Dylan Hortin raised the action to 450. Alex Masek two seat down pushed his short stack all in. Action folded to Hortin and he flipped up and made the call. He was light years ahead of Masek and his .
He kept the lead on the flop of and had Masek drawing to four outs on the turn of the . Masek would need one of the four queens to survive. The river wouldn't you know it came the .
Jackpot for Masek as he cracked the aces with his straight!
All Hortin could do was smile and get ready for another hand. Masek doubled to 6,500 while Hortin went down to 10,000.
Ylon Schwartz and his opponent were heads up on a flop of . There was already about 2,500 in the middle, and both players checked. The dealer put the on the turn, and Schwartz quickly tossed out a yellow T1,000 chip. He was called, and both players checked again when the hit the river.
Schwartz tabled for middle pair, and it was good enough to take down the pot. upping his stack to 18,000 in the process.
Kevin Boudreau push all in for his last 2,375. The next player to act re-raised followed by a shove all in from another player a few seats down. The re-raiser called and all three hands were flipped and Boudreau's life in the balance.
Boudreau:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Boudreau was in good shape as both opponents had each others outs. The board ran out clean with no ace or king and Boudreau tripled up.
We were just handed the payout sheets literally hot off the presses. 1731 was the final number of entries in this tournament, and 198 players will be paid out. The player knocked out in 198th will earn $2,640, and the final 36 will all lock up a five figure pay day. The grand prize? $432,411 and a beautiful WSOP gold bracelet. We will post the rest of the payouts shortly.
In the first open event of the summer, Trevor Pope put on a performance unlike any we had ever seen, when he absolutely dominated the end of Event #2 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Eight Handed. Well he has channeled a bit of that hot streak in a hand we just saw, where he doubled up on the river.
Action started with a middle position raise to 400, and Pope moved all in for his last 3,250. The player right behind him then shoved all in over the top, having Pope slightly covered. Pope said that he hoped he had live cards, and when the hands were revealed, he saw that he was indeed drawing very life.
Pope:
Opponent:
"I tend to run good in these spots just so you know," Pope joked with his opponent. The flop brought plenty of action, coming down . Pope could now catch a king, queen, or eight to win the hand, and while the turn didn't do that, the , the river did, coming down the . Pope and a couple table mates shared a laugh over his continued good luck, and he secured the double up just over an hour before dinner break.
The documentary, Bet Raise Fold: the Story of Online Poker, premiered last night at Palms in Las Vegas. Kristy attended the pre-party to speak to a few of the most important people in the making of this film.
We saw Kevin Saul and another opponent get in a preflop raising war as we walked by the table, and eventually, all of the chips went in the middle, with Saul being the one who was all in.
Saul:
Opponent:
The flop was safe for Saul, coming down , but the on the turn changed everything. Saul was looking for a king and a king only, but the river was the , ending Saul's Day in level five.
Annette Obrestad called 400 in the big blind after the small blind raised. They took a flop of . The small blind checked and Obrestad bet 600. Her opponent called. The turn came the and this time Obrestad bet 1300 when it was checked to her. Her opponent called again and they saw the river of .
This time both players checked and Obrestad flipped up for a pair of fours. This was good enough to take the pot and she now sits with over 11,000.
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. There was already about 2,500 in the middle, and both players checked. The dealer put the 
hit the river.
for middle pair, and it was good enough to take down the pot. upping his stack to 18,000 in the process.
. Pope could now catch a king, queen, or eight to win the hand, and while the turn didn't do that, the 
, the river did, coming down the 
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on the turn changed everything. Saul was looking for a king and a king only, but the river was the 
, ending Saul's Day in level five.
and this time Obrestad bet 1300 when it was checked to her. Her opponent called again and they saw the river of