A player under the gun raised to 900 and it folded around to Michael Mizrachi in the small blind. The Grinder grabbed a handful of chips off his stack and tossed them forward, a reraise to 4,200. The player in the big blind then checked his cards, waited a beat, and announced he was all in, setting the 25,000 or so he had before him. The original raiser folded and Mizrachi quickly called.
Mizrachi showed and his opponent . The board ran out , and soon the dealer began the business of dividing the chips in half. As he did, Mizrachi reached over and with a wry smile slid his king over to his opponent, then slid his opponent's ace over to match his, pushing the hands forward as if to fool the dealer. While neither player picked up much in the way of chips that hand, all at the table gained a few laughs.
Mizrachi is sitting with about 60,000 at the moment.
When we reached Table 6, Daniel Negreanu and an opponent were heads up with the board reading . Negreanu check-called a 10,000-chip bet, and the turn brought the . Negreanu checked again, his opponent moved all in for 15,000, and Negreanu snapped it off.
Negreanu:
Opponent:
The river was paint, but the changed nothing. Negreanu's opponent hit the rail, while Kid Poker raked in a massive pot to push his stack above 60,000 chips.
A player in middle position opened to 800, another player on the button three-bet to 2,200, and Phil Hellmuth cold-called from the small blind. The original raiser came along for the ride, and the dealer fanned . Hellmuth led out for 2,000, and only the original raiser called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and the on the river. Hellmuth opened up for a pair of threes, they were good, and the Poker Brat was awarded the pot.
Vanessa Rousso has slipped back to short-stack status of late. Just now we picked up a hand in which she was trying to turn things around.
Rousso had opened with a UTG raise and got one caller in the big blind. The flop came , and Rousso's opponent check-called her continuation bet of 2,000. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the and a bet of 4,000 from Rousso's opponent. Rousso thought about it, then called, tabling . But opponent had for trip nines, and thus claimed the pot.
Jason Mercier raised to 800 from the cutoff and the player in the big blind called. The flop ran out and both players checked.
The hit on the turn and the player in the big blind checked. Mercier made it 1,050 to go. His opponent made the call. The river brought the and after his opponent checked, Mercier bet 2,800. His opponent folded and Mercier took down the pot.
One of the tournament directors was standing by Frank Kassela's table just now talking with the players about Amsterdam. The TD shared that he'd spent an entire month there a while back. Pointing to the TD's bald head, Kassela joked that he must've had a good time as he had hair before the trip.
As the table chuckled at Kassela's remark players folded around to the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year who raised to 1,100 from the button, getting one caller in the big blind. The flop came , and the BB unhesitatingly bet 1,400. Kassela quickly called. The turn brought a fourth spade, the , and both checked. They again both checked the river.
When the player in the big blind paused, Kassela turned over his hand -- -- and his opponent mucked.
"Great f***ing board," Kassela cracked in a what-can-you-do tone. "Finally get aces and have to look at four spades...."
Kassela still has plenty of hair left himself, although he might have pulled out a few there. He's sitting with about 30,000 at the moment.
The final number of entrants into Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed is 732, generating a total prizepool of $3,440,400. The top 78 players will get paid, starting at $9,289 for 78th place, and ascending to the first place prize of $808,538 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Here's how the entire final table will be paid:
Place
Prize
1st
$808,538
2nd
$499,855
3rd
$317,136
4th
$208,281
5th
$141,125
6th
$98,567
The entire list can be found by clicking the Payouts tab above.
We just picked up a hand involving Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott (cutoff) and a lone opponent (button). The flop had come and Ulliott's opponent was betting 2,300. Ulliott called the bet, and both watched the turn come , pairing the board. The player in the cutoff pushed out 2,000 this time, and Ulliott again made the call.
The river was the . Ulliott's opponent bet 3,000, and the Devilfish responded by setting out a raise to 20,000, plenty enough to cover his opponent who only had about 5,000 behind. He made the call, showing for two pair, but was dead in the water against Devilfish's -- a full house.
Another player hits the rail, as Ulliott chips up to 39,000.
Jason Mercier opened with a raise to 800 from under the gun and got two callers from the button and big blind. The flop came all hearts -- . It checked to the player on the button who bet 1,600, the big blind folded, and Mercier called. The turn was the , and both players checked.
The river brought the . This time Mercier bet 3,500, and his opponent folded, flashing the as he did.
Mercier, currently is wearing the WSOP bracelet he received earlier this afternoon for winning Event #35, now sits with about 21,000.
and his opponent 
. The board ran out 
, and soon the dealer began the business of dividing the chips in half. As he did, Mizrachi reached over and with a wry smile slid his king over to his opponent, then slid his opponent's ace over to match his, pushing the hands forward as if to fool the dealer. While neither player picked up much in the way of chips that hand, all at the table gained a few laughs.
. Negreanu checked again, his opponent moved all in for 15,000, and Negreanu snapped it off.
changed nothing. Negreanu's opponent hit the rail, while Kid Poker raked in a massive pot to push his stack above 60,000 chips.
. Hellmuth led out for 2,000, and only the original raiser called.
on the river. Hellmuth opened up 
for a pair of threes, they were good, and the Poker Brat was awarded the pot.
, and Rousso's opponent check-called her continuation bet of 2,000. Both then checked the 
turn.
for trip nines, and thus claimed the pot.
hit on the turn and the player in the big blind checked. Mercier made it 1,050 to go. His opponent made the call. The river brought the 
, and the BB unhesitatingly bet 1,400. Kassela quickly called. The turn brought a fourth spade, the 
, pairing the board. The player in the cutoff pushed out 2,000 this time, and Ulliott again made the call.
. Ulliott's opponent bet 3,000, and the Devilfish responded by setting out a raise to 20,000, plenty enough to cover his opponent who only had about 5,000 behind. He made the call, showing 
for two pair, but was dead in the water against Devilfish's 
. It checked to the player on the button who bet 1,600, the big blind folded, and Mercier called. The turn was the 
