David "Gaucho2121" Paredes was heads up on an board. His opponent checked, and he bet 1,900. Then he got check-raised to 4,500. Paredes moved all in with his last chips and the other player called the few extra.
Paredes: for a set with a gutshot
Opponent: for the nut straight and a flush draw
The river didn't save Paredes with a boat. He's all out of rebuy chips and on his way home.
A player fired 1,000 at a board, and Burt Boutin raised to 3,000. His opponent called, then potted the river. Boutin called all in with for a jack-high straight, but it wasn't any good. The other player tabled for sevens full of nines and scooped the hefty pot. Boutin cashed in his last rebuy chip and is down to his last 4,000.
The numbers are in folks. There were 460 entrants, generating a prize pool of $2,162,000.
The remaining 45 players will get paid with 45th place taking home $10,226. Along with the coveted gold World Series of Poker Bracelet, first place will take home $508,090.
The flop came , and Matt Marafioti threw out one orange T1,000 chip without saying anything. There was a bit of an argument over what the bet meant, though most of the table agreed it had to mean a pot-sized bet. It was unclear who was challenging that ruling, but the floor was consulted nonetheless. They said it had to be the amount in the pot - 700 chips. Marafioti's opponent repotted, then called when ADZ moved all in. Marafioti turned over for both middle set and bottom set. The rest of the board bricked out, and his opponent didn't have king-queen, so Marafioti dragged the pot on is way to 13,050. He's out of red chips though, so he has to make those last.
Richard Ashby and his opponent both checked a flop. The other player bet 1,1,00 on the turn, and Ashby called. The river wash the , and when the action checked to him, Ashby fired 5,000. His opponent called, but he couldn't beat Ashby's eight-high straight with . The Englishman is up to 17,000 and still has two rebuy chips in storage.