Brett Richey was all in preflop with the versus Justin Conley with the and one other player with the . The flop, turn and river ran out and Richey won the pot with a full house. Conley was the shortest of the three stacks and was eliminated while Richey nearly tripled up.
Robert Williamson III is sauntering through this tournament. The man is a Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) machine. Here is the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder moving up to 157,000 in chips.
We joined the action on the flop with and Robert Williamson III bet pot for 13,300 from the big blind and his opponent in mid-position made the call. The turn and river were checked through and Williamson took down the pot showing .
Both John Racener and Ted Lawson have their names etched into the core of World Series of Poker (WSOP) history. Racener, who has already had three cashes this year - including one final table, is a former Main Event runner-up and has over $6 million in WSOP cashes alone. Lawson is a WSOP bracelet holder who loves the game of Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO); in fact his bracelet, earned in 2004, came in a PLO event. Here are the two heroes haranguing each other.
Racener raised to 3,600, in first position, and Lawson made the call from position in the cutoff. The flop was and Racener bet 4,700, Lawson increased the stakes to 24,260 and Racener called. Fourth street brought us the , Racener checked, Lawson moved all-in for 22,000 and Racener folded.
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Table 432 is looking mighty fine with the right mix of quality players and huge stacks. In seat 2 you have Shawn 'Bucky' Buchanan. Buchanan is one of the world's greatest all-round poker players with over $4.5 million in career earnings including one final table appearance so far this year finishing 6th in the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event. Seat 4 is the Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers. The man known as 'The Elegance' has amassed over $2.4 million in a career spanning back as far as 1996. In seat 6 we have one of the most talented players in the game in the form of Chino Rheem. Rheem is also one of the bigger earners with over $5.8 million in chips.
Here is Rheem and Buchanan involved in a small pot.
Buchanan raised to 2,500 in the hijack seat and Rheem called in the big blind. The flop was and Rheem check-called a 3,100 Buchanan bet. That was the end of the action and the and were checked through and Buchanan won the pot with two-pair - .
Despite a career stretching back to the beginning of 2003 Jan-Peter Jachtmann has never cashed in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event. With just 22 eliminations to go before the money bubble bursts, will this be cash number one? We just saw him double up to 100,000 after winning the following all-in hand (we are not sure at what stage the money went into the middle)
Jachtmann
Opponent
Board:
Jachtmann hitting a straight on the turn to double up.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder, Jason DeWitt, has just lost a three-way all-in to take him down to 60,000 in chips. The benefactor was John Hoellein and here are the hands (all the action occurred pre flop).
Hoellein
DeWitt
Original All-In Player
Board:
The nut flush, on the river, scooping the pot for Hoellin.