A player in the cutoff raised, and Noah Boeken called in the small blind. The flop came down , and Boeken check-called a bet. He check-called another after the turned, and check-folded when the river brought the .
Boeken is still healthy though, and has 7,400 chips.
The player under the gun raised and Matt Hawrilenko reraised from the button. His opponent raised again and Hawrilenko called. The flop ran out . Hawrilenko's opponent check-raised after the flop and Hawrilenko called.
The came on the turn and the two players raised and reraised until Hawrilenko's opponent was all in. Hawrilenko flipped up and his opponent showed .
The river brought the . Hawrilenko is now down to 7,700 chips.
After four hours of late registration, the final number of entrants is 354, and the total prizepool comes to $805,350. The top 36 finishers will cash, starting at $4,743. The final table payouts look like this:
1st
$213,431
2nd
$131,900
3rd
$85,616
4th
$57,236
5th
$39,317
6th
$27,720
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The player in the small blind raised and Eugene Katchalov reraised from the big blind. The player in the small blind called. The flop ran out . Both players checked the flop.
The fell on the turn and the player from the small blind bet. Katchalov called. The river brought the . The player from the small blind checked, Katchalov bet, and his opponent folded.
Greg "FBT" Mueller (FBT = Full Blown Tilt) is arguably one of best limit hold'em players in the world. In 2009 WSOP he shipped the $10,000 Limit World Championship Event for $460,841, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout Event for $194,909, and later that year he shipped his own limit hold'em FTOPS event for $36,081.
When we reached his table moments ago, the dealer was just about to fan the flop when he told his opponent, "I'm probably checking."
The flop came down , and Mueller indeed checked. His opponent bet, and Mueller raised.
"Nice hand," his opponent said...and then raised.
"The 'nice hand then raise' eh?" Mueller chuckled. "I call."
The turn was the , and Mueller checked. His opponent checked behind.
"Oh no," Mueller blurted. "I let you get a freebie."
The river was the , and Mueller led out. His opponent called.
"And you still paid me off," he said while tabling for a pair of jacks. His opponent mucked, and Mueller raked the pot to put him back above starting stack.
James Akenhead was just short of 4,000 when he the following hand arose:
The cutoff raised and Akenhead made it three bets from the small blind. After the initial raiser called, Akenhead led out each street on the board and was called down by his opponent. Akenhead showed which was good enough to scoop the pot.
A player raised from the cutoff and Justin Smith called from the big blind. The flop came out . Smith's opponent checked and Smith bet. His opponent called.
The fell on the turn. Smith bet, his opponent raised, and Smith called. The river brought the . Smith checked, his opponent bet, and Smith folded his cards into the muck. He is now down to 10,000 in chips.
Brandon Cantu raised from the cutoff, JJ Liu called from the small blind, and a third opponent re-raised from the big blind. Both Cantu and Liu called, and the flop came down . Liu checked, the third player bet, Cantu called and Liu folded.
The turn was the , Cantu's opponent check-raised him, and Cantu put in a third bet. His opponent called. The river was the , and Cantu's opponent led for the first time.
"Oh my God!" Cantu exclaimed frustratedly.
He eventually tossed in enough chips to call, and his opponent opened for aces full. Cantu mucked, but is still very healthy with more than double the starting stack.