Mark Seif limps in from early position and a player behind him raises to 3,300. Seif makes the call.
The flop comes . Seif check-calls a 5,000 bet. The turn is the and Seif leads out for 10,000. His opponent calls and they see the fall on the river. Seif fires out 30,000. His opponent says, "I know you're bluffing," but he can't pull the trigger and lays down his hand.
Seif shows king-high as he drags in the pot. He is now at 142,000
After a raise from Yevgeniy Timoshenko to 2,200 from UTG, Dani Stern called in the cutoff, then Andy Bloch raised to 8,500 from the small blind. Timoshenko folded, and Stern made the call.
The flop came . Bloch bet 10,000, and Stern called. Both checked the on the turn. The river was the . Bloch checked, Stern bet 25,000, and Bloch called. Stern turned over for a rivered straight, and Bloch folded. Stern is up to 180,000 and Bloch down to 68,000.
Phil Laak opened for 2,100 from middle position, Chad Batista flat-called, and Florian Langmann reraised all-in for 13,000 from the button. Laak made the call while Batista got out of the way.
Langmann
Laak
"I thought you had ace-king" said Laak as he saw the bad news.
The board ran out and Langmann got a much-needed chip infusion, doubling up to 38,000. Laak was still quite healthy with 275,000 in his stack.
On a board of and with 50,000 in the pot, David Steicke bets 25,000. Daniel Negreanu tanks for a couple of minutes before eventually mucking his hand, leaving him with 38,000.
Top online tournament player Steve "gboro780" Gross just met his tournament end courtesy of ten-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson. Gross' A-9 couldn't improve against Texas Dolly's A-Q and he made an early exit.
After a flop of , Chris Moorman is all in against J.C. Tran. Tran shows for an inside straight draw and the nut flush draw, but Moorman already has the flush with . The turn is the and the river is the giving Moorman the double up.
We just saw a wild one over at Table #90. Phil Laak got things going with a preflop raise to 1,600 from early position. Laak got three callers: the cutoff, Samdor Demjan in the small blind, and Ted Forrest in the big blind.
The flop came . Demjan bet 5,000, then Forrest raised to 12,000. Then Laak announced he was pushing his big stack of about 280,000 all in. The cutoff and Demjan folded, and Forrest went into the tank.
"I know I have you beat," said Forrest, somewhat incredulously. "You know it's just 12,000." Laak had no response. Finally Forrest made the call with his stack of 140,000, turning over for bottom two. Laak showed for a flush draw and gutshot straight draw. The turn was the and the river the , and Forrest claimed the huge pot.
Forrest jumps up to 310,000, while Laak falls back to 106,000.
At last, with registration closed we have the numbers you've all been waiting for. 201 players bought in to the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em event creating a prize pool of $7,718,400. The top 27 players will be paid with first place receiving $1,891,012.