,000 on the flop and Delgado called.
The turn was and Fandozzi fired another 550,000. Delgado gave it some thought before he slid out a stack of T-25,000 chips to call. The river was .
Fandozzi shoved for around 1,000,000 and Delgado hesitated very little before he tossed his hand in the muck to give the pot to Fandozzi.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vicente Delgado |
2,920,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Steven Fandozzi |
2,900,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Little | 3,100,000 | |
|
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Christian Rudolph |
3,050,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Steven Fandozzi |
2,920,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Vicente Delgado |
2,200,000
-720,000
|
-720,000 |
Allan Barnes |
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Brunno Botteon |
1,100,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
The remaining six players are now on a shortened 15-minute break. Play will resume shortly.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Action was heads up with around 700,000 in the pot and on the board after Steven Fandozzi opened and then called a preflop raise from Vicente Delgado.
Fandozzi checked the flop and then raised to 625,000 after Delgado tossed in 250,000. Delgado thought for a moment and then he slid out a stack of chips to call.
The turn was and Fandozzi continued for 450,000. Delgado called once again and the river was .
Fandozzi checked the river and Delgado shoved for 1,300,000, which was just enough to cover Fandozzi and his 1,100,000. He sat back and thought it over, but it was too much for Fandozzi to risk and he tossed his hand away.
Delgado turned over to show the bluff, getting an incredulous reaction from the rest of the table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vicente Delgado |
4,300,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
Steven Fandozzi |
1,100,000
-1,820,000
|
-1,820,000 |
Steven Fandozzi opened the action to 120,000 in the cutoff and Vicente Delgado three-bet to 350,000 next to act. It folded back to Fandozzi who moved all in for 1,350,000 total and Delgado instantly made the call.
Steven Fandozzi:
Vicente Delgado:
It was a fair fight until the board ran out , and the jacks held to eliminate Fandozzi in sixth place for $17,750. Previous to this event, Fandozzi's largest recorded cash was for $1,539.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vicente Delgado |
5,300,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Steven Fandozzi | Busted |
Over the past century, poker has permeated pop culture, especially when it comes to motion pictures. Long before the “Poker Boom”, and even before the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a thing, poker had already made its big screen debut.
Over the decades, poker fans have been treated to a plethora of poker movies, some good and others not so much. Some well-received poker films include the western comedy Maverick (1994), Survivor host Jeff Probst’s debut film Finder’s Fee (2001), the improv-inspired The Grand (2007), indie comedy darling Hitting the Nuts (2010), and the high-profile Hollywood flick Molly’s Game (2017).
All of those are among the best poker movies of all time, and if this article was “Top 10” instead of “Top 5 Poker Movies,” chances are they’d make the final list. However, the PokerNews crew got together, along with input from social media, to determine the top five must-watch poker movies of all time.