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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
36,800
|
36,800 |
|
Busted |
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 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
50,800
|
50,800 |
|
|
||
|
39,300
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | |
|
205,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
180,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
175,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
132,000
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
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The buy-ins for several major PokerStars tournaments are being cut in half on Sunday, June 17 for Half Price Sunday, including the most affordable Sunday Million that PokerStars has ever run. The huge prize pool guarantees stay fixed, so you get to play for a share of millions in cash prizes for less than ever before!
We have 10 tickets to give away for the Sunday Million in the following tournament:
Tourney ID #573942652 (Live now)
Name: PokerNews - Half Price Sunday Million
Date: June 16
Time: 14:00 ET
Buy-In: $3 + .30
Password: StarsHPSM
Prizes: 10 Bonus Half Price Sunday Million tickets (for June 17 only) will be awarded to the top 10 finishers on top of the cash payout.
All players are eligible who pay the buy-in fee and register with the password, which will be distributed in PokerNews editorials and the live reporting pages.
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 - 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
148,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
110,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
44,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
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Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
41,400
|
41,400 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
190,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
133,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
120,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
98,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
||
|
94,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
92,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
89,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
87,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
83,000
31,400
|
31,400 |
|
77,300
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
|
68,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
29,600
|
29,600 |
|
|
||
|
49,200
13,200
|
13,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
41,200
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
35,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,700
16,300
|
16,300 |
|
|
||
|
31,400
22,600
|
22,600 |
|
||
|
30,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
13,200
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
Busted | |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
25,100
|
25,100 |
|
60,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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