The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Mike Sexton: / /
Lavonne Joyce: / /
Michael Mizrachi: / /
After losing a massive pot with aces-up against Gary Benson's full house prior to the redraw, Lavonne Joyce was left with just 1,500 chips. She got them in on third against Sexton and Mizrachi, and Sexton fired out bets on fourth, fifth and sixth street into a side pot against Mizrachi. The Grinder called all of them, then bet when Sexton checked on seventh. He called, and all three hands were opened.
Mizrachi:
Joyce:
Sexton:
Mizrachi made a straight, scooping the pot and eliminating Joyce in 16th place.
Andre Akkari raised over a completion and Matthew Ashton upped it to 9,000. Akkari made the call before calling a bet on fourth only to raise on fifth. Ashton called and then called on sixth before both players checked.
Akkari: / /
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Akkari tabled his for two pair, but it would be Ashton's for a better two pair that would see him collect the pot to move to 90,000 while leaving Akkari crippled on just 5,000.
For the Brazilian however, he would double through next hand when his split kings held up against Ashton's starting / .
Ashton brought it in, Brooks completed, Ashton raised, and Brooks re-raised. Ashton called. When Brooks paired his king on fourth, he bet double the limit (6,000). Ashton, thinking it was a single bet, tossed out half of a call (3,000). Ashton then realized his mistake, and opted to forfeit the chips, folding his hand.
"I thought it was a queen," he admitted after the hand.
A few hands later, he and Andre Akkari capped the action preflop, then Akkari got his last 1,200 in on fourth street.
Akkari: () /
Ashton: () /
Akkari made better trips when fifth street gave him the , but Ashton improved to a full house with the . Not to be outdone, Akkari made a better full house on sixth with the , and Ashton was unable to make quads on sixth or seventh.
Griffin fired out a bet on sixth street, and Martin made the call. Griffin bet one last time on seventh, Martin called, and Griffin showed for a pair of fives and bricked straight and flush draws. Martin tabled for eights and sevens, winning the pot and leaving Griffin with just 18,000 chips
A few hands later, he was eliminated by Scott Seiver.
Griffin: / /
Seiver: / /
Griffin bet out on fourth and fifth, then went all in for 600 on sixth. Seiver called.
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Seiver:
Seiver held a massive draw, and made a straight when he received the as his down card. Griffin didn't improve to a full house with the , and was eliminated.
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