Harrison Wilder and Terrence Chan have just had a double heads-up encounter with both pots going the way of Chan. Here they are.
Wilder opened the betting from the button and Chan called in the big blind. The flop was and Chan check-called a Wilder bet. The was checked through before Wilder called a Chan bet on the river. Chan turned over for the winning hand.
Then Wilder tried again, this time from the cutoff, and Chan called in the small blind. The board ran out and Chan gained three streets of value holding .
Joep van den Bijgaart searching for WSOP final table #3
When Holland's own Joep van den Bijgaart cashes in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event then you had better watch out. His two previous WSOP cashes have both resulted in appearances on the final table. With just 6 players remaining between him and another cash van den Bijgaart will be hoping to make it three out of three. Here is van den Bijgaart in action.
We caught the action on a flop of and three players in the hand. Van den Bijgaart came into the action with a check-raise and both players called. The turn card was the and once again it was van den Bijgaart who bet; only Ayman Qutami made the call. The river card was the and Bijgaart got another bet out of Qutami. He turned over and Qutami mucked his hand.
Then Frank Major put his last 3,000 into the middle on the button and van den Bijgaart isolated from the small blind. Major turned over pockets aces and it held against the of van den Bijgaart.
Players are back in their seats for two more one-hour levels until the dinner break arrives. With 42 remaining, we may well be talking about that cash bubble bursting between now and then as the top 36 finishers get paid.
One of our most recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winners, Joe Cassidy, has just exited stage left. The man who now has his chips is Ronnie "The Bard" Bardah.
We didn't see the action, but Bardah was kind enough to tell us that a very short Cassidy raised in first position holding and Bardah put him all-in holding . The flop of reversing the way things should have been, and after bricking both the turn and river, Cassidy was out.
Scott Seiver is recognised amongst his peers as one of the most talented poker players in today's game. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has Dan Shak seated to his immediate left and fresh air seated to his immediate right. The fresh air is residing in a space once occupied by Ray Sumon, but Seiver decided he needed a little more elbow room.
Sumon was extremely short when he put his life savings into the middle from the small blind and Seiver duly called in the big. Seiver tabled and Sumon was ahead, holding . Two pair on a flop of put Seiver ahead, and his victory was confirmed on the turn when the filled him up. The lacklustre looking finished off the board and Sumon took his absence of leave.
Jacob Petersen just won a nice pot against former chip leader Michael Senter and could very well sitting in the new pole position.
The two players saw a flop of and Senter check-called a bet from Petersen. On the turn, Senter checked again, but this time he put in a raise after Petersen bet. Petersen fired back with three bets and Senter called. The fell on the river and Senter slowed down with a check-call, only to see Petersen reveal for top set. Petersen now has 90,000, and Senter slipped to 89,000.
Benjamin Lazer will be hoping to go just one place further than he did in Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. That was the day Lazer lost heads-up to Randy Ohel with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet at stake. The runner-up spot earned Lazer $89,714, which dwarfed his one and only other cash of $1,635. He has just eliminated Joe Dressner in an encounter than began, and ended, pre flop.
Lazer
Dressner
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So a full-house for Lazer and a dazzled Dressner leaves the competition.
and Chan check-called a Wilder bet. The 
was checked through before Wilder called a Chan bet on the 
river. Chan turned over 
for the winning hand.
and Chan gained three streets of value holding 
.
and three players in the hand. Van den Bijgaart came into the action with a check-raise and both players called. The turn card was the 
and once again it was van den Bijgaart who bet; only Ayman Qutami made the call. The river card was the 
and Bijgaart got another bet out of Qutami. He turned over 
and Bardah put him all-in holding 
. The flop of 
reversing the way things should have been, and after bricking both the turn and river, Cassidy was out.
and Sumon was ahead, holding 
. Two pair on a flop of 
put Seiver ahead, and his victory was confirmed on the turn when the 
filled him up. The lacklustre looking 
finished off the board and Sumon took his absence of leave.
fell on the river and Senter slowed down with a check-call, only to see Petersen reveal 
for top set. Petersen now has 90,000, and Senter slipped to 89,000.
