Just a few moments ago we hear Faraz Jaka say that he was all in at the table right by our media desk. We then heard an opponent call and so we got to our feet to investigate. A quick scan on the felt showed a flop, with Jaka holding and his opponent holding.... The turn and river changed nothing and Jaka stayed alive with a chopped pot.
A couple of hands later Jaka three-bet to 1,250 on the button after the player in the hijack opened to 450. On the flop, Jaka's opponent check-folded to a bet from Jaka.
Phil Ivey is raising often at his table and it's paying off. In a recent hand, Ivey opened to 500 from the cutoff and the small blind called to see a flop of . The small blind check-called Ivey's bet of 600, and the hit the turn. Both players checked. The river was the and this time the small blind led out for 1,400. Ivey thought for a moment and called. The small blind showed , but Ivey's was better by a notch.
Ivey raised the next two hands and took the blinds. He's sitting on around 26,000.
James Dempsey has just won a large pot off the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe third-place finisher, Ronald Lee. It all started when Lee opened the pot to 400. Dempsey was on his direct left and three-bet to 1,125. A flurry of cards then hit the muck from every direction of the table until it was back on Lee. A four-bet to 2,500 didn't faze Dempsey as he flicked in the call.
On the flop, Lee led for 2,125 and Dempsey called. The turn would see Lee again lead, this time for 3,500. Another call from Dempsey and the would complete the board on the river.
This time Lee checked and Dempsey bet 7,500. Lee studied Dempsey for some time before eventually deciding to let go of his hand as Dempsey raked in the chips.
Registration has been closed and the numbers are in. A total of 1,001 entrants, up 136 players from last year, created a prize pool of $4,704,700. The top 117 players will be paid out.
The first place prize is $952,694 and just making the final table will be worth $67889. A min-cash will be worth $8,939 and the top 90 players will earn a five-figure cash.
The final table alone will payout over $2.7 million. As far we can tell it's a record field and prize pool for the event.
We recently watched David Williams lose a small pot that went down like this. The player in the hijack opened it up to 400. Williams then three-bet to 1,500. The blinds were out of the way and the hijack called.
On the flop, William's opponent checked and Williams bet 1,800. His opponent then check-raised to 3,100. Williams called and the both players checked the turn. The on the river would see William's opponent quickly announce an all in. Williams folded just as quickly and sent the pot to his opponent.
Despite losing this pot, Williams has still managed to have a gret start to the day, having well over two times the starting stack.
After scouring the tournament floor we finally found PokerStars Team Pro Viktor Blom. He's seated with Sam Trickett and fellow PokerStars Team Pro Victor Ramdin at a late reg table.
Blom has his chips in an uncountable mixed stack, but we're eyeballing it's around 5,000.
Just recently we let everyone know that Viktor Blom had taken his seat in the tournament. Well, he isn't here any more and we were there to catch all the action. It started when an early position player opened the pot to 600. The player directly on his left made the call and it was around to Blom in the small blind. He called and when the big blind got out of the way, a would be dealt on the felt.
All three players checked the flop and a landed on the turn. This time when Blom checked, the original aggressor bet 1,100. The other other player called and Blom shoved all in for around 5,000 in chips. The aggressor snap-called, while the other player got out of the way.
"Do you have trips?" said Blom as he tabled . His opponent did have trips, turning over .
Unfortunately the river wasn't the card Blom needed and he was sent to the rail.
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flop, with Jaka holding 
and his opponent holding...
. The turn and river changed nothing and Jaka stayed alive with a chopped pot.
flop, Jaka's opponent check-folded to a bet from Jaka.
and this time the small blind led out for 1,400. Ivey thought for a moment and called. The small blind showed 
, but Ivey's 
was better by a notch.
flop, Lee led for 2,125 and Dempsey called. The 
turn would see Lee again lead, this time for 3,500. Another call from Dempsey and the 
would complete the board on the river.
flop, William's opponent checked and Williams bet 1,800. His opponent then check-raised to 3,100. Williams called and the both players checked the 
turn. The 
on the river would see William's opponent quickly announce an all in. Williams folded just as quickly and sent the pot to his opponent.
. His opponent did have trips, turning over 
.