We picked up the action with a flop of and Ryan Tepen checked it over to Joel Nimmo who bet 175,000. Tepen made the call and the dealer put out the on the turn. Both players checked.
The river was the and Tepen checked again. Nimmo bet 200,000 and Tepen snap-called. Nimmo showed a complete bluff with and Tepen turned over for sixes and fours.
It was folded to Jeremy Gilmore in the small blind and he moved all in for 530,000 total. Matt Ellis woke up with and made the easy call. Gilmore had and paired up on the flop but no help arrived on the turn or river and he was eliminated in sixth place for $7,746.
We got to the table with approximately 400,000 in the pot and the board complete and showing . Saied Moradi led out with an overbet of 500,000 and Tepen thought for a moment and then sighed while announcing a call.
Moradi turned over for quad jacks and Tepen quickly mucked his hand.
"Nice hand," he said, a frustrated tone in his voice.
"Thank you," said Moradi, his hands shaking somewhat as he stacked his chips.
Joel Nimmo opened for 100,000 and Saied Moradi reraised to 350,000. It was folded back to Nimmo who quickly announced that he was all in.
Moradi stood and muttered "I can't keep folding. I call" as he turned over . He shook his head in disgust after seeing he was dominated by Nimmo and his .
The flop changed his demeanor though as it came .
"Ship it now," he whispered as the dealer put out the on the turn.
"Ship it now," he repeated.
The dealer put out the river card. It was the . "Oooohhhh," groaned Moradi.
"I told you all I was the luckiest donkey in poker," smiled Nimmo who doubled up to 1,600,000 in chips.
A short-stacked Ryan Tepen moved all in first to act from the button for 520,000 and was called by Saied Moradi out of the big blind. Moradi held and Tepen . The board ran out and Tepen said "nice hand, good game" as he was eliminated in fifth place for $9,635.
With the board reading , Saied Moradi bet 250,000 and Randy Nurfin moved all in. Moradi made the call with for two pair but Nurfin had turned a straight with his . An ace or five would still win the pot for Moradi but the river was the .
Players are now on a 15-minute break. We'll have updated chip counts in a few minutes.
The remaining four players have decided to chop the prize money four ways, each of them receiving $25,000. The winner will receive the remainder of the remaining prize money which is a little more than $2,000, the World Series of Poker Main Event seat, and the RunGoodGear.com watch and medallion.
Players have also agreed to speed up the play by doubling the blinds and reducing the length of the levels to 20 minutes. Blinds are now 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante.
Randy Murfin was all in for his last 680,000 with and racing against the of Saied Moradi. The race was over quick as the flop came . The turn and river came and Murfin was eliminated in fourth place.
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and Ryan Tepen checked it over to Joel Nimmo who bet 175,000. Tepen made the call and the dealer put out the 
on the turn. Both players checked.
and Tepen checked again. Nimmo bet 200,000 and Tepen snap-called. Nimmo showed a complete bluff with 
and Tepen turned over 
for sixes and fours.
and made the easy call. Gilmore had 
and paired up on the 
flop but no help arrived on the 
river and he was eliminated in sixth place for $7,746.
for quad jacks and Tepen quickly mucked his hand.
.
.
on the turn.
. "Oooohhhh," groaned Moradi.
and Tepen 
. The board ran out 
for two pair but Nurfin had turned a straight with his 
. The turn and river came 