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WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Total Entries
639
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 639
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on the river, Jamie Gold bet 20,000 from the small blind position, and Hoyt Corkins thought for a bit before asking Gold for a chip count. Gold moved his chips into clear view and said, "You're gonna move all-in? I must be in more trouble than I thought." As Corkins continued thinking, Gold added, "I don't have a nine." (Which would give him a nine-high straight.) Corkins eventually folded, and Gold asked "could you beat a seven?" as he showed the
. The dealer flipped over Gold's other card, which was the 
, meaning he really had nothing more than the pair of sevens.
Later, Jamie made a big bet into Tuan and called Phil over. Tuan eventually folded and Jamie showed the bluff and Phil paid off.
Later, same situation, Tuan folded and Jamie showed the bluff. Phil paid.
Later, same situation, Tuan folded and Jamie showed the nuts. No bluff no pay.
Later, Tuan and Jamie are locked up in yet another hand and Jamie puts Tuan all-in on the turn; Jamie shows the straight and the flush draw but Tuan shows top pair and a bigger flush draw. The straight does not hit and Tuan has a big double up.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
. Hellmuth calls in a flash with 
, and his opponent is out when the turn brings the 
. His opponent is out of his seat, and Phil is chatting away, talking about how he has been setting that move up for a while. Hellmuth has about 90,000 chips in front of him in a pile, as he is too busy chatting to stack them.
One level/90 minutes to go before we drink.
. His opponent calls with 
. The flop of 
looks innocent enough. The turn 
opens up some possibilities, and the river 
sends Mr. Jacob, and his fabulous hair, out of the room.
, Josh's opponent (who had lost a 100,000 chip pot to Keith Gipson about three hands prior) bets out 12,000. Josh makes it 30,000, and his opponent, after some careful consideration makes the call. Josh flips over 
for the rivered full house, and Josh's opponent quietly mucks her cards. Arieh is up to over 90,000 in chips.
