A short-stacked Abraham Araya got his last 6,600 all in preflop and received a call from Chris Gray.
Araya:
Chris Gray:
Both players held the same hand and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator there was an 85.69% chance of a split pot while each player had a 7.16% chance of hitting a winning a flush. The flop wasn't too interesting, though it did leave Araya drawing to a chop and Gray a 4.55% chance of making a flush thanks to the one spade.
It was a long shot, but it came a lot closer when the turned. Gray's chances jumped to 20.45%. Still not great, but the best it'd been all hand. Well wouldn't you know it, the dealer burned one last time and put out the . The table reacted sharply while Araya made a beeline for the door.
Cord Garcia min-raised to 1,200, a player on his left mis-clicked, three-betting to a very high amount because he got the chip denominations confused, and Jeff Jafari moved all in for 9,300. Garcia folded, the player called, and the hands were tabled.
Three-Bettor:
Jafari:
The kings held when the board rolled out , and Jafari more than doubled to 21,000 chips.
"Jesus!" he yelled to his friend Jesus Cabrera after the hand. "Patience pays!"
We noticed Joe Tehan was no longer in his seat, and that usually means someone has been eliminated. A quick check with Ray Henson confirmed it.
According to him, Weber Kang opened with under the gun and received a call. Tehan then moved all in holding the . Kang called, the caller folded and the flop came down [jd4dXx\. The turn have Tehan even more outs, but the river ended up blanking and he was sent to the rail.
"I'm only looking at one card this hand," Daniel Weinman announced to his table.
The dealer started his pitch, and true enough, Weinman capped one card with a green T25 chip and left it alone. Joe Kuether raised to 1,200 in early position, a player three-bet to 2,625 two spots to his left, and the action was on Weinman. He looked at his single card, then started to laugh. He wanted to do something funky, but instead he mucked his hand.
Kuether responded to the three-bet by four-betting to 5,150. The player moved all in for 22,000 or so, and Kuether quickly called.
Kuether:
Opponent:
The player flopped a pair of aces when the dealer fanned , and held as the turn and river came , respectively.
Keep in mind this list may change toward the end as there are still points to be had in three World Series of Poker Harrah's New Orleans events to be held over the next few day.
Kevin Saul has rocketed up the chip counts, and now sits with over 100,000 chips despite losing a decent-sized hand a few moments ago.
A player opened to 1,450 in middle position, Saul three-bet to 3,275 on the button, and the player called. The dealer fanned , and the player check-called another 3,650 from Saul.
Both players checked when the turned, and the completed the board. The player led out for 6,200, and Saul nearly beat him into the pot. Saul couldn't beat for a pair of kings, however, and mucked his hand.