An early-position player opened for 150 and John Juanda called from the big blind. The flop was . Juanda checked, the EP player bet 225, Juanda raised to 450 and was called. The turn was the . Juanda led out for 800, the EP player moved all in for 2,025 and Juanda called, turning over for two pair and a flush draw to his opponent's for a set. The river, though was the making Juanda's flush and eliminating the EP player.
Jean-Robert Bellande was just eliminated when he moved all in from late position for his last 900 holding and got called by the button, who held . Bobby got no help from the board and was eliminated.
Daniel Negreanu got the last of his chips in holding against the of his opponent. When the cards were flipped up, Negreanu joked "I hope you win...I wanna go play golf." Negreanu's wishes came true as he failed to improve and was eliminated.
Maureen Feduniak just picked up and played them to perfection. She got her opponent to commit all their chips with . Feduniak's hand held up and she now sits on about 9,800 chips.
With millions of hands being dealt at this year's WSOP, mathematics tells us it was bound to happen.
All the money went in a flop of , one player holding for a set, his opponent holding for the royal flush draw. The turn was the , making one player quads and the river was the making the other a royal flush!
Barry Greenstein opened for a 300 raise and got two callers. The flop was . Greenstein bet 400 and only the button called. The turn was the . Greenstein checked, the button moved all in for 2,000 and Greenstein called. He turned up to the button's . The river was the and Greenstein doubled to 7,000 while his opponent was eliminated.