and both players checked. The turn was the 
and they checked again. The river was the 
. Check-check a third time. Montgomery showed
for top two pair and won the pot.
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and both players checked. The turn was the and they checked again. The river was the . Check-check a third time. Montgomery showed
for top two pair and won the pot.
It wouldn't be much of a stretch to call this year's Main Event final table bubble the biggest bubble in the history of tournament poker...and we're only five eliminations away from it.
and the action was checked around. The turn was the 
. Sliwinski checked, Schwartz bet 700,000, Montgomery raised to 2,000,000, Sliwinski and Andersen folded, and Schwartz moved all in. Montgomery folded and Schwartz raked in the pot. After the hand, Schwartz was back up to 10,500,000.
The father of two boys, ages four and six, Bishop is married and wants to buy a bigger home should he be the last man standing in November. Bishop enjoys racquetball and NFL football and is also a history buff. This should come as no surprise to those who know him as he had a degree in history from Manchester College.
Bishop works in sales and when asked about his proudest poker accomplishment told us, "this has to be it!!" in reference to his stellar run here in the championship event.
were racing against Demidov's . The
flop wasn't a good one for Crowe, as another ten would counterfeit his nines. The turn card was even worse--the 
which paired Demidov. Crowe still had a straight draw, but the river brought the 
and Owen Crowe was eliminated from the Main Event.
flop. Bishop bet 1.2 million, and Klodnicki raised to 2.4 million."You're min-raising me?" Bishop said, getting out his his seat. "That's an insult!" As he's done much of today, he started wandering around the table, at one point resting his hand on the back of the closed-down Klodnicki's chair as he deliberated. "OK," Bishop said, "All in."
As soon as everyone heard those two words, the remaining spectators pressed close and the other players rushed back to the table. Not Bishop--he wandered over to a chair near the rail that he seems to enjoy sitting in during big hands. The ESPN cameras followed him there and he joked, "Are you gonna follow me down the hall?"
Klodnicki eventually surrendered his hand, and Bishop returned to the table and showed
. And with that, the players went on break.
. Montgomery checked, Hamrick bet 550,000 and Montgomery raised to 1.5 million. After a long think, Hamrick reraised an additional 1,850,000. Montgomery folded and Hamrick raked in the pot, just as the tournament broke for dinner.Hamrick is up to 12,000,000.
