In the very next hand after he doubled Ben Reason, Tripp Kirk moved all in after action folded to him on the button. After the small blind folded, WSOP Circuit River Rock (Vancouver) Casino Champion Sandra Wong called off for 216,000 from the big.
Kirk:
Wong:
"I thought you were weak," Wong said upon discovering Kirk had the best hand. She held two overs, but neither would come as the board ran out a dry . Wong finished in 23rd place and earned $8,161 for her efforts.
Action folded around to Ben Reason in the cutoff and he opened for 33,000. Tripp Kirk then three-bet to 76,000, Reason moved all in for 365,000 and Kirk snap-called.
"F***," Reason deadpanned before revealing the . He must have known he was behind and sure enough he was as Kirk tabled the . While Reason got it in bad, the flop gave him the lead with a pair of aces. The turn and river failed to provide Kirk with a jack and he was left with 241,000.
Robert Cheung open-shoved for 224,000 from the hijack seat, and Claudia Crawford went into the tank on the button.
"I'm all in," she finally announced, pushing her stacks forward.
Both blinds released, and Cheung turned over .
"I have three outs?" he asked Crawford.
She shook her head, rolling over .
"You called me with pocket fives?" Cheung said, astonished. "I'm sorry ma'am, but that's a terrible call."
Cheung's comments were still lingering in the air as the dealer rapped the tabled and spread . The Canadian took the lead with a pair of aces, and held when Crawford was unable to connect with the turn () or the river ().
Cheung doubled to 460,000 chips, while Crawford was crippled down to 95,000.
On its annual conference call, the WSOP announced the return of the Carnivale of Poker to the tables inside the Rio. Originally taking place from 1998-2000, the Carnivale of Poker was at one time the second largest poker event in the world.
The series is set to run alongside the 2013 WSOP and offer plenty of options on its schedule including events in hold'em, Omaha, H.O.R.S.E. and Chinese poker. To further juice up the events, a special point system will be in place that allows players to earn points as they go for seeding on an overall leader board. That overall leader board will see the top players net their share of an exclusive $100,000 prize pool.
The Carnivale of Poker events are a step up from the Rio Daily Deepstacks that will be running each day, taking place inside the massive Rio Pavilion and the Rio Convention Center every day at 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. from May 29 through July 12. Along with winning the cash in each event, winners of each event will receive a specially crafted gold and diamond medallion. It is now more than ever that there is really no reason whatsoever to miss out on the largest poker festival in the world this summer.
Last year Daniel Lowery made the final table of this very event and ultimately finished in fourth place. After finishing second on Day 1a and capturing the chip lead earlier today, it seemed he was destined for a final table repeat. Unfortunately for him, that dream just came to an end.
It happend when Brad Johnson opened for 40,000 from early position and Lowery, who won his first ring here at Harrah's New Orleans last week, moved all in from the hijack for 392,000. The rest of the field folded and Johnson snap-called off his stack of 384,000
Lowery:
Johnson:
Lowery was in need of some major help, and he got a little on the flop. He paired his nine, but he'd need another or running clubs to clinch victory. The wasn't what he needed, and neither was the river.
Lowery, who was left with only 8,000 in chips, got it in on the very next hand holding the only to run into the of Sandra Wong, who was the River Rock (Vancouver) Casino Champion earlier this season. The aces prevailed once again and Lowery was eliminated in 24th place, falling shy of making the final table for the second year in a row.
Daniel Weinman opened to 32,000, Robert Panitch called on the button, and Nick Jivkov defended out of the big blind.
The flop fell , Jivkov and Weinman checked, and Pantich fired out 100,000. Only Weinman called.
The turn was the , Weinman checked again, and Pantich tossed out 200,000. Weinman tank-called.
Weinman led for the first time after the completed the board, announcing, "Four-fifty." He cut out 450,000 in blue T25,000 chips, and slid them forward.
Pantich went deep into the tank, eventually taking off his coat. He finally grabbed his cards and tossed them into the muck, leaving himself with 570,000 chips. Weinman now has 2.3 million.
. Wong finished in 23rd place and earned $8,161 for her efforts.
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