"Clock on Table 363," we heard a dealer yell and made our way over. Upon our arrival we discovered Tristan Clemencon with about 11,000 out in front of him on a board reading . Bulent Karsli had an even bigger bet out in front of him, putting Clemencon to the ultimate test.
Clemencon had about 17,000 behind, and to call would cost him it all. He must have thought for awhile because he opted to call the clock on himself. The floor arrived and gave Clemencon thirty second to act as opposed to the standard minute because, as the floor said, "He called it on himself. He obviously wanted to finish the hand."
The floor then gave the ten-second countdown and by the time he got to one, Clemencon had not acted; as such, his hand was dead. Clemencon showed and wanted Karsli to show, but the latter mucked and simply said, "I had the ."
Mike Matusow recently lost a pot that started when Humberto Brenes opened up the action to 2,500 from early position. The player directly on his left made the call, along with Mike Matusow in the big blind. On the flop, Matusow and Brenes checked, while the other player bet 8,000. Matusow made the call and Brenes got out of the way.
Both players then checked the turn and a was dealt on the river. Matusow took his time to check, then quickly folded when his opponent shoved all in. Upon completion of the hand, Matusow asked the player, "Would you have called if i stuff the flop?"
"Yeah, but might have folded on the turn," the player replied as Matusow now sits with a stack of under 20,000.
Four players built up a pot preflop that resulted in both Jerrod Ankenman and Lee Watkinson being all in. When the flop fell , the player in Seat 7 moved in for his last 9,000, Kyle Bowker called, and all the hands were turned up.
Showdown
Ankenman
Seat 7
Watkinson
Bowker
The board completed with an on the turn and an inconsequential river, giving Seat 7 a straight for the side pot and half the main, while Ankenman laid claim to the low half of the main.
Bowker lost a bit in that pot, but he is still up considerably on the day. Meanwhile, Watkinson was eliminated from the tournament.
The Big One for One Drop has come to an end and the last player standing who is $18 million richer is Antonio Esfandiari. In addition to that, the events keep on rolling at the 2012 WSOP, and Kristy Arnett gives you the details.