William Jensen raised and Flavio Ferrari reraised. Jensen made the call and the two were off to the flop. The flop came down and Jensen check-raised a bet from Ferrari, who made the call for two bets.
The turn added the and Jensen slowed down with a check. Ferrari bet and Jensen called. The river completed the board with the and Jensen check-called again. Ferrari tabled the and Jensen mucked.
Ferrari moved up to 570,000 and Jensen dropped to 270,000.
Brent Courson raised and then Steven Hustoft called. The two players took a flop of and Courson was up first. He bet out and Hustoft raised him. Courson called.
After the fell on the turn, both players checked and then the paired the board on the river. Courson check-folded to a bet from Hustoft and relinquished the pot.
Within minutes after the final table beginnning play, we've lost our first player. Daniel Quach and Eric Buchman both put in four bets preflop being taking a flop of . Buchman bet the flop and Quach called all in. Buchman held the and Quach the .
The turn brought the and gave Buchman a diamond the. The river completed the board with the and that was all she wrote for Quach as he made his way to the rail in 10th place. He earned $12,561 for his finish while everyone else left earned a pay jump. Buchman increased his lead on the hand by about 50,000 chips.
Matt Grapenthien from Madison, Wisconsin holds over $80,000 in career torunament earnings. He also has five WSOP cashes. None of those cashes have come in no-limit hold'em and he's found himself making one of his best finishes here in Event No. 18 at this limit hold'em final table. Back in 2008, Grapenthien final tabled the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the WSOP, finishing eighth for $27,511.
All of Steven Hustoft's success in tournaments has come this year. Earlier in the year, Hustoft won a WSOP-Circuit gold ring in the $500 Pot-Limit Omaha/Hold'em event at the WSOP-Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Bayou Poker Challenge. Earlier in this WSOP, Hustoft cahsed in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event for $2,851.
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and Jensen check-raised a bet from Ferrari, who made the call for two bets.
and Jensen slowed down with a check. Ferrari bet and Jensen called. The river completed the board with the 
and Jensen check-called again. Ferrari tabled the 
and Jensen mucked.
and Courson was up first. He bet out and Hustoft raised him. Courson called.
fell on the turn, both players checked and then the 
paired the board on the river. Courson check-folded to a bet from Hustoft and relinquished the pot.
. Buchman bet the flop and Quach called all in. Buchman held the 
.
and that was all she wrote for Quach as he made his way to the rail in 10th place. He earned $12,561 for his finish while everyone else left earned a pay jump. Buchman increased his lead on the hand by about 50,000 chips.
